{"format":"murdoku-puzzle/1","id":"toyshop","version":1,"difficulty":"easy","level":3,"size":{"rows":7,"cols":7},"languages":["en","hu","de","fr","es","it","nl","pl","pt","ro","ca","cs","fi","vi","tr","el","ru","uk","ar","ko","ja","zh-Hans","zh-Hant"],"defaultLanguage":"en","title":"The Toy Shop","tagline":"An old toy shop in Vienna · Christmas Eve 1895 · the last present was never wrapped","author":"mathace","concept":"Murdoku – Manuel Garand (murdoku.com); unofficial fan-made case","created":"2026-09-28","story":"Vienna, Christmas Eve 1895. Snow was falling on the courtyard, the Christmas tree glittered in the middle of the old toy shop, and the last customers crowded in front of the shop window, where two rocking horses stood guard beside a dollhouse. In the back, Veit, the toymaker, was finishing a music box that had been ordered for that very evening. When his wife went to fetch it, she found him dead in the workshop, beside the workbench. Everyone who was in the house gives a statement – find the one who was alone with him.","rules":{"standard":["Every row and every column holds exactly one person. As soon as you place someone, cross out their whole row and column.","“Beside” = directly left, right, above or below, and in the same area. Squares with objects (the shelves, the workbench, the crate, the fir tree, the toy chest, the counter, the snowman, the Christmas tree, the giant teddy bear and the dollhouse) cannot be occupied; the stool, the sled and the rocking horses can.","The murderer was alone with the victim: nobody else was in that area."],"special":[]},"roleNames":{"family":"family","customer":"customer","victim":"victim"},"personGroups":[{"id":"family","name":"The family","persons":["A","B","V"]},{"id":"customers","name":"Customers","persons":["C","D","E","F"]}],"map":{"groups":[],"gaps":[],"areas":[{"id":"Workshop","cells":[[1,1],[1,2],[1,3],[2,1],[2,2],[2,3],[2,4],[3,1]],"fill":"#e9dac2","pattern":"boards","labelAt":[2,3],"name":"Workshop"},{"id":"Storeroom","cells":[[1,4],[1,5],[2,5],[3,5],[3,6]],"fill":"#e1dbce","pattern":"planks","labelAt":[1,5],"name":"Storeroom"},{"id":"Yard","cells":[[1,6],[1,7],[2,6],[2,7],[3,7],[4,7],[5,6],[5,7],[6,6],[6,7],[7,6],[7,7]],"fill":"#eef2f6","pattern":"snow","labelAt":[4,7],"name":"Yard"},{"id":"Shop","cells":[[3,2],[3,3],[3,4],[4,1],[4,2],[4,3],[4,4],[4,5],[4,6],[5,1],[5,2],[5,3],[5,4],[5,5],[6,2],[6,3],[6,4]],"fill":"#f3e2d2","pattern":"planks","labelAt":[4,3],"name":"Shop"},{"id":"Shop Window","cells":[[6,1],[6,5],[7,1],[7,2],[7,3],[7,4],[7,5]],"fill":"#f7ebcf","pattern":"carpet","labelAt":[7,2],"name":"Shop Window"}],"objectTypes":{"rockinghorse":{"occupiable":true,"name":"rocking horse","icon":""},"sled":{"occupiable":true,"name":"sled","icon":""},"stool":{"occupiable":true,"name":"stool","icon":""},"chest":{"occupiable":false,"name":"toy chest","icon":""},"counter":{"occupiable":false,"name":"counter","icon":""},"crate":{"occupiable":false,"name":"crate","icon":""},"dollhouse":{"occupiable":false,"name":"dollhouse","icon":""},"fir":{"occupiable":false,"name":"fir tree","icon":""},"shelf":{"occupiable":false,"name":"shelf","icon":""},"snowman":{"occupiable":false,"name":"snowman","icon":""},"table":{"occupiable":false,"name":"workbench","icon":""},"teddy":{"occupiable":false,"name":"giant