Why Some Match 3 Levels Feel Impossible
A level you have failed eleven times is usually not asking for better matching. It is asking for a different plan, and here is how to find it.
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From the studio
Guides to our games, notes on what we are building, and the occasional look behind the scenes.
Puzzle Games for When You Only Have Five Minutes
Games that are genuinely finishable in a short break, what makes a game safe to stop mid-way, and six that will not punish you for closing the tab.
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Ludo or Snakes and Ladders: Which One Is Actually a Game?
Both are played with one die on a square board, and only one of them asks you to make a decision. Here is what that difference does to each game.
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Five Board Games You Can Play Online for Free
The board games that work best on a screen, why some translate better than others, and where to play each one without installing anything.
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Carrom Rules for Beginners: How to Play and Keep Score
How a game of carrom is set up, played and scored, plus the fouls that catch out new players and the queen rule that decides close games.
Read postLudo Rules Explained: How to Play, Step by Step
Every rule of Ludo in the order you actually need them, including the ones families argue about - and what the common house rules change.
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How to actually win at Ludo jim
The dice are the same for everyone. What separates players is how they spend the numbers they roll - here is what actually makes a difference.
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How to get better at Candy Sweet Jim
Match-three looks like a game about spotting colours. It is really a game about where the pieces fall next, and that is a skill you can practise.
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Surviving your first minute in Snake Game Jim
Most runs in a live snake arena end in the first thirty seconds, and almost always for the same three reasons. Here is how to stop dying like a beginner.
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Failing a level by one or two moves is not bad luck, it is a budget problem. Here is how to spend a level's moves so you are not short at the end.
Read postCarrom Jim: aim, power and the queen
Carrom on a touchscreen is the same game your family plays on a wooden board, minus the powder. The physics reward the same things - and punish the same greed.
Read postSnakes and Ladders is pure luck, so play it properly
There is no strategy in Snakes and Ladders and that is the point. What you can choose is how you play it - and that choice decides whether it is fun or a chore.
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