Jewel Halloween

A seasonal jewel run: pumpkins, monsters and skeletons in place of gems, with coins accumulating as you clear levels. The game asks for sharpness and logic rather than speed, which puts it on the thinking side of the Halloween shelf.

Coins give the run its spine. They arrive steadily enough to matter and slowly enough that spending them is a decision, and a player who banks through the easy levels arrives at the hard ones with something in hand. That is a small system, but it is the difference between a board you grind and a board you plan.

Nothing here is actually frightening — the monsters are drawn as cartoons and the palette is more orange than black. It plays as a comfortable autumn board that happens to be wearing a costume, and it plays the same in April.

1. Swap two adjacent pieces to line up three or more of a kind.
2. Read what each level needs before spending moves.
3. Collect coins as you clear — they fund the later levels.
4. Work through the run at your own pace; nothing is timing you.

Bank coins through the opening levels rather than spending them the moment they appear. The run stiffens later, and arriving there with a reserve turns a wall into an inconvenience.