teddy bear","icon":""},"xmastree":{"occupiable":false,"name":"Christmas tree","icon":""}},"wallTypes":{},"objects":[{"cell":[1,1],"type":"shelf"},{"cell":[1,2],"type":"table"},{"cell":[1,4],"type":"crate"},{"cell":[1,7],"type":"fir"},{"cell":[2,2],"type":"stool"},{"cell":[2,5],"type":"chest"},{"cell":[3,3],"type":"counter"},{"cell":[3,7],"type":"snowman"},{"cell":[4,4],"type":"xmastree"},{"cell":[4,6],"type":"teddy"},{"cell":[5,1],"type":"shelf"},{"cell":[5,6],"type":"sled"},{"cell":[6,1],"type":"rockinghorse"},{"cell":[6,5],"type":"rockinghorse"},{"cell":[7,3],"type":"dollhouse"}],"wallFeatures":[],"extras":[],"cellSize":46},"persons":[{"id":"A","name":"Adelheid","gender":"F","role":"family","color":"#c62828","avatar":{"bg":"#8c3a5a","skin":"#f6d8c0","hair":"#8a8278","style":"bun","shirt":"#6e2c4b","apron":true,"glasses":true},"clue":"The workbench was somewhere in her column.","job":"the toymaker's wife","avatarSvg":"","solverRole":"family","constraints":[{"type":"col_has","obj":"table"}]},{"id":"B","name":"Benno","gender":"M","role":"family","color":"#2e7d32","avatar":{"bg":"#35607a","skin":"#f1c8a5","hair":"#d9b464","style":"short","shirt":"#3f6a3a","apron":true},"clue":"He was in the Storeroom.","job":"his nephew and apprentice","avatarSvg":"","solverRole":"family","constraints":[{"type":"area","areas":["Storeroom"]}]},{"id":"C","name":"Charlotte","gender":"F","role":"customer","color":"#1565c0","avatar":{"bg":"#5b2c6f","skin":"#f0cdb0","hair":"#3a2a1c","style":"bun","shirt":"#2f3b4c","scarf":"#b83a5a"},"clue":"She was in the Shop Window.","job":"a governess buying presents","avatarSvg":"","solverRole":"customer","constraints":[{"type":"area","areas":["Shop Window"]}]},{"id":"D","name":"Detlef","gender":"M","role":"customer","color":"#6a1b9a","avatar":{"bg":"#1b2a33","skin":"#e7b98f","hair":"#1c1a1a","style":"slick","shirt":"#1b1b1b","mustache":true,"mustacheColor":"#1c1a1a","tophat":"#2b2b2b"},"clue":"He was with Frieda. The dollhouse was somewhere in his row.","job":"a baron from the Ringstrasse","avatarSvg":"","solverRole":"customer","constraints":[{"type":"with","q":"F"},{"type":"row_has","obj":"dollhouse"}]},{"id":"E","name":"Emmerich","gender":"M","role":"customer","color":"#e65100","avatar":{"bg":"#2f4858","skin":"#e4b998","hair":"#8a8278","style":"bald","shirt":"#5d4037","glasses":true,"beard":true},"clue":"A shelf was somewhere in his area.","job":"the clockmaker next door","avatarSvg":"","solverRole":"customer","constraints":[{"type":"area_has","obj":"shelf"}]},{"id":"F","name":"Frieda","gender":"F","role":"customer","color":"#00838f","avatar":{"bg":"#3f6a3a","skin":"#f6d8c0","hair":"#b7482c","style":"ponytail","shirt":"#c0392b","scarf":"#f2a53a"},"clue":"She was in a corner of her area. She was not in the Workshop.","job":"a flower girl","avatarSvg":"","solverRole":"customer","constraints":[{"type":"corner_of_area"},{"type":"not_area","areas":["Workshop"]}]},{"id":"V","name":"Veit","gender":"M","role":"victim","color":"#1b1b1b","avatar":{"bg":"#5a2a2a","skin":"#e4b998","hair":"#e8e4dc","style":"short","shirt":"#264653","beard":true,"apron":true},"clue":"The