The case
Difficulty3 of 47×7 · 6 suspectsThe Assayer's Ledger
Case file
The stage was due at dawn and the wind was loud enough to hide anything. was found at Cutbank Station with the lamp still lit. Nine people were on the property, each one somewhere different — and one of them was not alone.
Why this one is tricky
Six people, four doors, a 7×7 assay office. Hard-tier placement with thresholds cutting the lot into more than rooms.
Two rules close every case. One person per row, and one per column. The victim takes the last remaining legal square, and whoever shares that room did it.
A square with furniture drawn on it is taken. Bare floor is somewhere a suspect can stand. Rooms are patches of matching floor.
Start from the strongest clues. Stack two clues about the same person before you place anyone. Switch on Pencil when two or three seats remain — that is not a guess.
Underlined words in the clue list — alone, beside, north of — explain themselves if you tap them.
Suspects
Tap a portrait for details. Tap below to select, then tap a square.
was a potbelly stove
was on the same diagonal as
No clue names them.
was in the Saloon
was a barrel
was on the same diagonal as
was in a ladderback chair
was in the Back Porch
Found in the room with the murderer.
Deduction board
0 of 7 placed.
Tools
What you are looking at
A square with furniture on it is taken. A square showing bare floor is somewhere a suspect can stand.
Rooms are the areas of matching floor, with a black line with a gold stroke tracing where one ends and the next begins.
Gaps in the room border with a soft glow are doors; both squares either side of one count as in front of it.
Small letters along the bottom of a square are your own pencil marks — a note, never a placement.
Clues
Every clue is load-bearing — drop one and the case stops being solvable.
- was in the Saloon
- was on the same diagonal as
- was a potbelly stove
- was in a ladderback chair
- was in the Back Porch
- was on the same diagonal as
- was a barrel
Everyone stands in a different row and a different column. The victim was with the murderer, so whoever shares 's room did it.