{"format":"murdoku-puzzle/1","id":"vineyard","version":1,"difficulty":"hard","level":7,"size":{"rows":10,"cols":10},"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 Vineyard","tagline":"Kestrel Hill Estate · harvest night · the last vintage","author":"mathace","concept":"Murdoku – Manuel Garand (murdoku.com); unofficial fan-made case","created":"2026-09-17","story":"Harvest night at the Kestrel Hill Estate. The last grapes are in, the press has fallen silent and the festival is winding down when Vidal, the winemaker, is found dead in the cellar, beside one of his own barrels. Nine people were still on the estate: three of his family, three estate workers and three guests. One of them is the killer. 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role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Isolde\"><rect width=\"80\" height=\"80\" fill=\"#4e6f8a\"/><path d=\"M22 42 Q20 14 40 14 Q60 14 58 42 L62 72 L18 72 Z\" fill=\"#b7482c\"/><path d=\"M10 80 Q12 56 40 54 Q68 56 70 80 Z\" fill=\"#2f3b4c\"/><rect x=\"34\" y=\"44\" width=\"12\" height=\"13\" fill=\"#e9c6a4\"/><ellipse cx=\"40\" cy=\"34\" rx=\"14\" ry=\"16\" fill=\"#e9c6a4\"/><path d=\"M26 36 Q26 16 40 16 Q54 16 54 36 Q52 24 40 24 Q28 24 26 36 Z\" fill=\"#b7482c\"/><circle cx=\"34\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><circle cx=\"46\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><path d=\"M36 43 Q40 46 44 43\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#a5735a\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/><circle cx=\"34\" cy=\"35\" r=\"5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#2b2b2b\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/><circle cx=\"46\" cy=\"35\" r=\"5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#2b2b2b\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/><line x1=\"39\" y1=\"35\" x2=\"41\" y2=\"35\" stroke=\"#2b2b2b\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/></svg>","solverRole":"guest","constraints":[{"type":"beside","obj":"crate"}]},{"id":"V","name":"Vidal","gender":"M","role":"victim","color":"#1b1b1b","avatar":{"bg":"#5a2a2a","skin":"#e4b998","hair":"#5a3a22","style":"slick","shirt":"#1b1b1b","mustache":true},"clue":"<b>The victim.</b> He was found in the <b>Cellar</b>, beside a <b>barrel</b> – alone with the murderer.","job":"the winemaker","avatarSvg":"<svg viewBox=\"0 0 80 80\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Vidal\"><rect width=\"80\" height=\"80\" fill=\"#5a2a2a\"/><path d=\"M10 80 Q12 56 40 54 Q68 56 70 80 Z\" fill=\"#1b1b1b\"/><rect x=\"34\" y=\"44\" width=\"12\" height=\"13\" fill=\"#e4b998\"/><ellipse cx=\"40\" cy=\"34\" rx=\"14\" ry=\"16\" fill=\"#e4b998\"/><path d=\"M26 30 Q27 16 44 15 Q56 15 55 26 Q48 22 40 23 Q30 24 26 30 Z\" fill=\"#5a3a22\"/><circle cx=\"34\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><circle cx=\"46\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><path d=\"M36 43 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with him there. Aurora was beside a bench, so she is in the Courtyard (R4C2, R5C1, R5C5 or R6C4); Benedict sat on a hay bale in the Cart Shed (R7C8 or R10C10); Florian was beside a vine, so he is among the Vine Rows; Hubert is in the Shop. Elke was alone in her area – so not in the Courtyard, the Cellar, the Vine Rows, the Shop or the Cart Shed, where someone else is bound to be. The male estate worker exactly one row north of Florian can only be Dario, and the female estate worker one row north of Hubert can only be Elke: Hubert is in row 2 or 3 of the Shop (R2C9, R2C10, R3C8, R3C9 or R3C10), and Elke in the row directly above him – row 1 or 2, in the Press House or the Tasting Room. Dario, directly above Florian, is in rows 6–9."},{"place":["B"],"cand":{"H":[[2,9],[3,8],[3,9]],"V":[[4,6],[4,8],[5,7],[5,9],[6,6],[6,8]],"F":[[7,1],[7,3],[7,4],[8,2],[8,3],[9,3],[9,4]]},"text":"Exactly two people sat on stools, so look at the four stools. Nobody can sit on R3C7: it is a corner of the Tasting Room (so not Cecily or Gabriella), Elke is in row 1 or 2, Isolde needs a crate next to her, and Dario is in rows 6–9. The Shop stool R3C8 can only be Hubert’s; R1C5 – another corner of the Tasting Room, with no crate beside it – only Elke’s; the cellar stool R5C6 can seat Cecily or Gabriella. <b>Could Benedict be on the hay bale at R7C8?