Playing Dragonsweeper because of Ars' article. Did I have any way out of this without guessing?
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This looks fun! Also check out Tametsi.
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Next to the dragon you have 216 and you know that the two squares above it, one is a mine and the other is a 3. This leaves one remaining square around the dragon that you know what it has to be by process of elimination because you haven't seen it yet. I don't know how to do spoilers but I'm sure you can crack the code here.
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The game is fun but man it was rough figuring out all the monster abilities. I wish they'd improve the monsternomicon to actually tell you what the monsters do. Like I still don't know how the gnome monster works.
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A friend linked it in a Discord server recently and I've been enamored since. This recent update last week really made it harder. But like Minesweeper, sometimes you just gotta guess. I like to guess a few random spaces for my first energy bar, apart from the initial orb, so I crash out early if I do.
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Fun, even works on Linux (Ubuntu) after turning on Proton for all games. I like the level-based design.
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I think if you find all the gnomes is when it gives you gold.
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I have found that "slitherlink" scratches that "minesweeper without needing to guess" itch.
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Woah didn't know that one, mind blown thanks!
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Thanks!
Rat King
Ah, that's what that blue bull with yellow hair is.
::: spoiler some additional details
Gargoyle - always spawns in orthogonally (vertically or horizontally) adjacent pairs
And they always face each other.
Minotaur - a treasure chest always spawns in one of the 8 spaces surrounding him
And they always face away from the chest, but turn towards it when you open the chest.
Dragon - Defeat it to end the game with a win.
Defeat it to get 13 gold, pick up gold to reveal crown, pick up crown to end game. But if you're trying to collect all the gold you can, it's OK to defeat the dragon and keep going a little.
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That was dope! 363/365 points
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Woah I'm still getting new stuff this is great! The Romeo and Juliet equidistant is particularly cool! Thank you!
I'm using Sync for Lemmy which hasn't updated in forever so its spoiler tag function is all borked for me :<
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From what I could tell the gnome teleports to a random still-covered empty tile and dies when there's nowhere left to run.
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Have you ever won?
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It's very possible to defeat the dragon. I can do it pretty regularly after a day of heavy playing. Getting the achievements is tougher. And I still haven't gotten a clean wipe yet (I've been 1 tile away twice though)
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I was one heart away from getting 13 hearts, but at that point I was out of options.
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I did it on my eigth or ninth try. I lost several times due to stupid mistakes, clicking on a mine when I forgot that there was a 1xx clue next to it, seeing only that xx was small.
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Unlike in minesweeper, it's possible to make a bad move early on which later causes you to enter a situation where you're forced to guess.
