Block puzzle guides

What actually decides how long a block puzzle run lasts. Written to be useful whether or not you ever install the game.

• Wood block puzzle strategy that actually works

  Why the big square is the piece to plan around, how to keep the board from fragmenting, and the one habit that ends more runs than bad luck does.

• Why block puzzles suddenly become impossible

  The difference between empty space and usable space, why a board can be a third empty and still refuse every piece, and which part of it is the game’s fault.

• Block puzzle vs Tetris: what is actually different

  Nothing falls, nothing compacts, columns count too, and there is no next-piece preview. Four rule changes that make it a different game, not a slower one.