Bejeweled Blitz is a fast-paced match-3 FaceBook application created by PopCap games. Though Blitz originally was designed to be a gateway to their site and a promotion for purchasing their other games, Bejeweled Blitz has become its own FaceBook phenomenon.
Friends compete with each other for the highest score by playing a classic Bejeweled board that lasts for one minute. The object of the game is to remove as many colored gems as possible by matching them in lines of three. The lines can occur vertically or horizontally. Lining up a greater number of gems or creating a combo by having multiple sets of gems break will provide additional points. The basic strategies for Bejeweled Blitz are not difficult, and they can be mastered with practice. This game depends heavily on pattern recognition which only gets better with more play.
If you still need to use the hint button often or cannot readily create Power Gems, keep practicing until you easily complete boards without using the hint button and can build Power Gems on a consistent basis. This advanced guide requires that both of those come easily to you before you begin competing at a higher level.
The Multiplier Gems are your ultimate goal in getting high scores. You want to create as many as you can as quickly as you can, and as soon as they show up on the screen, begin working towards getting them matched. You can also blow them up with a Power Gem or use a Hypercube on the right colored gems in order to get rid of them. Multiplier Gems multiply your score by the cumulative number of Multiplier Gems you have destroyed. Thus, each match becomes worth exponentially more. Keeping your speed bonus maxed and destroying multiplier gems are the fastest way to a consistently high score. In Bejeweled Blitz, you can play a great game, have a great board, and still end up with a low score due to having no Multiplier Gems destroyed.