Talk:Level 1238/@comment-24693751-20151020221719

2nd try, 1 star(158,220 points), couple of moves remaining, no boosters. I'm not sure how to rate this one. My first attempt was just dismal, I didn't keep up with getting rid of the chocolate and as many have mentioned that equals game over. I may have just gotten a lucky board my 2nd try but I did have somewhat of a strategy so I'll share it just in case it's of use to anyone. I broke through the licorice ASAP of course & at the beginning made specials whenever possible (no color bombs but I was able to make quite a few stripes and some wraps). Then I attacked the chocolate pretty much immediately. I think that's really key. Attacking the chocolate in the beginning so you can both start to clear the board early of licorice as well as open the board so there's more opportunities to make specials. Although tbh I wasn't even thinking about opening the board this time, I was really just focused on clearing jellies & attacking chocolate. Whenever possible I'd do both at once, the only exception being if I had an opportunity to make a special. I wouldn't let the chocolate go more than 2 turns without attacking it though. I was able to make 2 wrapped/striped combos, one of each on the bottom of the opposite sides. That obviously helped. Towards the end, when I'd cleared a lot of the jellies, I eased up a bit on attacking the chocolate. I also had some opportunities near the end to make specials that I didn't take, choosing instead to use my last moves to clear more of the jelly. I've noticed there are some boards where it's easy to use up a lot of moves at the end making specials when really what you should be doing is just focusing on the objective (in this case clearing jelly). It's really hard to pass up an opportunity to make a special because we're almost programmed to think that's the best move but I've found that if you're able to make headway with the objective towards the end, it's usually the better option rather than make a bunch of specials you can't even use. Anyway, was a little hard to get that last jelly but I had enough moves luckily that I was able to find a way without needing boosters. Just one of those boards where things came together. So far though I have 1 star on the first few levels of the episode lol. And according to my iPad the next level is hard....gulp.