Ars called it their favorite of 2025 so far, and I’m enjoying it. Adds a nice if minor level of resource (health) management on top of regular Minesweeper. Free to play online.
Since there’s no explanation in game of how the monsters behave I’ve put this together with the hopes it’ll make the initial experience a bit less frustrating for new players. Feel free to chime in if I get anything wrong or miss something and I’ll edit it in:
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X-Walls - always spawns in orthogonally (vertically or horizontally) adjacent pairs. Can be destroyed if hit 3 times at a cost of 1 health per hit. Drops a coin worth 1 xp when destroyed.
0-Starting Orb - reveals all tiles in two orthogonal (vertical/horizontal) tile radius when used. You should usually start by clicking this.
0-Healing Scroll - fully restores life. Also drops from Romeo and Juliet (9 power monsters)
0-Clairvoyance Scroll - randomly reveals any random tile on the board and all 8 tiles around it.
0-Gnome - ?? seems to teleport around randomly until you corner him eventually. Worth 9 xp
0-Dragon Egg - spawns in one of the 8 spaces around the dragon (power 13 monster). Leave it in tact for an achievement. Worth 3 xp
1-Rat - all of them can be revealed by defeating the rat king (power 5 monster) and using the scroll that drops from him. Will face left or right towards the rat king or stand up if the rat king is in the same column. Avoid killing for achievement.
1-Slime King - always spawns on the board edge surrounded by five Purple Slimes. Drops a scroll that reveals all Purple and Green Slimes.
2-Bat - nothing special
3-Skeleton - nothing special
4-Gargoyle - always spawns facing each other in orthogonally (vertically or horizontally) adjacent pairs.
5-Green Slime - all of them can be revealed by defeating the slime king (power 1 monster) and using the scroll that drops from him
5-Beholder - hides clues in a two orthogonal (vertical/horizontal) tile radius while alive.
5-Rat King - drops a scroll that reveals all rats on the board
6-Minotaur - spawns facing away from a treasure chest that appears in one of three adjacent spaces in the column behind him. They turn towards the chest when it is opened.
7-Guardian - nothing special
8-Purple Slime - always spawns in a ring around the slime king (power 1 monster) along the edges of the board. All of them are revealed by using the scroll that drops from the slime king.
9-Romeo and Juliet - always face each other equidistant from the center line of the dungeon. Drops a healing scroll on death. Leave them alive for an achievement
10-Mine King - always spawns in one of the 4 corners of the board. Drops a scroll that disarms all mines in the board.
11-Mimic - looks like a regular chest upon being revealed. Won’t fight you until you click it again after revealing it.
13-Dragon - always spawns in the same spot on board near the center. A dragon egg (power 0 monster with 3 xp) will always spawn in one of the 8 tiles surrounding it. Defeat it and collect the 13 xp to reveal a crown which you can collect wherever you want to end the game with a win.
100-Mine - the only way to disarm these is by defeating the mine king (power 10 monster) and using the scroll he drops. Disarmed mines are worth 3 xp
Ah, that’s what that blue bull with yellow hair is.
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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New player monster/object guide
Since there’s no explanation in game of how the monsters behave I’ve put this together with the hopes it’ll make the initial experience a bit less frustrating for new players. Feel free to chime in if I get anything wrong or miss something and I’ll edit it in:
WARNING: POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO PREFER TO DISCOVER THINGS ON YOUR OWN. SCROLL NO FURTHER
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X-Walls - always spawns in orthogonally (vertically or horizontally) adjacent pairs. Can be destroyed if hit 3 times at a cost of 1 health per hit. Drops a coin worth 1 xp when destroyed.
0-Starting Orb - reveals all tiles in two orthogonal (vertical/horizontal) tile radius when used. You should usually start by clicking this.
0-Healing Scroll - fully restores life. Also drops from Romeo and Juliet (9 power monsters)
0-Clairvoyance Scroll - randomly reveals any random tile on the board and all 8 tiles around it.
0-Gnome - ?? seems to teleport around randomly until you corner him eventually. Worth 9 xp
0-Dragon Egg - spawns in one of the 8 spaces around the dragon (power 13 monster). Leave it in tact for an achievement. Worth 3 xp
1-Rat - all of them can be revealed by defeating the rat king (power 5 monster) and using the scroll that drops from him. Will face left or right towards the rat king or stand up if the rat king is in the same column. Avoid killing for achievement.
1-Slime King - always spawns on the board edge surrounded by five Purple Slimes. Drops a scroll that reveals all Purple and Green Slimes.
2-Bat - nothing special
3-Skeleton - nothing special
4-Gargoyle - always spawns facing each other in orthogonally (vertically or horizontally) adjacent pairs.
5-Green Slime - all of them can be revealed by defeating the slime king (power 1 monster) and using the scroll that drops from him
5-Beholder - hides clues in a two orthogonal (vertical/horizontal) tile radius while alive.
5-Rat King - drops a scroll that reveals all rats on the board
6-Minotaur - spawns facing away from a treasure chest that appears in one of three adjacent spaces in the column behind him. They turn towards the chest when it is opened.
7-Guardian - nothing special
8-Purple Slime - always spawns in a ring around the slime king (power 1 monster) along the edges of the board. All of them are revealed by using the scroll that drops from the slime king.
9-Romeo and Juliet - always face each other equidistant from the center line of the dungeon. Drops a healing scroll on death. Leave them alive for an achievement
10-Mine King - always spawns in one of the 4 corners of the board. Drops a scroll that disarms all mines in the board.
11-Mimic - looks like a regular chest upon being revealed. Won’t fight you until you click it again after revealing it.
13-Dragon - always spawns in the same spot on board near the center. A dragon egg (power 0 monster with 3 xp) will always spawn in one of the 8 tiles surrounding it. Defeat it and collect the 13 xp to reveal a crown which you can collect wherever you want to end the game with a win.
100-Mine - the only way to disarm these is by defeating the mine king (power 10 monster) and using the scroll he drops. Disarmed mines are worth 3 xp
The small rats point towards the rat king
Woah didn’t know that one, mind blown thanks!
Thanks!
Ah, that’s what that blue bull with yellow hair is.
some additional details
And they always face each other.
And they always face away from the chest, but turn towards it when you open the chest.
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.
Face each other equidistant from the center line.
P.S. Syntax for spoiler markdown.
Woah I’m still getting new stuff this is great! The Romeo and Juliet equidistant is particularly cool! Thank you! :o
I’m using Sync for Lemmy which hasn’t updated in forever so its spoiler tag function is all borked for me :<