Modern versions of Minesweeper actually makes it so nothing _around_ your first click is a mine, so you always reveal more than one square.
https://guangcongluo.com/dminer/
is a version I wrote while trying to teach myself React.
https://guangcongluo.com/dminer/
is a version I wrote while trying to teach myself React.
I once wrote a “clone”[1] and when someone here pointed out the “first click is safe” feature, I implemented it by putting the reshuffle inside a while. Never thought of the first click as being “pre game”...
[1] https://www.ronilan.com/bugsweeper/