“Difficult Guests” is a Murdoku case from the House & Home 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 4 rooms. Every person — 6 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
R1
C
T
C
B
R2
C
T
B
R3
Tv
S
P
R4
P
C
R5
C
T
T
R6
Bo
W
Floor plan of “Difficult Guests”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below. A thick blue edge marks a window. A dashed edge marks a door.
Rooms
Bathroom — 6 tiles: Plant, Chair, Box
Kitchen — 12 tiles: Chair, Table, Wooden crate
Living Room — 9 tiles: Chair, Table, TV, Shelf
Guest Room — 9 tiles: Table, Chair, Bed, Plant
Objects on the board
C Chair (can be stood on)
T Table (blocks the tile)
B Bed (can be stood on)
P Plant (blocks the tile)
Bo Box (blocks the tile)
W Wooden crate (blocks the tile)
S Shelf (blocks the tile)
Tv TV (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.
Alex — a man with black hair, a beard and glasses
He was beside a box
Bernd — a man with black hair and glasses
He was on a chair
Carol — a woman with blond hair
She was on a bed
Dalia — a woman with white hair
She was in the same column as a TV
Edison — a man with white hair, a beard and glasses
He was north of a bed (R2/C6)
The victim, Vivek, 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:
Alex: 2 possible tiles
Bernd: 5 possible tiles
Carol: 2 possible tiles
Dalia: 3 possible tiles
Edison: 5 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.