Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26729468-20151013183433/@comment-70.169.129.80-20151118191506

I have a Treasure Box 'plates' game with a padlocked tile in the center, surrounded on all sides by one tile of empty 'air' into which no gems will fall. The top row is one tile tall, the sides three, and the bottom has two. I know I need special gems to break the padlock, then remove the plates, but because the center abuts no other tile I have to position THREE specials exactly in that row and set them off so they wipe out horizontally. Add that to the need to clear out the plates on the second to the bottom row (the center tile of which ends up 'empty' a lot and can't be refilled.). I pretty much avoid treasure box now, although there must be some sort of power up or strategy that beats this monster of a puzzle.