ArcadeWhale Games with Strategy Guides
11 gamesClassic games with a written tips & strategy section: learn the openings, the patterns and the mistakes to avoid.
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About Games with Strategy Guides
The guides sit under the game itself, so you can read a point, go back up and try it in the next round. Nothing to unlock and nothing to sign up for — every game here is free to play in the browser, and the guide is part of the page.
What kind of games are in Games with Strategy Guides?
Some games are easy to learn and take years to play well. The games in this collection each have a written tips & strategy section on their page: five short, specific points covering the opening move that sets up the whole game, the pattern that strong players rely on, and the mistake that ends most runs. Sudoku scanning by digit, the corner rule in reversi, the 1-2-1 wall in minesweeper, the descending row in 2048.
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Where are the tips on each game page?
Scroll past the game to the "tips & strategy" section, just before the questions and answers. Each guide is five short points: what to do first, the pattern that wins most games and the mistake that loses them.
Are the guides written for these versions of the games?
Yes. The classics here follow the standard rules — Klondike solitaire, 3×3 sudoku, Othello-style reversi — so general strategy applies, and where this version does something its own way (for example minesweeper never forcing a guess) the guide says so.
Will more games get a guide?
The section is added game by game as the text is written, and any game with a guide joins this collection automatically. If a game you play is missing one, its page still has a "How to play" block and questions and answers.