The player uses the right and left mouse buttons to manipulate the playing field.

A right-click is used to mark a square.

  • At the start of a game, all the squares are blank.

  • Right-clicking on a blank square changes it to display a red flag and the number of unused flags is decreased by one.

  • Right-clicking on a flagged square changes it to display a question mark and the number of unused flags is increased by one.

  • Finally, right-clicking on a square displaying a question mark causes the square to become blank.

  • The game is won when all flags are used and all bombs are correctly flagged.

  • The game is lost if all flags are used and at least one bomb remains unflagged.