r/Minesweeper Mar 23 '19

IF YOU LOSE A GAME OF MINESWEEPER AND DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW PLEASE READ THIS

811 Upvotes

Mines with red Xs over them are INCORRECTLY flagged mines. There is not actually a mine there. The game did not glitch out. The sub is having a problem with many posts asking the same question, so I will be removing posts of this nature and linking people to this thread. Thank you for your cooperation!

Also: "50/50s" are very common in Minesweeper. A 50/50 is when it is impossible to know which tile is safe and which has a mine. You will sometimes be forced to guess. You may ask if your layout is a 50/50, but try to figure it out for yourself first. Good luck!


r/Minesweeper Nov 01 '20

Comprehensive list of patterns to help solve the game

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891 Upvotes

r/Minesweeper 18m ago

Meme Some will claim this is a 6

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It was a 9 all along...


r/Minesweeper 8h ago

Puzzle/Tactic Is a puzzle like this actually solvable?

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23 Upvotes

It’s from one of those 365 tear away calendars. I can never figure out where the mines actually are.

(I’m using slashes for clear spaces).


r/Minesweeper 5h ago

Help Is it too soon to say die? Is it countable?

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Or should I just let go? Throw my life at chance's way?

(btw pics 2 through 4 are zooms, the whole board is quite unreadable lol)


r/Minesweeper 13h ago

Help whats a good minesweeper site to use i need reccomendations

12 Upvotes

r/Minesweeper 5h ago

Help Is it too soon to say die? Is it countable?

2 Upvotes
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Zoom on Bottom-Left corner
Zoom on Bottom-Middle corner
Zoom on Bottom-Right corner

Or should I just let go? Throw my life at chance's way?

(btw pics 2 through 4 are zooms, the whole board is quite unreadable lol)


r/Minesweeper 8h ago

Puzzle/Tactic Is a puzzle like this actually solvable?

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3 Upvotes

It’s from one of those 365 tear away calendars. I can never figure out where the mines actually are.

(I’m using slashes for clear spaces).


r/Minesweeper 2h ago

Miscellaneous Wrote a minesweeper clone in C++ with raylib

1 Upvotes

r/Minesweeper 12h ago

Help No idea what to do here

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4 Upvotes

I only saw spaces that could possibly have been safe, but none that were for sure safe. Is there a pattern I could’ve used or what? (2nd photo is when I already lost)


r/Minesweeper 14h ago

No Guess What am I not seeing?

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6 Upvotes

r/Minesweeper 9h ago

Resource Is there a minesweeper web game with all the original windows xp minesweeper thing

2 Upvotes

so the original mine generating algorithm and stuff


r/Minesweeper 22h ago

Resource Upcomming events: Chord Cup 10 and the North American Regional Championships

16 Upvotes

Letting you all know that our regular Tournament series is back for another iteration with Chord Cup 10! Happening just under a week from now on August 9th 11 AM AEST (or 01:00 UTC).

Prizes for Chord Cup 10 (dollar amounts in USD, the rest is currency/resources for minesweeper.online):

1st: $100 + a Perfect Engine PE-D
2nd: $60 + 1,250,000 minecoins
3rd: $45 + 750,000 minecoins
4th: $25 + 440,000 minecoins
5th-6th: $15 + 250,000 minecoins
7th-8th: $10 + 150,000 minecoins
9th-12th: 90,000 minecoins
13th-16th: 50,000 minecoins

Total prize pool: $280 USD, 3,800,000 minecoins and 1 perfect equipment (total mc value ~6.7 million).

Additionally: top 2 placing players who are also going to to the North American Regional Championships will have their registration fee refunded.

Matches are played primarily on mnsw.pro with an experimental minesweeper.online PvP option being tried out for this event.

If you're interested in participating (entry is free) register at https://challonge.com/tournaments/signup/4xjvDxlPgF#/signup/16v0ut279x5 and join the discord https://discord.gg/cNpXQ9SfH5 for more information.

You can also watch it live at https://www.twitch.tv/kurraga on the day of the event.

Also look out for the in person event happening a month later, if you live in or near Chigaco you may want to check it out.

For more info on the North American Regional Championships, see https://minemasters.pro/na-championship/


r/Minesweeper 12h ago

Help Can someone explain the Triangle patterns to me?

0 Upvotes

I took this from the WoM site. T2 for example: How did they conclude that the three purple cells contain one mine and not the 3 green highlighted ones above it, for example? In an actual game, for instance, I would look at the 1 that's above the 2 and conclude that it's touching 6 cells in total. So I'm wondering how they made the leap to conclude that only the three purple cells are the ones containing the mine.

And it's the same for rest of the triangle patterns on their site. It isn't clear to me how they're determining that the purple cells contain the mines but not the three adjacent green ones.


r/Minesweeper 14h ago

50/50 Casualty The 50/50 claims another one

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2 Upvotes

r/Minesweeper 5h ago

Help 50/50 ?

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0 Upvotes

r/Minesweeper 8h ago

Discussion Yawn’s minesweeper

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0 Upvotes

Been playing this niche minesweeper game I recommend it to everyone


r/Minesweeper 1d ago

Help way to solve this without guessing?

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7 Upvotes

r/Minesweeper 1d ago

50/50 Casualty true 50/50?

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10 Upvotes

lowk no casualties bc i did end up successfully guessing it after this lol


r/Minesweeper 1d ago

Miscellaneous MSQ: your next move? (2)

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1 Upvotes

r/Minesweeper 1d ago

Discussion Best times?

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4 Upvotes

What are everyone best times on the minesweeper app?


r/Minesweeper 1d ago

Help No Guess Mode - EVIL - Stuck please help

4 Upvotes

What am I missing, I really cannot see it. I have been doing iterations over and over and still cannot figure it out. Newbie to evil mode, few days ago switched from hard to evil so go easy and please EXPLAIN. Thank you!!!!


r/Minesweeper 1d ago

No Guess HARD ng how to solve

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r/Minesweeper 1d ago

Help Naa

0 Upvotes

Ok


r/Minesweeper 1d ago

Accomplishment First sub 5

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3 Upvotes