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Feb-16-2007 10:36

Every case I have done (Beginner, Easy, Intermediate, Hard) so far has had exactly two pieces of physical evidence.

Is this always the case,

and will one of those pieces always point to the murderer?

Because sometimes a townsperson will clam up after answering all but one question... And if I were sure that one of the pieces of PE would point to the murderer, I could stop there (instead of finding WE...which always has pointed to the person I suspected).

Feb-16-2007 10:42

Cases will have up to 4 pieces of evidence. You must have the basic smart skills to find them. You have to buy basic hair and basic thread to find those at the crime scene.

One piece of evidence will match one person with a fake/no alibi (they are the guilty one). All other evidence will match other people who all have real alibis.

Feb-16-2007 10:46

Ok, thanks!

So one piece of ev definitely leads to the guilty person, BUT I can't be sure that I found that evidence?

If I have basic thread and basic hair, then can I be sure I will find all the evidence available?

Feb-16-2007 12:02

yes... and then you get advanced skills to find specific details of the evidence.

Feb-16-2007 12:08

Assuming you have basic thread analysis and basic hair analysis, you can do a remarkable thing:


If evidence piece #1 is to person with a real alibi, evidence piece #2 is to a person with a real alibi, and evidence piece # 3 is to a person with a real alibi.. then....

Whoever evidence piece #4 belongs to is guilty!

Feb-16-2007 13:27

Or, another way of looking at what jojo's post indicates--

If PE's 1, 2, and 3 don't belong to any of the fake alibis, then #4 must lead to the guilty suspect.

:)

Feb-16-2007 13:42

Yeah, either way works.

Feb-16-2007 15:26

Quite a bit of this game is logic. That's why I love it so much. I love doing logic puzzles and I love mysteries. This game combines two of my favorite things.

Feb-16-2007 15:45

Thanks everyone! This is really helpful.