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The first case of the first DLC forThe Case of the Golden Idolrevolves around an interesting game of strategy gone wrong. The Overly Enthusiastic Card Game Tournament in the Yellow Lily is the beginning of an alternate story to the one told in the main game, but is still somewhat related - and you can tell how, if you look closely.
As you’d expect, you’ll have to figure out some esoteric game rules, identify a room full of people, and search for terms and items that will help you work out exactly what happened here.
Exploring Mode: All Term Locations
There are a hefty 39 terms to figure out in this case.
The men near the door
The note of rules on the wall near the door
Any of the pajack boards
Archer, Boar, Centaur, Peasant
The pajack tournament blackboard on the wall
Carlos, Luna, Sri, Thagson, Pandula, Senevi, Ruben, Hendriks, Gabriel, Hubert, Price
The dead men
Dagger, Rapier, Ear, Knife, Knife, Sword, Chakram, Navaja, Mace, Harpoon
Thinking Mode: Pajack Cards
Unfortunately for you, onlyone of the pajack tables is unscuffed enoughto show you who won and with what cards. Fortunately for you, that’s all you need.
The order is thus:CentaurbeatsArcherbeatsBoarbeatsPeasant.
Thinking Mode: Identities
As with all other cases where identities are important, you’ll have to do a lot of reading and draw some conclusions from the pajack game results that you worked out in the previous section.
Solution
The identities of the characters featured in this case are laid out in the table below, with each placement corresponding to their placement in the panel.
Carlos Luna
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Oberon Geller is actually from the very first case of the game!
Thinking Mode: Who Killed Whom?
There are a few clues that can help you with this puzzle:
Thinking Mode: The Series Of Events
This case tells the story of apajack game gone wrong, and there are some heavy clues as to why. A clash of personalities and some unfortunate weapon use seem to have culminated with this scene.
Bill Price lostapajackgame toZubiri Kerra.Bill PricethoughtZubiri Kerrahadcheated, so he tried to takeZubiri Kerra’sear.
