User blog:Habrish/Haunted Lights and Treasure Box

Tips for Haunted Lights and Treasure Box.

1. Take a second before you even start to look and really know MODE you will be playing. I don't know how many times Gary and I have screwed ourselves by not knowing what we were doing until half our time was already gone.

2. Turn off that dang countdown timer music and watch the clock yourself. That PANIC music is designed to make you use tools you might not use otherwise.

3. When you first start the game take a screenshot, pause the game, study the board decide what your first move is going to be. You can pause and do this throughout the game if you are feeling stuck. 4. NEVER use a Flying Time unless your time runs all the way out and the game then says do you want to use one. We have finished boards many, many, times with ONE SECOND left on the clock and would have used a Flying Time for nothing.

5. Keep an eye on your timer when it goes red decide if it is going to be worth using a tool to finish the board if it will better to use the energy to try again.

6. If you plan to play for an extended time in these rooms look and see if you have talisman such as a Red Crystal that will extend your playing time in the game rooms.

7. Don't waste time trying to clear locks you might not even need to clear. Again this falls under the what is object for the board. Are you trying to clear 20 blue squares. You might have locks on the board that you don't need to clear. I know it's hard to not want to clear them, but if you don't need to, don't waste time doing something you don't need to do.

8. Do use an eyeglass if you only have one square of color left to collect and time is running short, especially if it a tough board that you do not want to repeat.