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How do I eliminate the blocks that don't have any jewels, but are necessary to release so one can pass a level?

As far as I can see, if you dont get rid of the area you know will eventually become a space at the beginning by removing three in a row immediately at the start, the only way to remove these is to use a snowball on the line. Obviously you have to keep an eye on the square and press the snowball as soon as it appears (if you are lucky enough to get a snowball on the line.

Hope that helps.

lulubel

Has anyone had a problem with "blue screen of death" after leaving "Jewel Match - Winter Wonderland" running? I have a password-protected screensaver that kicks in after 5-10 minutes with no activity and have had 2 "blue screens" with reboots... once when leaving in the program and once when leaving on the main menu. Doesn't happen with any other games so far. Was going to ask tech support but I've pestered them so much lately, I didn't want to unless I was pretty sure it wasn't my computer... again.

Update: Just as an FYI... It seems that if this game is the only thing running (other than standard stuff), I don't have the problem. At least so far. When I got the BSOD , I was also in timed mode. Now I'm in relaxed so if anyone else has this problem, might want to try those two things. If you have the same results, I sure would like to know.

I'm stuck on level 42. There's a block toward the upper left that is locked. I've tried snowballs (can't get one that high on the board) and bombs right next to it. Nothing clears the block. Any ideas?

I have encountered the exact same thing.

I've tried bombs, snowballs, the big green hammer...everything, and nothing clears this block.

I can only believe it's a glitch. I'm going to contact the developer.

eleanor1183 wrote:I have encountered the exact same thing.

I've tried bombs, snowballs, the big green hammer...everything, and nothing clears this block.

I can only believe it's a glitch. I'm going to contact the developer.

I contacted Suricate also. The instructions he gave me were kinda confusing until I replayed several times. This is what he said:

"On both sites left and right there is one column that does not fill up with new jewels. On the right side it is quite easy to solve: match the three blue jewels first and the square will be cleaned. On the left side it is a little more tricky: try to not make matches in the third column (from left) so the jewels in that column do not fall. Make matches in column 1 and 2 from the left and try to make a match over the square before the jewels from the top have all fallen down. I admit that this level is a little harder than the rest, however with a little practise it is solveable. Please let me know if you could finally solve it."

What I didn't realize until replaying several times is that there is a jewel in the box until matches are made under it and then it clears and is blocked. I think I understand what is supposed to happen with the blocked tile. It needs to be matched BEFORE it is emptied. Only problem was there were no matches in the left 2 columns but I found a way around that problem. Maybe not the way it was intended to work but it was much easier than trying to match jewels as they fell. I built up the hammer using the right side of the board to the first level and broke the troublesome tile while it still had a jewel on it. WORKED GREAT!

LOL!

That was exactly what I did! (Hammer and all!)

Have moved on and am now on the lookout for tricky things like this on future levels.

It is a great game, though, isn't it? My kitties are especially fond of the music...

Yep, I'm addicted! I got thru level 90 and stopped because I need to catch some .

This is what I've found so far

Levels 71, 73, 85, and possibly others that I matched before I realized it are like level 42. Snowballs will clear the tile if you can get one on the line.

Level 80 I had to replay because the locked block is in the lower right and hard to get a snowball there. On the replay, I was able to make matches on the tile before it totally cleared.

WHEW!

Good luck and have fun!

lulubel wrote:As far as I can see, if you dont get rid of the area you know will eventually become a space at the beginning by removing three in a row immediately at the start, the only way to remove these is to use a snowball on the line. Obviously you have to keep an eye on the square and press the snowball as soon as it appears (if you are lucky enough to get a snowball on the line.

Hope that helps.

lulubel

Actually you can move a snowball around if it is the second one of a swaped pair. Then it won't explode.

This game is has relaxed mode which is nice and easy. No extraneous gibberish, just clear the board for the fun of it.

Tried to edit previous post for grammar - but is says to explain edit - yet has no place to do so.
Time for some sleep.

I just wanted to add in my two cents here. I think this is really a nice game--yes, not alot of bling, but enjoyable. I think this will be great during the holidays--just to relax and play. And, as you go forward it does get a little more challenging. Anyway, I picked it up for the special--and think it is well worth it. Graphics nice, music correct for the scenes and just charming. At least give the demo a try!!!

Of the 14 match-3 games that I own, this is tied for 1st place with Fishdom! them both! I like this one more for relaxing although it does get more difficult as the levels progress. I've not been able to get past the level 40's in timed so I always play in relaxed. It's nice that you can switch between timed and relaxed while playing. Just a super game!

ok........I know I'm about a year behind in getting this game..........but am stuck on Level 71......cannot get jewels to the lower level-right side-4th block.........when the jewels from above filter down, none will go to that block........any help will be appreciated...........tyty

ok i know some games have glitches but this is redeculous this game has more glitches then any game i have...i'm stuck on level 71 the jewels will not fall into the square on the last section on the top right of it can't hit it with the hammer ,snowball nothing how do u get by it....

Also need help on level 71. There is nothing I can do to get a jewel to drop
into lower right hand corner. Tried about 100 times! Thanks

I still cannot remove the blank tiles in Level 42! ugh!

Did you read the posts above this one? I've finished the game a couple of times and levels 42, 71, etc. along with several others are tricky. But if you follow the instructions in previous posts, you should be able to do it.