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		leni536 on July 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection Once I had a field where the last place to uncover was completely surrounded by mines, revealing the digit 8 underneath.

googlryas on July 20, 2022 [–]

Isn't it known how many mines are on the board, so that is not actually a problem since you could count that all of the exposed/marked mines == total # of mines?

leni536 on July 21, 2022 | [–]

Sorry, it was meant as an example for that, not as a counterpoint. I did solve the field without guessing, so it wasn't a problem.

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