Case 35: The Lost Ball

Medium, pe lessonCase 35: The Lost Ball

7 people were in the building, and one of them did not come out. Everyone was on a different square, one to a row and one to a column, on the 7 by 7 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 onbenchchairgym mat

Only besideshelfballtreewall barssinkplant

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. Their row and column are crossed off for you. Holding a square, or switching the pencil on, makes a note. Keyboard: Enter places, Shift and Enter makes a note.

EsmeSelected
She was in a corner of the equipment store.
She was in the equipment store, beside a ball.
She was alone with Amir.
Lottie
She was in a corner of the canteen.
She was not sitting in a chair.
Yasmin
She was in a corner of the sports field.
She was not sitting on a bench.
Hamza
He was not sitting on a bench.
Ben
He was alone with Lottie.
He was east of the caretaker.
Amir
He was in the equipment store, beside the shelves.
He was in a corner of the equipment store.
the caretaker
The victim. He was on the one square nobody else can have, in the same room as the murderer.

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.
In a corner: on a square of that room where two of its walls meet. The end of a narrow corridor counts too.

0 of 7 placed

Place everyone first, the victim too.