I suppose those who like traditional (guessing) boards over NG, accept the risk of losing in order to benefit from the added meta games guessing-boards provide.
There’s 2 layers “meta games” added compared to NG.
- analyse which fields got the lowest risk of a mine
- analyse which field provides most “gain”, that is progress or meaningful hints
Often higher risk fields provide better gain, which makes it worth taking the risk.
It’s that added challenge that makes it fun (for me), even at the risk of losing the game without making actual mistakes. Nevertheless I also like playing NG, to me it’s just a different way to play 🙂