Solution · October 12, 2026
Solution: The Second Card Game aboard the Ocean Liner
Where everyone stood, who did it, and the order of deductions that gets there without a guess. If you have not tried the case yet, the board is on the case page. Play this case.
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The solved board: Easy 5×5
The murderer: The killer: Felix.
- Karim: row 3, column 4 (Cargo Hold)
- Felix: row 2, column 2 (Galley)
- Irene: row 5, column 5 (Promenade Deck)
- Bruno: row 4, column 3 (Galley)
- Quentin: row 1, column 1 (Lounge)
The clues
- KarimThe family lawyer.
He was on a chair.
- FelixThe student who never sleeps.
He was in the second column from the left.
- IreneThe architect restoring the east wing.
She was beside a trunk.
- Bruno · VictimThe cook who tastes everything.
The victim. He was alone with the killer. He was in the Galley with another man.
- QuentinThe butler of forty years.
He was on a deckchair.
Step by step
The order our solver finds. Each step uses only the clues and what the steps before it proved, and its heading links to the technique.
- Pinned suspects Felix can only be in the second column from the left, so nobody else can be there. Placed: Quentin: row 1, column 1 (Lounge); Irene: row 5, column 5 (Promenade Deck); Bruno: row 4, column 3 (Galley); Karim: row 3, column 4 (Cargo Hold); Felix: row 2, column 2 (Galley).
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