Case 79: The Fireplace

Extra hard, country houseCase 79: The Fireplace

8 people were in the building, and one of them did not come out. Everyone was on a different square, never two in one row or one column, on the 10 wide by 8 tall plan. Work out where each of them was, the victim included. Whoever was alone with the victim did it.

First time? The practice case shows you how it works, step by step.Practise first

Stand or sit onchairrug

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Tap a face, then a square, or drag0/8

The cards

Pick a person by tapping the photo on their card, the victim too. Then tap a square to put them there, or drag the photo onto it. At this difficulty the game does not cross off rows and columns for you, unless you switch on Cross off for me. Holding a square, or switching the pencil on, makes a note. Keyboard: Enter places, Shift and Enter makes a note.

FarisSelected
He was not beside a table, a chair or a desk.
Rosa
She was alone with Faris.
She was west of Faris.
Jasper
He was south of Gwen.
He was east of Gwen.
He was west of Owen.
Lara
She was north of Hugo.
She was east of the baron.
She was south of Faris.
Hugo
He was alone.
He was north of Rosa.
Gwen
She was east of Hugo.
Owen
He was east of Lara.
He was with Gwen in the hall.
the baron
The victim. He was alone with the murderer, in a room with nobody else in it.

Good to know

Beside: on one of the four squares directly above, below, left or right, in the same room. Diagonally does not count, and neither does through a wall. A window or door in the wall of your square is beside you.
North of someone: in a higher row, in any column. The same goes for south, east and west.
Alone: nobody else in the same room, the victim included. Alone with someone: those two, and nobody else in that room.

0 of 8 placed

Place everyone first, the victim too.

If it is not right yet, checking costs 30 seconds and does not say how many are wrong.