MicroMacro 2.0

“MicroMacro 2.0” is a Murdoku case from the House & Home category: a board of 5×5, 4 suspects and one victim. Read the clues, work out where everybody was standing, and name the suspect who was left alone with the body.

The Board

The floor plan as the case hands it to you: 5×5, rated Medium, with 4 rooms. Every person — 5 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.

C1C2C3C4C5
R1Ch+CCCh
R2T+CCTT
R3SCC
R4CCC
R5ChChTT
Floor plan of “MicroMacro 2.0”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below. A thick blue edge marks a window. A dashed edge marks a door.

Rooms

  • Living Room — 9 tiles: Shelf, Carpet, Chair
  • Kitchen — 6 tiles: Table
  • Game Room — 4 tiles: Chair, Carpet, Table
  • Study — 6 tiles: Chair, Table

Objects on the board

  • C Carpet (can be stood on)
  • T Table (blocks the tile)
  • Ch Chair (can be stood on)
  • S Shelf (blocks the tile)

The Suspects and Their Clues

Each suspect comes with what the witnesses remember. Read them all before placing anyone — a clue about one person is very often what pins down another.

Apo — a man with a beard

  • He was in the Living Room and he was beside a chair and he was on a carpet

Bella — a woman with glasses

  • She was on a chair

Caroline — a woman with red hair

  • She was beside a door and she was on a carpet

Dittbert — a man with brown hair, a beard and glasses

  • He was south of Bella

The victim, Oppi, is a woman. Nothing else about them is known, and no clue depends on it.

Clues About the Whole Scene

  • No room was empty.

How Hard It Really Is

Deduction steps from the first clue to the verdict
16
Steps before anyone can be placed for certain
8
Reasoning the solve needs

How to Start — Without Spoilers

Before anything else, count where each suspect could be if you only read their own clues:

  • Apo: 2 possible tiles
  • Bella: 4 possible tiles
  • Caroline: 5 possible tiles
  • Dittbert: 19 possible tiles

The first deductions after that, in the order the solver finds them:

  1. Dittbert is south of Bella – impossible cells removed.
  2. Apo: only row 4 possible – blocked for others.
  3. Bella: only row 1 possible – blocked for others.

That is as far as this page goes. From here on it is yours — the in-game hint giver explains each next step if you get stuck, without giving the answer away.

This case has exactly one solution, and it can be reached by forward deduction alone — no guessing.

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