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Or maybe a diagram would be more useful.

I have canvas and paint, but what should I paint?

And talking about math: I'm I the only one confused by this?

What does 7 mean?

Considering Mandle now knows the psychic and the nurse, there are only 5 people with unknown role to him: 3 guests and 2 murderers. Which means, his chances at the moment are 20% vs 40%.

Aaaaand, I should really learn how to do my maths
Of course I meant 40% vs. 60%

This statement:

In case you made this all up, then the psychic shall step up and say so.

Because it sounds like a murderer's trick to expose the psychic.

Actually, if Mandle was lying, there would be another psychic around, that has scanned another guest and thus could use him as spokesperson as well, no need to be exposed.

Anyway, here's what I think we need to do:
1. Don't lynch anybody

I'll explain my reasoning: we have 25% of getting a real murderer and 75% of killing one of our own. If we don't kill anyone, then tomorrow we'll have 5 vs 2 as opposed to 4 vs 2 if we mess up, and then one more day of messing up and we're done. So by not lynching, we get one extra day.
If Mandle is being truthful, then I think scanning the nurse is a must, because if he's fooled by a murderer it's pretty much game over.

Considering Mandle now knows the psychic and the nurse, there are only 5 people with unknown role to him: 3 guests and 2 murderers. Which means, his chances at the moment are 20% vs 40%. Not bad, IMHO.
The murderers have the same chance next night, to kill either the psychic or the nurse. Chances for both teams increase of course, if they consider what people wrote and who is most suspicious. Which means, no matter if Mandle is saying the truth, chances aren't too bad that either the nurse or the psychic is killed next night anyway.

What shall we do now? I think the psychic should scan the most suspicious person (and definitely not the nurse!). Or, we could go even more radical, lynch the most suspicious person and and scan the next best one. But this is probably is too extreme.

2. If Mandle is telling the truth, then scan the nurse
3. (Not completely sure about this) if the nurse hasn't revealed itself to Mandle yet, don't!

Which is where I completely disagree: The psychic shall NOT scan the nurse and the nurse shall reveal itself if it hasn't done so yet.

Is it really worth wasting a scan on the nurse? I would assume that if it was a fake nurse the real nurse would show up now. I'd rather scan one of the other suspects to increase the chance of finding the murderer.

The psychic had enough time to stand up and say that Mandle is an impostor. For this reason, I'm going to believe Mandle (for now!) and vote for

Contact Mandle

But it's up to the nurse to decide if it's worth the risk or not.

Well... let's just hope our Nurse makes the right decision!!!

So much pressure on our poor nurse, whoever it may be! And in the meantime, Kastchey and VampireWombat are about to have a brawl.

I think it is time for a decision. What do does everyone think the nurse should do?

• Contact Mandle
• Don't contact Mandle but protect him
• None of the above

I made entry 11. I wonder if votes had been different if people didn't try to guess the author beforehand.

On another note: Play Detective Grimoire if you haven't done it yet. It's a flash game, should take less than one hour and you can play it for free here:
https://armorgames.com/play/200/detective-grimoire

If you are innocent then you are kind of implying that, if I'm evil, then cat might also be evil?

Well, yes, I found cat's statement also suspicious (regardless of whether you're innocent or not).

Which statement did you find suspicious and why?

Ms. cat, are you confident that one of our esteemed group could have committed this atrocity? This is a huge building, a skilled criminal could have easily hidden themselves among its corridors. You said you had been all around the manor looking for your paintings, and as a painter you must be perceptive. Have you seen no glimpse of a stranger? No suspicious rustle behind a curtain? Anything...?

Of course, there could be someone hidden somewhere. But I checked all the curtains (I secretly admire their pattern) and our butler thoroughly searched the cellar for drinks. I'm quite confident that there is no-one else here.

Before we gathered together this morning a certain someone tapped my elbow as a signal and pulled me aside to whisper:
"I have psychic powers and have seen that you are but an innocent Guest upon this godforsaken island. You must work with me as my mouthpiece!"

The Nurse is welcome to doubt me but it's really just a coin-toss.

