“Stille Wasser” is a Murdoku case from the Campground 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
G
T
C
T
R2
T
T
C
T
R3
C
T
Ca
R4
Tr
Tr
B
R5
Tr
W
B
R6
Tr
Floor plan of “Stille Wasser”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below.
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 brown hair and glasses
She was beside a tree and she was in a corner
Bernd — a man with a bald head and a beard
He was beside a grill
Cyrus — a man with black hair
He was in a tent and he was in the Campsite 1
Dalia — a woman with red hair
She was not beside a wall
Elsa — a woman with blond hair
She was beside a tent and she was beside a chair and she was not in a tent
The victim, Viktor, 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
12
Steps before anyone can be placed for certain
5
How to Start — Without Spoilers
Before anything else, count where each suspect could be if you only read their own clues:
Anna: 2 possible tiles
Bernd: 3 possible tiles
Cyrus: 3 possible tiles
Dalia: 3 possible tiles
Elsa: a single tile — their own clue settles it
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.