Classic Minesweeper Game

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Classic Minesweeper Game Play Instructions

• Game Controls
  • Click the mouse to clear out squares where you think there is a bomb.
  • Click on the flag at the top of the playing field to lay flags where you are certain there is a bomb.
  • Unclick the flag button to remove other squares.
  • There is a restart button in the upper left corner.
• Strategy on How to Beat Minesweeper
  • General
    • This game uses a 9 by 14 grid for a total of 126 squares.
    • Each game has around 25 bombs (plus or minus 2), giving each square about a 20% chance of having a bomb.
    • The bomb count is shown in the upper right corner. As you lay flags the bomb count decreases on the presumption that each flag you have laid is correct.
    • If you lay a flag in the wrong spot you can later remove it.
    • The game is timed, with the timer showing in the upper part of the screen.
  • Beginning the level
    • Off the start of the game you click on cells to reveal if they have bombs or not and open up a portion of the playing field.
    • To some degree this begins as a game of luck until you open up part of the playing field.
    • If an uncovered square does not have any numbers on it then you can clear out the 8 surrounding cells & repeat the process until there are numbers on the face of uncovered squares.
  • After the level has opened up
    • After you open up the playing field you can use numbers showing on the face of spots to do a process of elimination to figure out where bombs likely are.
    • If a light gray box has no numbers on it that means there are zero adjacent bombs and you can uncover every square touching it.
    • If you look at multiple sets of numbers in near proximity they can help you create a matrix to solve where you are certain a bomb is or a bomb is not. Flag cells where there is a bomb and remove cells where there is not.
    • In some cases you end up having to guess to make progress. In general it is best to make guesses where you have a high probability of success. For example, if you know 3 out of 4 squares have a bomb trying to guess which one does not is a bad risk as you have a 75% chance of failure, but if you know 1 in 5 positions is a bomb you have only a 20% chance of failure.

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CardGames.pro published this Minesweeper on April 19, 2021