Instead of trying to avoid detonating the mines like in Minesweeper, you use small blasts, large blasts, and sensors to try to detect, damage, and destroy the mines from the field.

Each of these tools costs money, so the challenge is trying to clear the mines using the optimal set of tools, before spending your 1000.

So, while we can certainly think of ways of improving this game by adding a few macros, the intention here is to showcase what can be done exclusively with formulas and formatting.

Its kind of a cross between Minesweeper and Battleship, but your bombs or blasts have an area effect.

I have no idea whether this technique would work in the real world or not.

To quickly clear the mine field, select all the cells in the mine field and press Delete.

These have a small blast radius, but how you place them is often the key to winning.

Hint: Placing the blast directly on a mine may not always be the optimal solution.

Use the legend on the side of the mine field to remind you what the colors mean - the darker the blue, the more mines are adjacent to the cell.

For example, if there are very few mines, you dont want to be wasting the money on large blasts that do no damage.

You can also create your own random mine fields with more or less mines.

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