The Lobster That Lost the City Series

Roaring Twenties · case 27 of 50 · Evil · 5×5
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The night before the deciding game of the City Series, the Cubs' star pitcher dined at the Lakeshore Grand and spent the next day in bed with the worst case of food poisoning in the hotel's history. The Sox won nine to one, and a syndicate collected two hundred thousand dollars.

Arlochauffeur
Brunohouse detective
Corafilm star
Dextermillionaire
Esmecolumnist
Felixcard sharp
Guschef
Hugocard sharp
Irisfilm star
Joancolumnist
Kirafilm star
Leochauffeur
Mabelchef
Norahouse detective
Olivemillionaire
Piacard sharp
Quinncolumnist
Rajcolumnist
Silaschauffeur
Tesschauffeur
Ugochauffeur
Victormillionaire
Willahouse detective
Xandercard sharp
Yvettemillionaire

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Roaring Twenties: case 27

This Evil case seats 25 suspects on a 5×5 grid. 21 of them carry a clue; the other 4 only have something to say about themselves. 6 of the steps can only be proven by reading two or more clues together. Case 27 of the Roaring Twenties case pack. Same rules as every Clues & Culprits case: everyone tells the truth, and only proven verdicts stick.

← Case 26: Ten Lengths Clear in the Fog · Case 28: Extra! Extra! Prohibition Ends! →

SeatSuspectRole in this caseClass
A1ArlochauffeurCourier
B1Brunohouse detectiveEnforcer
C1Corafilm starArtist
D1DextermillionaireNoble
E1EsmecolumnistScholar
A2Felixcard sharpRogue
B2GuschefCook
C2Hugocard sharpRogue
D2Irisfilm starArtist
E2JoancolumnistScholar
A3Kirafilm starArtist
B3LeochauffeurCourier
C3MabelchefCook
D3Norahouse detectiveEnforcer
E3OlivemillionaireNoble
A4Piacard sharpRogue
B4QuinncolumnistScholar
C4RajcolumnistScholar
D4SilaschauffeurCourier
E4TesschauffeurCourier
A5UgochauffeurCourier
B5VictormillionaireNoble
C5Willahouse detectiveEnforcer
D5Xandercard sharpRogue
E5YvettemillionaireNoble

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