Clockwork Alibi

The bell struck eleven and the Alderman lay dead in the belfry. Three people were inside the clock tower that evening. Each one tells you where they stood at every hour. One of them is lying. Clockwork Alibi is a deduction puzzle game. You don't follow a script. You test alibis against evidence until a story breaks. TURN BACK THE CLOCK: Spin the brass dial from VI to XI and watch the tower rewind. Every suspect walks to the floor they claim to have been on at that hour. You see their alibi play out room by room. SEARCH THE ROOMS: Six floors, six hours, and a limited number of winding keys. Each search costs a key, so pick your rooms with care. Clear the fog and look for cigar ash, ink smudges, a glove fiber, a cane mark on the boards. The body only lies at the scene from the hour of the murder on, so the scene itself tells you when it happened. CONFRONT THE SUSPECTS: Every clue points…