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>I have tried this game and I have read the little help there i, but I still
>do not understand how to play this game!
>
>I think the help page needs some rework.

I apologise for the poor help.  Since I have the only OpenWindows 3 system
in this office at the moment, so I don't have many playtesters...

I append some mail I sent to someone trying to explain things.

Lee

Imagine that you are looking at a map of a minefield.
 
The map  is divided into hexagans, arbitrarily.
 
Certain hexagons represent areas of the minefield which conceal buried mines.
These would explode if you were to tread on them.  Ouch. :-)
 
When you probe a hexagon (press the left pointer button when the mouse pointer
is somewhere near the centre of hexagon, it doesn't matter exactly),
if there is a mine htere, you'll see an explosion (BANG), and the game will
show where all of the mines were hidden in case you wanted to know.
If there is no mine there, one of two things will happen:
(1) you will see a number, which shows how many mines there are in hexagons
    immediately next to this one.
(2) if there are no mines near this one, the hexagon will be drawn blank.
Of course, if there are no mines near this hexagon, you can safely step on it,
and also on all 6 - count them! :-) - beighbouring hexagons.  The program doe
this for you, to save time.
 
When you think you have found a hexagon that must have a mine under it,
press the middle mouse button over it.  This will put a cross on the hex to
neutralise the mine under it and to mark it as a no-go area.  When you have
marked all the mines, you have won.
 
Press the right menu button to get a menu that will let you choose an easier
game (e.g. Dan Quayle mode will probably make the numbers clear).  Dan Quayle
mode does not indicate any political affiliation on my part :-)
 
I hope this helps.
 

-- 
Liam Quin, lee@sq.com, SoftQuad, Toronto, 416 239-4801; the barefoot programmer
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