Midway in game, only a few more moves at level 4. Working in circled area to get a star, we have two areas of play - better to work in top area of a potential star, leaving the bottom intact in case of creating an accidental cluster. Half the tiles would fall down and we would have to start over. Not sure what moves I did to get to the right pic. Burned 8 combos and moved to level 5. I am rotating the star to place the fifth tile for new star. Rotating a star without creating a cluster around rotation is like a free move (combos to go count remains the same). Look at combo count in below left pic.
Rotating the dark blue tile will give us a fourth star. Pic on right shows the board with 4 stars, right top area has 4 dark blue tiles to work a potential star or middle of board shows purple. Better choice is to work in middle of board, easy in level 5 and above to run out of cluster movers on right or left edges of board. Stars are lined up where they will not drop and explode (cluster of three) if accidental cluster created below them (happens all the time).
Left pic is a few moves later (white circle shows area), in right pic rotating the star (free move) will move the purple tile in place. First we check the color of tiles around the rotation, danger is creating unforseen clusters and dropping tiles.
Now we move the purple tile to get the fifth star. Before moving the tile we check to see how the stars will fall - all 4 in one column.
hehe ..... which color tiles (orange or light green) would you work on for the sixth star? I know which one I would work on. I am trying to keep a single page to 10 or less photos, for those viewing who don't have broadband. Although, anyone playing online games should be on broadband.
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