The Mayfair House in the Tombola

Victorian London · case 28 of 50 · Evil · 5×5
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The Duchess's charity tombola sold two thousand tickets at a guinea apiece, all for the Foundling Hospital. The grand prize, a house in Mayfair, was drawn under seal before two magistrates — and won by a gentleman whom nobody in Belgravia had ever met.

Adaprofessor
Basilmagistrate
Caljeweller
Devjeweller
Ezraviolinist
Freyalamplighter
Gretamagistrate
Hattiephysician
Idrisjeweller
Jasperlamplighter
Kurtgambler
Lenaprofessor
Milaviolinist
Nicoviolinist
Ottolamplighter
Piagambler
Quinnprofessor
Rajprofessor
Sukimagistrate
Tariqjeweller
Umaphysician
Veragambler
Wrenlamplighter
Ximenaviolinist
Yaraphysician

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Victorian London: case 28

This Evil case seats 25 suspects on a 5×5 grid. 19 of them carry a clue; the other 6 only have something to say about themselves. 6 of the steps can only be proven by reading two or more clues together. Case 28 of the free Victorian London case pack. Same rules as every Clues & Culprits case: everyone tells the truth, and only proven verdicts stick.

← Case 27: The Channel That Moved a Cable's Length · Case 29: Nightingale Drops, as Taken by Nobody →

SeatSuspectRole in this caseClass
A1AdaprofessorScholar
B1BasilmagistrateOfficial
C1CaljewellerMerchant
D1DevjewellerMerchant
E1EzraviolinistArtist
A2FreyalamplighterLaborer
B2GretamagistrateOfficial
C2HattiephysicianHealer
D2IdrisjewellerMerchant
E2JasperlamplighterLaborer
A3KurtgamblerRogue
B3LenaprofessorScholar
C3MilaviolinistArtist
D3NicoviolinistArtist
E3OttolamplighterLaborer
A4PiagamblerRogue
B4QuinnprofessorScholar
C4RajprofessorScholar
D4SukimagistrateOfficial
E4TariqjewellerMerchant
A5UmaphysicianHealer
B5VeragamblerRogue
C5WrenlamplighterLaborer
D5XimenaviolinistArtist
E5YaraphysicianHealer

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