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Sanctions Season
The second board, three times the size of Small Hands. A rounded basin on the Gulf of Oman side of the peninsula, off the eastern coast, with enough open water that more than one front is open at once.
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Sanctions Season
The real game, running in your browser. 346 tiles, 35 mines on Easy, first tap always safe. Tap to reveal, hold to flag.
Loads about 35 MB the first time. On phones it opens full screen.The shape of the board
Sanctions Season is one connected body of water hugging the coast south-east of the headland. The seaward edge is open and round; the landward edge follows the shoreline and breaks into coves two or three tiles wide. Those coves behave like corridors: a number sitting in one sees very few tiles, and solving the mouth usually unlocks the cove behind it.
It is the board where the 1-2-1 and 1-2-2-1 patterns start to appear on open water, not just along the edge. Expect to flag in batches rather than one at a time.
Mines by difficulty
Difficulty sets the mine density. The exact count is fixed per board, so a Sanctions Season game on Hard always has 69 mines. The in-game MENU switches difficulty at any time; the links below open the board at that tier directly.
| Difficulty | Density | Mines | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easy | 10.1% | 35 mines | Play Sanctions Season easy ↗ |
| Medium | 15.0% | 52 mines | Play Sanctions Season medium ↗ |
| Hard | 19.9% | 69 mines | Play Sanctions Season hard ↗ |
| Veteran | 20.8% | 72 mines | Play Sanctions Season veteran ↗ |
How to play Sanctions Season
- Open in the widest part of the water so the cascade has room to run.
- Clear coves from their mouth inward. The narrow entrance is the easiest read; the interior follows from it.
- When the open fronts stall, switch to the far coast. There is almost always a second front with an easy read waiting.
Every layout is certified by the no-guess generator, so there is always a logical next move. The strategy guide covers the patterns, and how to play covers the controls.