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Famous case · Paris, August 1911
The Mona Lisa theft · Paris, 1911
A crime has been committed. Find out who was involved, where, and with what.
- 🃏 40 cards to turn over: involved or innocent, traces or nothing…
- 📓 The notebook holds the clues. A card only turns over if it is proven.
- 💡 Every card you turn over gives you a new clue.
- 📜 The Story button, at the bottom, tells you about the case (optional to play).
- 40 cards: 20 people, 10 places and 10 objects. Each one hides a yes or a no: involved or innocent, traces or nothing…
- The notebook holds the clues. You can only turn a card over if the clues prove it: no guessing allowed.
- Every card you turn over gives you a new clue. Step by step, you crack the case.
🇫🇷 The cases take place in France: French names, French towns, translated into English.
💾 If you change phones or your browser clears its data, everything is lost.
The Mona Lisa theft · Paris, 1911
📄 Initial report (story and known facts)
📜 Story
Paris, Tuesday, August 22, 1911. The painter Louis Béroud sets up at the Louvre to copy the Mona Lisa. But in the Salon Carré, he only finds four iron hooks on an empty wall. The guards first think the painting is at the photographer's, then they have to face the facts: the Mona Lisa was stolen the day before, a Monday, when the museum was closed. Your job: find the thief, and clear the innocent.
🎯 Your goal: turn over all 40 cards in the 3 tabs (People, Places, Objects). A card only turns over if the clues prove it (no guessing allowed), and every card you turn over gives you a new clue.
🗺️ Columns, rows and areas (read it when a clue mentions them)
First finding at the scene
What we already know
Tap a card, then choose. The game refuses until the clues let you prove it. On a computer, the i button opens a card's file. All the rules.