Hi All,

Did you have a chance to review the screen shot in the previous blog post to see which move you would make next? If not, take a minute to look at the picture below before reading what I would do.

First of all, here's what I would NOT do.

I wouldn't move the white gem on the 5th row up, because that would remove the ability to do anything with the power gem on the 5th row.

And I wouldn't move the orange power gem on the 6th row to the right because that would destroy my left power cube on the 7th row.

I also wouldn't move the red gem - 5th row, second gem from the left - to the left because I wouldn't be able to use it on the power gem on the 5th row.

The move I would make would be to move the red gem - 5th row, second gem from the left - to the right into the red power gem.

This accomplishes three things. It detonates the red, orange and green power cubes for lots of points. It protects the hypercubes from destruction, and if the gems falling from the top don't interfere, it still allows me to have a move on the white power gem on the 4th row.

I'll try to post more of these problems to keep you thinking and improving your game!

Happy Gem Matching!
Julia G.

 
 

I used to hate the automatic "hint" in Bejeweled 2 - to me it was a sign of failure if I couldn't figure out what move to make before the automatic hint showed me.

I thought I had 15 seconds to determine where the move was, but I timed it the other day and it looks like it's only ten.

Well, since I started playing Bejeweled online in the timed version against others, I've begun to look at the hint in a different way.

When you play the timed version, ten seconds out of a couple of minutes is a LOT of time!

Big warning, though... in the timed version, it looks like every hint you take removes points from your score! You really do have to be pretty desperate to use it!

But then, if you wait the ten seconds, you lose points, too, so it's really a toss up in losing time or points... or sometimes both when you're playing the Bejeweled online timed version!

Also, when playing the Action version of Bejeweled 2, the hint can be the difference between keeping your game going, and running out of time.

I still like to try to "beat the hint" in Bejeweled 2 Classic, and try to avoid the hints in the timed games that are played for prize money, but the hint CAN be "friend" in a dire situation!

Happy Gem Matching!

Julia Gemstone
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I am just so excited! I finally finished my new book calle "Bejeweled 2 Secrets!"

I knew from watching all of the blogs, forums and question sites that you REALLY wanted to be able to jump your Bejeweled 2 scores up dramatically, and after playing the game for hours upon end for the last three years, I knew I could help you!

My new eBook has hints and tips and FOUR videos to show you how to increase your Bejeweled 2 scores, PLUS a really neat section called "What Would You Do?" that has sample screens with a potential hyper cube in it, and you can see if you can spot the move you need to make to create the ability to make a hyper cube!

Just click on link below to find out more about my great downloadable book, and start to increase your Bejeweled 2 scores instantly!

Bejeweled 2 Secrets!

Happy Gem Matching!
Julia Gemstone

 
 

I'm just an ordinary person - no special powers when it comes to game playing. I just gained skills playing Bejeweled by playing it a LOT -- while on conference calls, in airports, as a prelude to sleep, as a wake-up before work... ALL the time!

I love the way the gems fall from above, the sounds of a power gem exploding and a hyper cube being created. When the sounds disturb others, I can play the game with the sound turned off and just imagine the sounds that they make and the narrator applauding my moves with and "Excellent" or Incredible!"

And I consistently play games with scores over 500,000 - many over a million.

My computer crashed in April - the one with every game in my "high scores" list over 2 million, and I've since played on my laptop and racked up scores from a low of 1,640,817 to 5,097,547 since I started playing it there.

I thought that this addiction needed channeling, so I created this blog to be able to find others who are also addicted, and share some of my tricks.

It's definitely NOT a "Bejeweled Anonymous" blog - and I take no responsibility for further corrupting the lives of those who are as addicted as I am, so don't blame me if your butt gets bigger because you're playing more Bejeweled and exercising less! :-)

I hope you gain some insight and realize that you don't have to be "Rainman" to score big in Bejeweled 2 Deluxe on your computer or Bejeweled Online!

Julia Gemstone