At first I thought you were shown beforehand which blocks you would get, but it seems to be unpredictable. Somehow you don't take any damage either. I don't understand it. Nice tutorial at the beginning, unfortunately it didn't help me.
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ah yes unfortunately the number on the dice don't mean anything at the moment in the game, but you are prompted when a block will fall and from what direction based on the green bar above your pointer. The tutorial was a big complaint though from others which is definitely something i'll consider for next year :D
Perhaps you could give it another shot?