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Physical Ev. and process of elimination
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Kalypso
Kalypso

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).

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Jojo
Jojo
Old Shoe

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!

Kesi Artemis
Kesi Artemis

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.

:)

Jojo
Jojo
Old Shoe

Feb-16-2007 13:42

Yeah, either way works.



MamaTerra
MamaTerra
Assistant Postman

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.

Kalypso
Kalypso

Feb-16-2007 15:45

Thanks everyone! This is really helpful.

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