The guides on this site stay free and stay online. This is the version with room to breathe: every combination laid out in a table rather than a paragraph, the shapes drawn rather than described, and two levels played out move by move with the reasoning written next to each one.
A$11
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- Format
- A single PDF that reads on a phone and prints cleanly on A4.
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- Send the form below. I answer within one business day with payment details, and the file follows within two business days of the payment clearing.
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What is in it
The shape-to-special table
Every match shape and the tile it produces, drawn rather than described, including the orientation rule that catches most people out and how to test it in your own copy in one move.
The full combination matrix
Every pairing of two specials and what it actually produces, with the three pairings worth spending moves to arrange and the two that are not worth the trouble.
Move budgets in practice
The arithmetic from the move budget guide, extended into a table of goal types against typical budgets, so you can tell at a glance which kind of level you are looking at.
Two levels, played out
One ordinary level and one rising-fill level, each played move by move with the reasoning for every decision, including the two mistakes I made and what they cost.
How ordering works
- You send the form. It is a request rather than a purchase and nothing is charged.
- I reply within one business day with the item, the price and the bank details.
- You transfer the amount if you still want it. Changing your mind at this point costs nothing.
- The PDF is emailed within two business days of the payment arriving.
The only thing for sale here is writing. No coins, gold bars, gems, lives or accounts are sold on this site, and nothing that belongs to a game studio could be delivered from here even if someone asked.
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Who you are buying from
An individual. I write this site and sell this one file now and then rather than as a registered business, so there is no ABN and no GST registration, and no tax invoice is issued; a plain receipt is sent on request. Publisher details are in the legal notice, and the ordering, delivery and refund terms are in the terms of use.