"Jewel Drops" game for Kindle Fire

Looking for an engaging "Match 3" game on your Kindle Fire? Give "Jewel Drops" a try! This recently-released game from Bullbitz is available now for just 99 cents.

In this game, you swap and swipe jewels to line up three of the same jewels. A unique obstacle called a "scarab" can appear, which cycles through different phases when you match jewels adjacent to the scarab. Once it has cycled through its phases, the scarab disappears. Other obstacles include a "netted jewel" and a "crook and flail and jar." The on-screen instructions give clear guidance on how to remove these.

As you advance through the game, clearing jewels, you level up to tileboads of increasing difficulty. You also have the ability to power up by matching 4 or more jewels.

As we've seen with other Bullbitz games, the app is generously featured with 300 levels, five difficulty modes, 15 power up combinations, and enough special obstacles and power-ups to keep the game challenging and interesting to play. Click on the screenshots below for larger views of the gameplay.

"Terrific! This is a great jewel drop. As always with Bullbitz games, no in-app purchases or begging for lives from friends. I've been playing balloon drop practically non-stop the last week and in comparison, balloon drop has more exciting graphics. But I love them both. Another winner Bullbitz.After playing a few hours today, I can add that watching the scarabs fly when you make enough matches around them is awesome. Totally worth the 99 Amazon coins to purchase." -- Diana, Amazon reviewer

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"Balloon Drops" - Match 3 game for Kindle Fire

Just released, this Match 3 game for Kindle Fire starts easily and then gradually increases difficulties as obstacles are added and level objectives become more challenging. It's available now for just $0.99.

As with other "Match 3" games, a tiled board appears in a variety of patterns, and you swap adjacent tiles to line up 3 or more of the same balloons in a row. Matches of 3 or more vertical or horizontal tiles disappear, and more tiles drop in from above.

The five modes of difficulty include a "relaxed" mode, which has no timer. The more difficult modes are time-limited and have higher point thresholds to meet before moving on to the next level. Within each mode are multiple levels of gameboard patterns. No less than 300 levels are provided, so this game will keep you entertained for a good long while.

And, to keep things interesting, there are obstacles and power-ups to deal with. Obstacles are party hats and cupcakes, which cannot be moved. Obstacles can be cleared if an adjacent balloon is cleared. Similarly, a netted balloon cannot be moved or swapped; the only way to remove them is by matching the balloon behind the net with two other balloons of the same kind.

This game also has a new feature: mystery items. These are colored gift boxes, and when they're matched with balloons of the same color, they're unboxed to reveal a power-up or an obstacle.

It's another well-designed game from Bullbitz. The levels are nicely graduated, so things don't get too difficult too soon. As you progress from one level to another, a scoreboard appears showing the points you earned for each preceding level. It's a smoothly-flowing, diverting game that's a pleasure to play.



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Fruit Drops Part II -- a Match 3 puzzle

Fruit Drops Part II is a new game from Bullbitz of the "Match-3" variety.

Currently in the top 25 in Amazon's app store, this game provides some added features to the popular original game of Fruit Drops. In Part II, new obstacles and objectives are added in the "netted fruit." You can't move or swap a netted fruit tile, but you can remove all the fruit in the net by matching its fruit with two other fruits of the same kind.

And, the game now has three difficulty modes, and allows you to turn off the voiceover and banner. These are all good changes that add to the enjoyment and flexibility of the game.

As with other match games, a tiled board appears in a variety of patterns, and you swap adjacent tiles to line up 3 or more of the same fruit in a row. Matches of 3 or more vertical or horizontal tiles disappear, and more tiles drop in from above.

The game's opening levels are easy, but the game gets progressively difficult from there. The number of swaps you're allowed is limited at the higher levels, and the pattern of the board changes from a square grid to diamonds and other shapes.

And, to keep things interesting, there are obstacles and power-ups to deal with. Obstacles are fruit crates, and they can't be swapped. They can only removed by clearing an adjacent string of fruit, or triggering a power-up. Power-ups come in several flavors and are created when a string of 4 or more fruits are matched.

This is another well-designed game from Bullbitz. The levels are smoothly graduated, so things don't get too difficult too soon. As you progress from one level to another, a scoreboard appears showing the points you earned for each preceding level. It's a diverting game that's a pleasure to play.

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"I have played Fruit Drops part I but with this game the level of difficulty has definitely changed...Now you have more than back tiles to clear under the fruit but now nets or chains be cleared first....It's still 3 or more match in a row, but the objectives at each level are harder...Which makes it more fun and challenging to beat with the clock running.....Also the boards themselves are configured differently...

Getting the Sunflower power-up is really cool because whatever colored fruit you push it towards it wipes out all the same colors on boards...So your strategy here would be to look for the largest same colored fruit group on the board then use it...

Ad free and no IAP interruptions....That's what I like.... "

-- Amazon reviewer

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WHEN MAGIC REVEALS MURDER,
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Diana “Thoth” Goodfarmer reads death through handwriting. That is, she sees the last minutes of a person’s life when she reads anything they write. But in a world where women shoot fire from their hands, move heavy objects with their minds, and control others through careful incantations, this ability is hardly considered impressive. Everything changes when recent widow Freyja Truearrow shows up at Thoth’s door claiming that her husband’s suicide was, in fact, murder.

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Rising Sun, Falling Star, by Vickie Hall. (Still 0.99?)

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The lives of Kenji and Aiko Onishi and their American-born children are about to unravel when the United States is thrust into war with Japan. Confronted by insurmountable prejudice and fear, the family is ripped from their California home without just cause by the American government and sent to an internment camp "for their own protection."

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Operation Dinner: How to Plan, Shop & Prep for Easy Family Meals, by Lori Loomis. (Still 0.99?)

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