On the Subject of Not Murder

This module is powered by the restless soul of a murder victim. The only way to disarm it is to solve an unrelated burglary case so the victim can pass peacefully to the afterlife.

  • Five high-profile thieves have been arrested under suspicion of breaking into Black Manor and stealing five items from the property.
  • The module displays the names of the five suspects, the five stolen items, and the six rooms on the ground floor of the manor from which the items have gone missing.
  • Each display has a tell, where it clicks louder. Starting from these displays, scroll through each in the given direction to determine the layout of the manor, which room each suspect broke into, and which item was initially taken by each suspect.
Display Scroll left if and only if-
Suspects An indicator labelled TRN is present.
Items The bomb has three or more RCA ports or a plate with only an RCA port.
Rooms The sum of the numeric digits of the serial number is greater than 14.
  • The rooms are laid out in a 2×3 grid in reading order.
  • The suspects broke into each room in reading order, skipping over the room shown in red, leaving it empty.
  • Each item was initially taken by each suspect in reading order.

  • The alarm was triggered once the five had broken in, sending each one looking from room to room for an exit.
  • Each suspect moved about the manor differently, check each suspect’s profile to determine their movements.
  • If exactly two people enter a room at the same time, they both drop the item they were holding and, in a blind panic, pick up the item dropped by the other person.
  • After enough time has passed for each suspect to have travelled between five rooms and pick up any items that may have been dropped thereafter, all leave the manor through the room they ended up in, with the item they were holding at the time.
  • For each suspect, select the item they left the manor with and the room they had exited from and press the “ACCUSE” button.
  • If you have correctly deduced a suspect’s actions, both their name and stolen item will be removed from the module.
  • The module is solved once all five suspects have been correctly convicted.

Each suspect can only see into the rooms adjacent to them. Consider only rooms which the suspect can see.
All suspects move into an adjacent room unless a rule says otherwise.

Miss Scarlett
  • If all adjacent rooms are empty, she will move between the front and back of the building.
  • Otherwise, she will move to the room with the most people inside.
    • If there is a tie, she will stay in the current room.

Colonel Mustard

If he holds the Revolver:

  • He will not enter any room with exactly one person inside, staying in the current room if all other rooms have one person in them.
  • Otherwise, he will move about the rooms in a clockwise direction if possible.
  • He will not move counter-clockwise about the rooms if he has another option.

If he does not hold the Revolver:

  • If he is in a room adjacent to the person holding the Revolver, he will move into the room that person is in.
  • Otherwise, he will move into a room in the middle of the building.

Reverend Green
  • He will move about the rooms in a clockwise direction until he enters the Conservatory, the Kitchen, or the Study.
    • Once he enters one of those rooms, he will reverse his direction of movement unless he has not yet moved from the room he broke into.
Mrs Peacock
  • She will avoid entering any room she has previously entered, including the room she broke into.
  • If she cannot move into a room she has not already entered, she move about the building in a counter-clockwise direction.
  • Otherwise, she will move into the room that comes first in alphabetical order.

Professor Plum
  • If there is only one empty room, he will enter it.
  • Otherwise he will move to the room that comes first in alphabetical order.
  • If he enters the Library, the Lounge, or the Study he will stay there for one move unless he has not yet moved from the room he broke into.

Mrs White
  • She will not enter a room if there is someone in it holding the Dagger or the Revolver, staying in the current room if she has no movement options.
  • She will move into the room that comes first alphabetically, avoiding the Ballroom, Billiard Room, and the Conservatory if she can.
Interaction Action
Click room name Cycle through room names
Click a suspect (De)select suspect
Click weapon name Cycle through weapon names
Click room Add/move suspects to said room
Delete button Removes selected suspect from room
Reset Button Removes all suspects from room

Ballroom

Ballroom

Ballroom

Ballroom

Ballroom

Ballroom

Miss Scarlett Colonel Mustard Reverend Green Mrs Peacock Professor Plum Mrs White