Minesweeper (Hex) by Thomas Snyder
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Theme: Equal and Unequal
Author/Opus: This is the 425th puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.
Rules: Standard Minesweeper rules (with a hexagonal grid): Place a mine into some of the empty hexagonal cells so that each number represents the total count of mines in neighboring cells.
Difficulty: 3.5 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 5:30, Master = 9:00, Expert = 18:00
Solution: PDF and solving video.
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Fun (and tough) puzzle! Had to start twice to get it right. The hex version definitely made it trickier to do some inferences
Small suggestion: Marking mines with dark grey in surface mode should also work for solution detection. Had to go back and put mines in each dark hexagon to get the success screen
41 mins. I really struggled with this !