Shadow Boards

Play two falling-block wells at once — the lines you clear upstairs become the obstacles you must survive downstairs.

How to play

You actively drop pieces into the TOP well. Every time you clear rows there, the exact gap pattern those rows left is pushed up as garbage into the BOTTOM well. Your efficiency upstairs literally authors the mess downstairs.

• Rotate and slot pieces to complete and clear horizontal lines.
• Shift your focus to the bottom well to dig out the garbage you sent down.
• If either well tops out, the run ends. Your score combines both boards.

Controls

• Desktop: Arrow keys to move and rotate, Space to drop, and a key to switch which well you're controlling.
• Phone & tablet: keyboard recommended — this game is built around fast key input.

Tips & strategy

• Clearing clean, gap-free lines up top sends the lightest garbage down — sloppy clears punish you below.
• Don't let the bottom well rot; jump down to manage it before it stacks past the top.
• Plan single, flush rows when the lower board is already crowded.

About Shadow Boards

Shadow Boards reimagines the classic line-clearing block puzzle as a two-front survival act where your success becomes your own obstacle. It's an original, free browser game made in-house at PlayPendium.

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