victim. He was found in the Workshop, beside the workbench – alone with the murderer.","job":"the toymaker","avatarSvg":"","solverRole":"family","constraints":[{"type":"area","areas":["Workshop"]},{"type":"beside","obj":"table"}]}],"victim":"V","murderer":"E","solution":{"V":[1,3],"E":[2,4],"B":[3,5],"A":[4,2],"F":[5,6],"C":[6,1],"D":[7,7]},"walkthrough":[{"place":["V","D"],"cand":{"A":[[2,2],[3,2],[4,2],[5,2],[6,2]],"B":[[3,5]],"C":[[6,1],[6,5]],"E":[[2,1],[2,4],[3,1],[3,4],[4,1],[4,5],[5,4],[5,5],[6,4]],"F":[[2,6],[5,6]]},"text":"Veit was found in the Workshop beside the workbench (R1C2): at R1C3 or R2C2, as R1C1 holds a shelf – and the murderer was alone with him there, so the Workshop holds exactly two people. The workbench was in Adelheid’s column, so column 2 is hers and R2C2 is out: Veit is at R1C3. The dollhouse (R7C3) was in Detlef’s row, so row 7 is his – and he was with Frieda. The Shop Window lies in rows 6 and 7 only, so it holds two people at most, and Charlotte is one of them: if Detlef were there, Frieda would have to be there too – three people in two rows. So Detlef is in the Yard, at R7C6 or R7C7, and Frieda is in the Yard with him. She was in a corner of her area, and the Yard’s corner squares are R1C6, R2C6, R5C6, R7C6 and R7C7 (the fir tree fills the corner R1C7). Row 7 is Detlef’s and row 1 Veit’s, so Frieda is at R2C6 or R5C6 – column 6 is hers either way, and Detlef is at R7C7."},{"place":["B","C"],"cand":{"A":[[2,2],[4,2],[5,2]],"E":[[2,4],[5,4]],"F":[[2,6],[5,6]]},"text":"Benno was in the Storeroom: R1C5 is in Veit’s row and R3C6 in Frieda’s column, so Benno is at R3C5. Charlotte was in the Shop Window: row 7 is Detlef’s, which leaves only the two rocking horses, R6C1 and R6C5 – and R6C5 is in Benno’s column. Charlotte is at R6C1, sitting on a rocking horse. Rows 2, 4 and 5 and columns 2, 4 and 6 are left for Adelheid, Emmerich and Frieda."},{"place":["A","E"],"cand":{"F":[[5,6]]},"text":"Row 4 needs somebody too: R4C1 is in Charlotte’s column, R4C3 in Veit’s, R4C5 in Benno’s and R4C7 in Detlef’s, while the Christmas tree and the giant teddy bear fill R4C4 and R4C6. Only R4C2 is left, in Adelheid’s column: Adelheid is at R4C2. Now the Workshop still needs its second person, the murderer. R2C1 and R3C1 are in Charlotte’s column, R2C2 in Adelheid’s and R2C3 in Veit’s, so the only free Workshop square left is R2C4. Frieda was not in the Workshop, so the only person who can be alone with Veit in the Workshop is Emmerich – and the Workshop does have a shelf (R1C1), just as he said. Emmerich is at R2C4 – he is the murderer."},{"place":["F"],"text":"Row 2 is Emmerich’s now, so Frieda’s other square R2C6 is gone: Frieda is at R5C6, sitting on the sled. It is a corner of the Yard – the Shop lies above it and to its left – and she is in the Yard with Detlef, just as both of them said. Everyone is placed."},{"final":true,"text":"Case closed: Veit was alone in the Workshop with the clockmaker next door. Emmerich is the murderer!"}],"solver":{"rules":[],"occupiable":["rockinghorse","sled","stool"]},"verification":{"tool":"tools/murdoku_solver.py","unique":true,"guessFree":true,"checked":"2026-09-28"}}