The Wine Cellar Murdoku Case Guide & Walkthrough Tips
The Wine Cellar — Murdoku Hard Case Guide
A hard 9×9 Murdoku case spanning a bathroom, bedroom, kitchen, living room, dining room, and basement wine cellar. Every room must be occupied, so room coverage anchors the deduction.
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Grid Size
- 9 × 9
- Official Link
- Play on murdoku.com ->
- Printable PDF
- Print Murdoku PDF case sheet ->
Scene
A compact home opens into a deep basement wine cellar lined with shelves and barrels. Vin is found alone with the killer, and the route from the upstairs rooms to the cellar must be reconstructed from furniture, room, and directional clues.
Key Mechanic
Combine the no-empty-room rule with one-person-per-row and column constraints, bed and chair counts, object anchors, and the east-west relationship between Benton and Dawn.
General Clues
- There was exactly one person on the bed.
- There was no empty room.
- There were exactly two people sitting in a chair.
Suspects & Clues
Every suspect card is shown below. Use these clues together with the grid constraints to deduce positions.
He was not beside a table.
He was in the bottom row.
She was beside a shelf.
She was east of Benton. She was not beside a table.
She was in the Basement. She was not beside the TV.
He was alone. He was sitting in a chair.
He was in the Bathroom.
He was beside a table.
The Victim. He was alone with the murderer.
Regions
How to Play & Walkthrough Tips
Open the official case and use the strategy tips from this guide to work through the clues. Remember: place suspects only when forced, respect row and column constraints, and find the murderer last.
Open Official Case ->View case hint