Case 52: The Rope Barrier

Hard, museumCase 52: The Rope Barrier

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 onbenchrug

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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.

NiaSelected
She was in a corner of the exhibition hall.
She was beside a display case.
She was alone with Lottie.
Lottie
She was not beside a display case, a bin or the coat rack.
Felix
He was not sitting on a bench.
Ines
She was beside a bin.
Jasper
He was in a corner of the hall.
He was with Ines in the hall.
Amir
He was either beside a screen or a bin.
He was east of the restorer.
the restorer
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.

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