a post by Kiyoko Ball
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BINGO BASIC TUTORIAL
Bingo
runs in six rounds of about five days each over three months. Bingo
ball tokens carry over from one round to the next. Create Bingo (five in
a row horizontally, vertically, and diagonally) to get points. Use the
points to purchase rewards from the Reward List.
Q&A:
How
do I know what round we are on? Under the main Bingo! sign it will say
"Season 26 Round 2" or something like that. There are six rounds to
each season of Bingo.
Why
can't I see all of the rewards now? As each round progresses, more
rewards are uncovered, so we never know what the higher value items are
until later in the season.
If
I purchase extra cards do they carry over? No, extra cards are only
good for the round they are purchased in. For each round you must decide
how many extra cards to purchase.
How
do I get extra Bingo Ball tokens? Post tokens every four hours. Collect
up to ten tokens from your feed. Extra bingo ball tokens carry over so
it is helpful to post and especially collect as many tokens as possible.
Of course extra tokens are available to purchase for an RC premium.
My Strategy: This
strategy has worked well for me, as long as I am around every day (or
almost every day) of the current round to collect ten Bingo ball tokens
and use them on the final day of the round.
- My goal is to collect/win 1000 points per Season. It always takes me the full six rounds to get to 1000-1200 points.
- Each round I purchase the extra card that costs 1 purple voucher. If by the end of round three I am not to at least 500 points, I then purchase an additional third card for 3 yellow vouchers. Usually I don't need three cards every time to reach 1000 points (unless I am gone a lot during a round and have fewer extra tokens).
- Every day of the round I collect the maximum 10 bingo ball tokens from my facebook feed. I also make an effort to post extra tokens several times per day. Usually this gives me 65+ extra tokens by the last day of the round.
- The mission will remind you that it is not advisable to start using your Bingo tokens until all the Bingo numbers have been allotted from the left side. of the mission window This takes several days, so just hang tight and collect extra tokens to use.
- After all the numbers have dropped, I use my extra bingo ball tokens to try and get as many points from my cards as possible. It takes 6 or 8 tokens per extra attempt.
- I go back and forth between my cards, clicking once on the best spot that will give me a Bingo. If an extra token does not fill in the spot, I skip back to the other card and try the next best spot there. Then I go back to the first card and try the same spot again. I have never had it take more than 3 tries to fill in a spot. If there are two spots that are equally good, I try one and then the other, rather than clicking the same place over and over.
- Always use good Bingo strategy, looking for the spot that will give you the most full lines with the least number of extra tokens. Sometimes you can get Bingo in two directions.
- I fill in the cards to hit 90-120 points on each card and then stop for the round. The sweet spot is 120 points on each card. Since there are six rounds, I just need an average of 180 total points from both of my cards for that round to get to 1000 by the end of the season.
- The more the spots on a card are filled in the less likely you are to get a usable Bingo from your extra tries.
- If a card gets to 120 points, I don't try to get any more wins from it unless the other card is a dud and has mostly open spots.
- When I get down to my last few extra tokens, I decide whether they would be better if carried over to use in the next round. If my cards have given me 180 points for the round I always stop there. This means I often carry over 20+ tokens each round.
- I have never purchased extra Bingo ball tokens with RC to hit 1000 points except once, several years ago.
The Extra Tip: Don't
forget to collect ten extra Bingo ball tokens from your feed on the day
that the round goes off line. Your neighbor posts are still active for
24 hours and the tokens will accumulate for you even though the round
itself has closed.
Even
if you don't want to get to 1000 points, the 500 point reward is always
a useful Shop level up item, so it is worth taking a few minutes to
reach that reward level.
I hope this tutorial helps you! Happy Farming!