Isn't it more for the psychic to doubt you?
I see two options:
In case you made this all up, then the psychic shall step up and say so. Sure, he or she could be killed during next night, but chances are the nurse will help. And you, Mr. Mandle, will be thrown of the cliff of the island, because only a murderer would dare to play such a cruel game with us!
The other option is that you were indeed contacted by the psychic. But how will you know that the person who contacts you is really a nurse? It could be a murderer in disguise! Unless, of course, two people contact you . Then one of them is probably a murderer.

My suggestion for the nurse - whoever it may be - would be to wait a bit and give the psychic a chance to accuse Mandle of an nefarious lie, if it was one. Otherwise, contacting him might be a wise decision.

How terrible! I mean, the nightly singing was annoying, but nothing that would justify such a cruel murder

So, we have a murderer among us. We are trapped on this island and there is no way to call the police. What shall we do?

Finally some wine!

@Mandle: Could you please hold back a bit with this tactic stuff? I think it ruins our role play experience right now
This said, I'm with Stupot and against lynching anyone.

It was a picture of a cat I believe. Hard to forget considering the signature of "Cat".

Ah, this must have been "Cat in lavender field".

cat, is any of your paintings on display here? I've seen some impressive pieces near the entrance.

Now that you mentioned it, none of paintings is on display here. This is really weird, because according to my invitation our host admires my work and asked me to come here and paint his rose garden.

Doctor, I hope you will find a corkscrews soon, I could use some wine right now.

Congrats to Major Arcana. This nearly got my vote as it has a good adventure set-up. In the end I voted for Mulled as it just sounded so fun.

+1 I also voted for Mulled.

Seems the three of us have similar tastes For me it was also a close one with Major Arcana.

Please forgive my impoliteness, I can't think clearly with my stomach still upset.

My name is cat, and I'm a painter. Maybe you have seen one of my water-color paintings in a gallery in London? My focus lies on landscapes and gardens and I hope I can find some nice motives here on this island once the weather clears up.

I still feel a bit sick from that boat ride, but I hope I can ease my pain with a glass of champaign. I'm kinda worried that I didn't see a butler on the list of roles

[1. Lockdown]

Results! I guess this means I can now write some short comments for each of them:

1. Lockdown
Interesting setting and idea, but I'd imagine this more an action adventure (with stealth sequences) than a classical P&C adventure.

2. Small Pockets
The first part sounds interesting, the rest just confusing.

3. Rodric Downes and the Pirate-Princess
An interesting setting, though I'm not sure how well this will work as an adventure game.

4. What A Feeling!
An interesting approach, but I'm not sure how well this will turn into an actual game.

5. Major Arcana
I like the hunt for MacGuffins and the "Complete the deck to complete your life" idea, but for my taste this is too much about magic.

6. Cliffhung
The problem I see here is, that the player is required to have watched all movies beforehand. Otherwise he would not understand it or be completely spoilered.

7. Mulled
My favourite. I love the setting and the idea of the advent calender. My only concern would be that 24 days could become a bit boring with time. This could probably be mitigated by having Tommy pass out for a few days etc.

8. Two Strings Attached
This sounds a lot like Fahrenheit to me, not sure if there would be some unique twist but the pitch didn't sell it.

9. The Professor
Funny idea but I don't really understand what the gameplay would be like.

10. [Untitled]
I don't like Sierra-style fantasy. Period.

11. A Hard Nut to Crack
A cute idea, however the clue stuff could become complicated or boring if not done well.

I'd love to join. I just hope to manage it time wise.

I understood the later part of the article very well, I'm talking about this part, that is confusing to me:

Let us be reminded of the aforementioned ability Kafka had to present stories that burst with life â€" not in regards to their sentiments; they are almost never jovial, but in regards to the believable struggle of the characters to move about, or at least crawl about, in the world they are found in. With that in mind, it can seem quite logical to examine whether Kafka had fleshed out â€" in his own imagination; he didn't provide such information in the story â€" the answer to this question.

There are a bit too many - and ; for my taste. Your thoughts are fragmented and hard to follow. It is clear that you did some thorough research on Kafka and thought about his work a lot, but you should give readers a chance to catch up