How to Solve Minesweeper Puzzles
Using the clues given, mark all cells containing mines. Numbers indicate how many mines surround them. Unlike the computer game, you get to see all the clues when you start. Interestingly,
These are our in-depth tutorials for puzzles, with more being added once they’ve appeared in one of our books. The table of contents in our puzzle books will include a thumbnail of the type of puzzle, and a QR code, which will take you directly to its tutorial page. Variants with no significant change in solving technique, such as some Sudoku puzzles with extra regions, will appear at the bottom of the main tutorial page with a brief explanation of what is different.
Using the clues given, mark all cells containing mines. Numbers indicate how many mines surround them. Unlike the computer game, you get to see all the clues when you start. Interestingly,
Draw walls between intersections to create a single closed loop with no branches or dead ends.
Place a single star and cloud in each row and column to correctly illuminate the moons.
Create a picture in the grid using number clues on the top and left edges. They indicate contiguous groups of cells in that row or column, separated by at least one empty cell.
In a grid containing numbers from 1 to X (X is usually between 10 and 40, depending on the puzzle size), draw a single path from the top left corner to the bottom right corner using only orthogonal movement. Each number from 1 to X may only exist in the path one time.
Fill numbers in the grid to create a single path that forms a sequence from 1 to the highest possible number. Only orthogonal movement is allowed.
Link identical pairs of numbers with a number of cells equal to that number, including the start and end cells. Fill in those links to form a picture.
Fill in the correct ship segments to place a fleet so that no two ships touch each other.
Divide the grid into rectangles in which each contains exactly one number that is equal to the area of the rectangle.
Connect grid dots to create a single closed loop that doesn’t cross itself or branch. Number clues indicate how many line segments are adjacent.