This walkthrough covers case 4 of Case of the Golden Idol, The Murder at the Little Mermaid. You will find where every word is, hints that get more specific as you go, and the solved scrolls at the end.
Case of the Golden Idol: Case 4 Walkthrough
Case 4: The Murder at the Little Mermaid
The extra scroll asks you to assign the right player to each of the nine hands of cards.
Words:
Victim’s room
- Either window: Window
- Watchman’s inventory (through the window): Spear, Henry, Parker
- Pocket watch in the chest: Maurice
- Ceiling trapdoor: Trapdoor
- Either door: Door
Pub and outside
- Vagrant outside (check the empty room’s window first): Shear
- Man on the left in the pub: Small Sword
- Woman among the gamblers: John, Annie, Stiletto
- Third gambler: Dagger
- Violinist: Navaja
- First poster: Evans
- Second poster: Robert, Redruth
- Chalkboard tab: Green, Breage, Blair
- Guestbook on the counter: Willard, Wright, Ash
- Barkeep: Knife, Oscar, Boyton
Hints:
- You have met the victim before, and he is not the only familiar face here.
- Everyone is armed. Whoever did it most likely used the weapon they carry.
- This is a locked-room case twice over: the pub door is barred from the inside too.
- The pocket watch in the room has a different name on it than the victim’s. Ask why he would use another name.
- The hand played during the murder includes neither the victim nor the killer.
- The woman says the victim bought her a drink. Compare her tab with everyone else’s.
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