• Pair matches on outside edges that do not move.
• If nothing pairs there, take a match that does move to shuffle the board.
• Work from the outside in — and remember “outside” can be the middle once you have cleared space in the center.

Use special items (Auto-Match, Rearrange) only when you are close to losing. Still spend them all before the event ends — they do not carry between cycles.

Match two identical tiles.

The shortest path between them must be clear, and it can bend at most twice.

Four path shapes that always work:

• (1) tiles touching each other;
• (2) tiles on the same row or column when both sit on the outside of the remaining board;
• (3) tiles with a clear trench path between them;
• (4) tiles at right angles when the corner is empty.

Up / Down / Left / Right: start on the opposite edge first (e.g.

Stage Effect Left→check the right edge first, then left, then other edges).

Separate Vertically

left and right edges first, then the middle when space opens

Separate Horizontally

top and bottom first, then the middle

Gather Horizontally

top and bottom, then left and right

Gather Vertically

left and right, then top and bottom

Separate Outward

any edge, then the middle when it opens

Gather Inwards

any edge

• Stockpile is dice-based blackjack.
• Rewards are weak unless you need mount items because Race to Civilization overlaps.
• Carrots are safer than wheat but rarer; rabbits are safest but rarest.
• You can bank wheat, carrots, and rabbits for the next Great Flood.

Do not start rolling without carrots or at least 2 wheat. Claim before the event ends even at a mediocre score — stockpile score does not save.

• Strategy: roll wheat twice, then roll wheat again only if you feel lucky.
• Do not roll wheat again at 16+.
• Always roll wheat at 10–11.
• Always roll carrots at 17–18.
• At 19–20, either claim or roll carrot again — your call.