“Last Stop: Summit Station” is a Murdoku case from the Ski Resort category: a board of 8×8, 7 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: 8×8, rated Hard, with 5 rooms. Every person — 8 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8
R1
F
Ch
Ch
P
T
Pa
R2
C
T
T
Pa
T
P
R3
Pi
C
Ch+C
Ch+C
P
T
T
P
R4
Sh
L
Pa
P
T
P
R5
S
Sk
Ca
R6
Sn
S
Sk
R7
S
Ca
R8
G
G
G
Floor plan of “Last Stop: Summit Station”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below.
Sun Terrace (outdoors) — 16 tiles: Park bench, Table, Parasol
Ski Rental — 6 tiles: Ski rack, Cash register
Valley Station (outdoors) — 8 tiles: Cash register, Gondola
Piste (outdoors) — 18 tiles: Sled, Snowman
Objects on the board
T Table (blocks the tile)
P Park bench (can be stood on)
C Carpet (can be stood on)
Ch Chair (can be stood on)
G Gondola (can be stood on)
Pa Parasol (can be stood on)
S Sled (can be stood on)
Ca Cash register (blocks the tile)
Sk Ski rack (blocks the tile)
F Fireplace (blocks the tile)
L Lamp (blocks the tile)
Pi Piano (blocks the tile)
Sh Shelf (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.
Alex — a man with grey hair, a beard and glasses
He was in the same row as a piano, in a different room
Bernd — a man with a bald head
He was in column 8
Cyrus — a man with a bald head and a beard
No other suspect with glasses was in his room
Dalia — a woman with red hair and glasses
She was north-west of a lamp
Elsa — a woman with red hair and glasses
She was in a gondola
Floyd — a man with grey hair
He was beside a table. Another suspect was further north than Floyd, beside the same table.
Greta — a woman with red hair and glasses
She was beside a snowman
The victim, Valentina, is a woman. 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: 6 possible tiles
Cyrus: 48 possible tiles
Dalia: 6 possible tiles
Elsa: 3 possible tiles
Floyd: 13 possible tiles
Greta: 4 possible tiles
The first deductions after that, in the order the solver finds them:
Floyd must stand beside the same object (a table) as another person – impossible cells removed.
Alex: only row 3 possible – blocked for others.
Elsa: only row 8 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.