</b> Then column 8 is his, Hubert cannot sit on R3C8, and the two stool-sitters must be Elke at R1C5 and Cecily or Gabriella at R5C6. Elke in row 1 puts Hubert in row 2 (R2C9 or R2C10). Vidal is barred from column 8, from row 5 and from column 6, so he is at R4C10 or R6C10: column 10 is his, and Hubert is at R2C9. Rows 4 and 6 belong to Aurora and Vidal, row 5 to the stool-sitter, so the other of Cecily and Gabriella must be in rows 8–10 – together with Florian and Dario, who take two consecutive rows there. Now column 7: R2C7 is in the Tasting Room, where Elke is alone; R3C7 is the unusable stool; R5C7 is in the stool-sitter’s row and R7C7 in Benedict’s; R10C7 is a corner of the Bottling Hall; and R9C7 would put Cecily or Gabriella into row 9, between Florian and Dario – impossible. Column 7 stays empty: contradiction. <b>Benedict is at R10C10</b>, and row 10 and column 10 are his."},{"place":["H","E"],"cand":{"V":[[4,8],[6,8]],"A":[[4,2],[6,4]],"I":[[3,2],[7,5],[7,7],[8,6]]},"text":"Hubert is at R2C9, R3C8 or R3C9. <b>Could he sit on the Shop stool R3C8?</b> Then Elke is in row 2, not on R1C5, so the second stool has to be R5C6 – Cecily or Gabriella, in the Cellar with Vidal. But Vidal, beside a barrel, would have no square left: R4C8 and R6C8 are in Hubert’s column, R4C6 and R6C6 in the stool’s column, R5C7 and R5C9 in its row. Contradiction. <b>Could Hubert be at R3C9?</b> Then Elke is in row 2 again, R1C5 and R3C8 are both out, and only one stool remains usable – one sitter instead of two. Contradiction. So <b>Hubert is at R2C9</b>, Elke is in row 1, and the two stool-sitters are <b>Elke at R1C5</b> and whoever sits at <b>R5C6</b> – a person in the Cellar with Vidal, so <b>the murderer is Cecily or Gabriella, sitting on the cellar stool</b>. Vidal is not in row 5 or column 6: he is at <b>R4C8 or R6C8</b>, and column 8 is his."},{"place":["A","V"],"cand":{"F":[[8,3],[9,3]],"I":[[3,2],[7,5],[7,7]]},"text":"Aurora is at R4C2 or R6C4 (row 5 is the stool-sitter’s) and Vidal at R4C8 or R6C8: rows 4 and 6 are theirs, so Cecily, Dario and Gabriella are not in those rows. Row 3 has a single usable square, R3C2 – R3C3 is beside the barrel, R3C4 is a corner of the Press House, R3C6 and R3C7 lie in the Tasting Room where Elke is alone, and the Shop is Hubert’s – so column 2 belongs to row 3’s person (Cecily or Isolde). Row 6 then has a single square as well, R6C4, and only Aurora may take it: <b>Aurora is at R6C4</b>, so <b>Vidal is at R4C8</b>. Florian, beside a vine, is left with R8C3 or R9C3 (R7C1, R7C3 and R7C4 would put Dario into Aurora’s row 6; R8C2 is in column 2, R9C4 in Aurora’s column). Isolde is at R3C2, R7C5 or R7C7."},{"place":["F","D"],"cand":{"I":[[3,2],[7,5],[7,7]],"C":[[3,2],[5,6]],"G":[[3,2],[5,6]]},"text":"Could Florian be at R8C3? Then Dario would be in row 7 – but R7C1 is a corner of the Vine Rows, R7C3 is Florian’s column, R7C5 and R7C7 are corners of the Bottling Hall and R7C9 is Hubert’s column: nowhere to go. So <b>Florian is at R9C3</b> and Dario is in row 8: R8C2 is column 2, R8C3 is Florian’s column, R8C5 is Elke’s column – <b>Dario is at R8C1</b>. Rows 3, 5 and 7 are left for Cecily, Gabriella and Isolde. Row 7’s remaining squares are R7C5 and R7C7, both corners of the Bottling Hall – not for Cecily or Gabriella – so <b>row 7 is Isolde’s</b>, and Cecily and Gabriella share R3C2 and the cellar stool R5C6."},{"place":["C","G","I"],"text":"Gabriella was not alone in her area, but whoever is at R3C2 is alone in the Press House (its other squares are all crossed out): so <b>Cecily is at R3C2</b> and <b>Gabriella at R5C6</b>, on the cellar stool – in the Cellar with Vidal. Column 5 is Elke’s, so <b>Isolde is at R7C7</b>, beside the crate. Everyone is placed."},{"final":true,"text":"Case closed: Vidal was alone in the Cellar with the wine merchant sitting on the cellar stool. <b>Gabriella is the murderer!</b>"}],"solver":{"rules":[{"type":"count_on","obj":"stool","n":2}],"occupiable":["stool","bench","hay"]},"verification":{"tool":"tools/murdoku_solver.py","unique":true,"guessFree":true,"checked":"2026-09-17"}}