“Rodeln ins Unglück” is a Murdoku case from the Ski Resort category: a board of 6×6, 5 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: 6×6, rated Easy, with 3 rooms. Every person — 6 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
R1
S
B
R2
S
R3
Sn
S
R4
S
Sk
Sk
R5
C
T
T
C
R6
F
C
C
F
Floor plan of “Rodeln ins Unglück”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below.
Rooms
Tavern — 12 tiles: Chair, Table, Fireplace
Bunny Hill (outdoors) — 12 tiles: Boulder, Ski rack
Sledding Run (outdoors) — 12 tiles: Sled, Snowman
Objects on the board
C Chair (can be stood on)
S Sled (can be stood on)
F Fireplace (blocks the tile)
Sk Ski rack (blocks the tile)
T Table (blocks the tile)
B Boulder (blocks the tile)
Sn Snowman (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.
Anna — a woman with white hair
She was not beside a wall
Bella — a woman with grey hair and glasses
She was beside a chair and she was not on a chair
Carol — a woman with white hair
She was beside a ski rack
Dalia — a woman with brown hair and glasses
She was beside a snowman
Edison — a man with a bald head and glasses
He was beside a boulder
The victim, Victor, is a man. Nothing else about them is known, and no clue depends on it.
How Hard It Really Is
Deduction steps from the first clue to the verdict
Before anything else, count where each suspect could be if you only read their own clues:
Anna: 4 possible tiles
Bella: 2 possible tiles
Carol: 3 possible tiles
Dalia: 3 possible tiles
Edison: 2 possible tiles
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.