Ask HN: Is there an intuition for Minesweeper parameters?

by erehweb on 4/6/2025, 3:35:11 PM with 1 comments
Playing Minesweeper, 9x9 with 10 mines is usually solvable without taking risks, but 9x9 with 18 is not. Is there an intuitive explanation for what makes Minesweeper games solvable?

  • by stop50 on 4/6/2025, 7:49:21 PM

    With 9 there are smaller clusters, if there are even some, but for 18 you get clusters that are hard to solve