Clue notes

Suspects:	Miss Scarlet,	Col. Mustard	Mrs. White	Mr. Green	Mrs. Peacock	Prof. Plum

Rooms:		Study 		Hall		Lounge		Library		Dining Room	Billiard Room	Conservatory	Ball Room	Kitchen

Weapons:	Candlestick	Revolver	Rope		Wrench		Lead Pipe	Knife

There are 21 CARDS, one for each suspect, room, and weapon. There are 18 cards in play as 3 are in the envelope.
For a 6 player game, all players will have 3 cards. (18/6=3)
For a 5 player game, players 1, 2, and 3 will have 4 cards, while players 4 and 5 will have  3 cards. (18/5 = 3 with a remainder of 3, so an extra card was dealt to the first 3 players)
For a 4 player game, players 1 and 2 will have 5 cards, while players 3 and 4 will have 4 cards. (18/4=4 with a remainder of 2, so an extra card was dealt to the first 2 players)
For a 3 player game, all players will have 6 cards. (18/3 = 6)

The player/suspect/suspect card distinction:
Players and Suspects and Suspect Cards all share names! They are all seperate things and should not be confused!

Types of information:
type 1) You are shown a players card when they see prove a suggestion wrong. You know those cards are not in the envelope.
type 2) Any player skipped over during a suggestion has NONE of the three suggested cards.
type 3) Any player who proves a suggestion wrong has AT LEAST ONE of the three suggested cards.
type 4) A suggestion made by someone other than yourself was not proven wrong.


The Standard Clue notepad, where you mark down a card whenever you see it (or conclude that a player must have it).
SUSPECTS
Miss Scarlet	☐
Mrs. White		☐
Mrs. Peacock	☐
Prof. Plum		☐
Mr. Green		☐
Col. Mustard	☐

ROOMS
Study 			☐
Hall			☐
Lounge			☐
Library			☐
Dining Room		☐
Billiard Room	☐
Conservatory	☐
Ball Room		☐
Kitchen			☐

WEAPONS
Candlestick		☐
Revolver		☐
Rope			☐
Wrench			☐
Lead Pipe		☐
Knife			☐


Here's another version of a notepad that makes it easy to take down type 2 information.
The initials across the top refer to players, not cards.

For the boxes to the right of the card names: ☐ means no information, ☑ means this player has this card, and ☒, means player does not have this card.
For the boxes to the left of the card names:  [ ] means no information, [*] means this card is in the envelope, and [x] means this card is eliminated (not in the envelope).

SUSPECTS		MS	CM	MW	MG	MP	PP
[ ]Miss Scarlet	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
[ ]Mrs. White	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
[ ]Mrs. Peacock	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
[ ]Prof. Plum	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
[ ]Mr. Green	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
[ ]Col. Mustard	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐

ROOMS
[ ]Study 		☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
[ ]Hall			☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
[ ]Lounge		☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
[ ]Library		☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
[ ]Dining Room	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
[ ]BilliardRoom ☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
[ ]Conservatory	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
[ ]Ball Room	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
[ ]Kitchen		☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐

WEAPONS
[ ]Candlestick	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
[ ]Revolver		☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
[ ]Rope			☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
[ ]Wrench		☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
[ ]Lead Pipe	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
[ ]Knife		☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐

Here are some general rules for marking:
	Any time you see a card, mark the corresponding box to ☑. (type 1 information)
	Any time a box is marked ☑, that box's card has been elimated. Mark all other boxes in that row ☒.
	Any time a player fails to prove a suggestion wrong, mark the three corresponding boxes in that players column as ☒. (type 2 information)
	Any time all the cards except one have been eliminated in a category, mark that card's row entirely with ☒. Mark that card as in the envelope!
	If nobody was able to disprove your suggestion: Go through the cards you suggested. If you do not have the suggested card, then mark that card's rows entirely with ☒. Mark that card as in the envelope!


TODO:
Type 3 information marking...
How to algorithmically draw conclusions based on type 3 information?

New concept: a turn number. starts at 0 and increments at the start of a new turn. So a player cannot prove a suggestion wrong, simply put the turn number itself in that box, unless there's already an [X] there. that means for that players column, if there is only 1 of a single turn number, that number can be swapped for a [check]. because these numbers represent a group of cards that player must have, and if that group consists of only 1 card, they must have that card.

Obviously the boxes will have to be capable of holding lots of different numbers. NBD for a digital representation. Not going to work for a person with a reasonable looking chart. Wait, is that important? What does it mean for a box to have multiple numbers? If a box has lots of numbers, is that player MORE LIKELY to have that card? I THINK SO!! That could be important for choosing suggestions!

Is that the only kind of conclusion that can be drawn from type 3 information???

Also important that a number should probably count as a blank box for all the previous rules for marking... or do they?? Could the previous rules for marking somehow be supplemented with type 3 information??? Maybe??