Bejeweled Blitz Strategy Guide

PopCap® Insider’s Guide to

Bejeweled Blitz Glory
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PopCap Insider’s Guide to Bejeweled Blitz Glory
Bejeweled® Blitz seems so simple… but behind all those glittering gems, there are countless strategies just waiting to be discovered. And we’re here to help! Whether you want to soar to the top of your friends’ leaderboards, or just beat your own high score, this handy little guide shoulddo the trick. Enjoy these Bejeweled Blitz tips (and other fun facts) straight from the “experts”— the people at PopCap Games!

Bejeweled Blitz Tip 1

I Can’t Wait!
When you see multiple matches on the board, don’t wait for the gems to drop from match #1 to make match #2. If you’re fast, you can make at least one extra match before all the gems fall into place! All-time high score: 240,000Main platform: PC download Longest playing streak: 3 hours; I was also
45 minutes late to meeting a friend for dinner because I lost track of time. Oh, I can play just… one… more… game.

Favorite sandwich to eat while playing:
Midnight Cuban

The most important thing you’ve missed while playing: Cleaning my house, but who
really wants to do that?

—Shana, Business Team

Bejeweled BlitzTip 2

Boost Combo Action!
Try combining these three Boosts: Detonator, Mystery gem and Free Multiplier. With that rollout, you can make a couple of matches to try to match the Multiplier right away. If you can’t, go ahead and trigger it with the Detonator. It’s a fast track to a bunch of points. All-time high score: 350,000-ish, depending
on the platform

Main platform: PC download Longestplaying streak: Jeez... an hour? Favorite sandwich to eat while playing:
The club sandwich at B’s Diner in Edmonton… before it became B’s diner. That thing was a monster, a softball of food you could cache and eat half of for supper!

The most important thing you’ve missed while playing: Writing the Bejeweled Blitz
“read me.” —Stephen, Game Studio

Bejeweled Blitz Tip 3

Size It Up
In thePC download game, you can easily resize the screen to whatever size you like best. This works great if you play on a big computer screen. I recommend resizing it so you have a complete view of the game board (without having to move your eyes too far across the board). All-time high score: Around 465,600 Main platform: Can’t choose one — PC
download, Facebook online and iPod touch

Longestplaying streak: About 3 hours Favorite sandwich to eat while playing:
Coming from the Netherlands, I dream of a “broodje kroket” with mustard — a Dutch delicacy not available in the US. I wish I had one right now with some fries and mayonnaise. Delicious!

The most important thing you’ve missed while playing: Reading a bedtime story to my
son… but it only happened once! —John, MarketingBejeweled Blitz Tip 4

Bottoms Up!
Imagine the board is divided into 4 quadrants, and keep scanning each for new matches. But favor the bottom 2 quadrants, since they affect the board most. Matches at the bottom cause bigger cascades than matches at the top! All-time high score: Around 375,000 Main platform: PC download Longest playing streak: About 15 games Favorite sandwich to eat while playing:
Notime to eat!

The most important thing you’ve missed while playing: It’s a one-minute game… so
I haven’t missed a thing!

—Dave, Game Studio

Bejeweled Blitz Tip 5

Let’s Start Over
Sometimes it’s better to just restart a game rather than finishing the full minute. You can reset and refocus. I sometimes restart if I haven’t earned any multipliers or special gems in the first 15seconds. And sometimes, I restart just because I have a bad feeling about a game board. All-time high score: 522,000 Main platform: iPhone Longest playing streak: About 2 hours Favorite sandwich to eat while playing:
I tend to daydream about this sandwich: ham, egg mayo, no butter, mayo, cucumber, tomato and lettuce on plain white bread.

The most important thing you’ve missed while playing: Nothing...