How to play Minesweeper

Your goal is to reveal every square that does not contain a mine. A revealed number counts mines in all eight surrounding squares, including diagonals.

If a 1 touches one covered square, that square is a mine. If a clue already touches the required number of flags, every other covered neighbor is safe. Comparing overlapping clue groups unlocks harder subset deductions.

Clever Pause opens a guaranteed safe area before the timer begins. Every published board is checked so these deductions are enough to finish without a random guess.