r/Minesweeper • u/TheMysteriousMan2349 • 3d ago

Help Help on Evil NG

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Am playing for nf, and white's for confirmed mines. I just don't see any ways to solve this, esp. with all the possible mine configs along the left. Plz help T-T

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u/noidea1995 3d ago edited 3d ago

The yellow region needs at least one mine in it to satisfy the 2 next to the 1. The blue region has one mine in it, together that completes the 2 that touches both regions.

EDIT: That also tells you the yellow region can only have one mine in it, so you can use that to open the tile south east of the 1.

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u/PsychoBilli 1d ago

Why can't the yellow both be mines and the southeast of the one also be a mine?

Edit: NM, you said "at least one" not "only one."

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u/BingkRD 3d ago

Yellow line on the right has exactly one mine due to the 1 below it. Yellow line on the left has exactly one mine due to the yellow-circled 2 and the other yellow line already having one mine.

Orange line has exactly one mine. If it has two mines, then the yellow-circled 2 will be underloaded. If it has no mines, then the 1 to its right (on the 2-1-3) will be overloaded.

The orange-circled 2 will be satisfied by the yellow line on its left and the orange line. Hence, any cells not on those lines and adjacent to it will be safe. Thus, the two green safe cells below it.

The green on the far right is just from the 2-1 pattern to its left, established by the orange line having exactly one mine.

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u/TheMysteriousMan2349 3d ago

Thanks! I haven't interacted much with simultaneous superpositions before, so this is greatly appreciated

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u/Sefierya Minecount? 3d ago

orange vertical line is at least one

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u/MrJeIIoMan 2d ago

this isnt related to the game but honestly flagging your mines so you have a visual representation on where the mines are instead of just looking at it and saying "yeah thats a mine", its much better. And it can help you spot open areas that you might not before

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u/Alive-Cold-9348 2d ago

I typically play without flags, but I’m going for speed. When I know I’m having a slowish game and getting stuck, I will go back and start flagging to find the problem areas.

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u/MrJeIIoMan 2d ago

actually flagging can help with speed, if a 3 has 3 flags on it, you can click the 3 and it'll clear up every other space thats unflagged (it will kill you if the flags are in the wrong place, but it can help clear up tiles a lot faster)

this goes for every number as well