“Bubbles and Trouble” is a Murdoku case from the Pool & Spa 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 5 rooms. Every person — 6 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
R1
Sl
P
R2
D
R3
D
H
R4
W
Di
S
R5
P
T
R6
Di
C
Floor plan of “Bubbles and Trouble”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below.
Rooms
Main Pool (outdoors) — 12 tiles: Water lily, Diving board
Paddling Pool (outdoors) — 7 tiles: Slide
Sunbathing Lawn (outdoors) — 11 tiles: Parasol, Deck chair, Hot tub
Locker Room — 2 tiles: Shower
Kiosk — 4 tiles: Table, Chair
Objects on the board
D Deck chair (can be stood on)
Di Diving board (can be stood on)
P Parasol (can be stood on)
C Chair (can be stood on)
H Hot tub (can be stood on)
S Shower (can be stood on)
Sl Slide (can be stood on)
T Table (blocks the tile)
W Water lily (can be stood on)
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 blond hair, a beard and glasses
He was beside a slide
Bella — a woman with grey hair and glasses
She was beside a shower
Carol — a woman with black hair
She was the only person on a deck chair
Dalia — a woman with brown hair
She was in the Kiosk
Elsa — a woman with grey hair and glasses
She was beside a water lily
The victim, Vasiliy, 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:
Alex: 2 possible tiles
Bella: a single tile — their own clue settles it
Carol: 2 possible tiles
Dalia: 3 possible tiles
Elsa: 4 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.