Case 68: The Key Card

Hard, hotelCase 68: The Key Card

7 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 8 wide by 7 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 onbedrug

Only besiderope barrierdesksuitcasefloor lampplantcoat rackwardrobe

Tap a face, then a square, or drag0/7

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.

RafiSelected
He was not beside the window, a rug or a desk.
Owen
He was not beside a suitcase.
Boris
He was either beside a rug or a desk.
He was west of Rafi.
Jonah
He was in the same room as Gwen.
He was the only person on a rug.
Dimitri
He was with Rafi in the hotel room.
He was beside the wardrobe.
He was east of the night porter.
Gwen
She was in the bottom row.
the night porter
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.
The only person in a chair (or on a couch, bed or rug): nobody else is on one, in any room.

0 of 7 placed

Place everyone first, the victim too.

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