Stauf was a homeless vagrant and a thief, and became a murderer during a robbery. Being a desperate type of person he made a pact with a demon to avoid prosecution. The demon helped him become a famous and wealthy toymaker. Stauf created toys and replica dolls (dolls that look like the person). A plague came to the village/town he lived in and the children with Stauf's toys died. The demon had Stauf use all his wealth to build a house full of puzzles. After the house was built Stauf invited 6 people to spend the night with the promise of whoever could solve all of his puzzles could have anything they wanted.

The six people invited were: (information is in the credits)
A married couple (husband and wife)
A socialite
A dandy
A magician
An actress?

The seventh guest refers to a young boy (Tad?) who was dared to enter the house. (The sacrifice)

There are three chess puzzles. Classic and famous all.

Queen's Territory:
Place 8 queens on the chessboard without the strike territory overlapping.


1 of 12 solutions.

Bishops:
Reverse the positions of black and white bishop on the chessboard.

Solution
First, work only with the pieces on one colour of squares, then use the mirror image of the moves to get the bishops on the other colour across. Alternate the below moves, with Black and White:

Black E2→D3 A2→B3 D3→B1 B3→C4 A4→D1 D1→E2 B1→C2 C2→A4 E4→C2 C4→A2 E2→C4 C2→D1 A2→B1 B1→E4 C4→D3 D1→B3 B3→A2 D3→E2

White E3→D2 A3→B2 D2→B4 B2→C1 A1→D4 D4→E3 B4→C3 C3→A1 E1→C3 C1→A3 E3→C1 C3→D4 A3→B4 B4→E1 C1→D2 D4→B2 B2→A3 D2→E3




Knights:
Reverse the postion of the black and white knighs on the chessboard.

Solution
One way of getting the knights across the board is by moving the knights on the following squares in sequence. The squares are lettered from left to right and numbered from top to bottom:
A4 → C5 → B3 → A5 → C4 → E3 → D1 → B2 → C4 → A3 → C2 → E1 → D3 → C1 → E2 ↵
C3 → B1 → D2 → C4 → E5 → D3 → C5 → B3 → A1 → C2 → A3 → C4 → E3 → C2 → E1 ↵
D3 → B4 → A2 → C1 → B3 → D4 → E2 → C1 → B3 → D4 → B5 → C3 → E4 → D2 → B3 ↵
D4 → E2 → C3 → D5 → E3 → D1 → C3 → D5 → B4 → A2 → C1 → E2 → C3

B below middle C - 1, 10
D sharp/E flat - 6
E - 5, 7, 9, 17
F sharp/G flat - 3, 8, 16, 18
G - 4, 15
A - 14
B - 2, 11, 13
High C - 12

Telescope puzzle:


Pantry puzzle:



Cake puzzle:

2 tombstones, 2 skulls, 1 plot of grass per section

Spider puzzle:

Always send next spider to the where the previous spider was.

Bed puzzle:
Comforter on bed - spell out this statement
THE*SKY*IS*RUDDY*YOUR*FATE*IS*BLOODY!

Picture puzzle in nursery:
Flip the columns until the centre row of the picture is correct. Then flip the top row until it is correct, then do the same with the bottom row. If you get an odd square on any of the rows, then the puzzle is unsolvable and you will have to restart it.

Block puzzle in dollhouse: (This is the only clue/directive about what the guests are supposed to do as the final thing to do to gain their "prize".)
Solution
To complete the puzzle you need to spell: GET BOY TAD. Complete it by performing the following moves:
1. Column 1: down one.
2. Column 3: up one.
3. Row 1: right one.
4. Row 3: left one.
5. Column 1: down one.
6. Column 3: up one.
7. Row 1: right one.
8. Row 3: left one.


Window puzzle: (House in attic)
Solution
To solve the puzzle, start at the bottom and work your way up.
• Bottom floor: Start at the sixth window from the left at the bottom and set the windows as follows:
1. The round window to up.
2. The semi-circular window to right.
3. The arched window to down.
4. The rectangular window to left.
• Middle floor: On this level, start at the third window from the left.
• Top floor: Start at second window from the left.