This is a continuation of previous posts on MineSweeper.
The First Move
Start the game (and the timer) by picking (left-clicking) a square. The first move is a crap shoot. One of three things may happen:
- If you are unlucky, you will pick a mine and the game ends immediately.
- A fair result is selecting a square that gives a number. A high number (3,4,5) means you are in a hot zone with lots of mines surrounding you. A low number (1,2) means it is relatively safe. If you find a high number, you are better off picking another square on another part of the board. If you find a low number, you can take your chances in that area or move to another area of the board. It’s a toss up. I think I would tend to stay put for the low numbers.
- If you are lucky, you will pick a square that is blank (no mine or no number). This means you are in a safe zone with no mines surrounding you. A bonus is that the game, instead of making you manually reveal all the surrounding squares which are guaranteed to be safe, reveals all the squares in the safe zone for you.
Here’s my first move:
Lucky First Move
This was a lucky first move. A large part of the board is a safe zone. You may consider this an advantage, but a big safe zone only means that there are big hot zones on other parts of the board.
Thanks for reading. More on MineSweeper is forthcoming!
~The Witch Doctor
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