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Strategies

ZERICO2005 edited this page Dec 22, 2023 · 2 revisions

Strategies

Here is a list of strategies for all the game-modes of Mine-Sweeper. If you have some strategies that are not listed here, you may add them by editing/contributing to this Wiki page.

Some of the game-modes were inspired from CaryKH

General Tips

Mine-count equaling the number of unrevealed tiles

If a tile has the same amount of unrevealed tiles as its mine-count number, then all of the unrevealed tiles are mines. Chording will flag all the tiles automatically for you in this case.

0. Classic Mine-Sweeper

121 Pattern

If you see a pattern that goes 121, that means that there is a mine next to the 1's, but not the 2

1221 Pattern

If you see a pattern that goes 1221, that means that there is a mine next to the 2's, but not the 1's

1. Knight-Sweeper

2. Long Orthogonal

3. Diagonal

4. Target

5. Clover

6. Windmill

7. X-Fighter

8. Tye-Fighter

9. Near Orthogonal

10. Doubled Orthogonal

11. Doubled Diagonal

12. Ship Wheel

13. Hashtag

14. Doubled Target

15. Doubled Center Orthogonal

16. Taxicab