Empires and Puzzles Books (aka JekylandHyde) was started in March 2020 to create books and share videos about the match-3 strategy, phone game Empires and Puzzles created by Small Giant.
This is an incredibly intricate, multi-faceted game that allows players to challenge themselves against the computer or other players-players can even join alliances and play together on large teams.
This RU-vid channel will be sharing some exciting videos from the game, educational content on strategy, along with other tips and tricks.
Life is great. I appreciate you asking. I have been very fortunate. I ended 2023 with taking 68 flights and being physically inside 20 different countries. My the end of May, I will up to 12 for 2024. The travel has been incredible! Best wishes to you!
I've been farming XP and have jumped up three levels but I'm still stuck on 28 flags can you explain to me why I am not receiving the extra flags for the levels that I am leveling to?
You're not missing much, I just made a commitment to leave the game myself. I was going through my RU-vid subscriptions to Unsubscribe from all of my E&P Subs, when I went on your home page I came across your video and decided to give it a listen. While you were away power creep in the game got much, much worse and the amount of money required to stay at the top with the newest heroes was astronomical for me. The amount of events, quests..etc... also out of hand and basically required you to live the game 24/7. I feel like a weight has been lifted. You are using your money on much more fulfilling pursuits!! I'm on my way to Dubai for the first time in November....provided things don't completely spiral out of control in the middle east. Thanks for the update and all the best to you on your continued travels!
Antarctica? I'm not sure if you actually can... I would love to see that part of the globe 🌎 How do you source your income for travels.. if you don't mind.. Do u stay in hotels? Flights etc... Or do you have a budget? Shoestring? Travelled alot too... many years ago... I'm thinking of doing again... used to work on cruise ships... Suppose alot of my income will be quitting this game😂😂Thanks J x
2023 update: bring any Classic Wizard with talent 20. Sartana, Isarnia or any wizard costume. Any 3-gem hit of their color has a nearly 100% chance of debuffing everything on a hit hero.
Man you got away from the game at about the right time. Don't know how many heroes there were when you left but right there are 812. The way they push now even harder than they did before is mind boggling. I only keep playing because for me it's a good way to unwind and better than going to a casino and drinking all night. Playing at home im around my family and can stop anytime we want to go blow off steam as a family. I do wish i would have never started playing because now having so much time and money in the game its like i built a 3 bed 2 bath house that someone else controls. On the travel note you should check out France and see the catacombs, the maginot line and the siegfried line. Then japan, for me anywhere in Japan is great. Im not Japanese but the entire island has been great to me. I love Tokyo, man the girls there are awesome and they love Americans lol. Aokigahara aka the suicide forest is beautiful and onle about 2 hours from Tokyo. I've only been to 17 countries but the france/ germany area and japan are by far my favorites. If you ask my wife then japan is the only place anyone really needs to see. Good luck man and happy times on your worldly travels. O and yes to the travel channel you mentioned is a great idea and for someone like me i might just copy some places and yes to videos. I don't mean record every little thing but if you see somewhere or something thats beautiful the just lime a 10 to 30 second videos are great to watch with children. Ivbeen to beautiful places that i would never take my 5 year old but she loves watching the videos. Didn't mean for this to turn into a book lol. Getting an edit because I forgot to mention nepal or turkey and check out the mountains and mad honey.
Hey Jeff, Vietnamese here. First of all I would like to say thank you for your channel I started watching you from the very early days, taught me a lot about the game. Very happy to hear you love our country :) I’m currently living in Canada (been here for 6 years) for work and for making money but I can see myself going back home for retirement :) Love the people, the food and weather over there (My god I miss those tropical beaches so much). I also quit playing the game 6 months ago, best decision in my life. They’ve been releasing 1000 new heroes every single week it’s almost impossible even for the whales to keep up now. Anyways happy to hear you’re enjoying life :) Looking forward to spending our retirement together in Vietnam :)
@Empires and Puzzles Books not trying to rope you in. Just pitching a future video idea. And yes, everyone has access to the Museum, you collect gems for each fully leveled hero.
Sincere viewpoint. Why not just play back to f2p or low budget. All those free weekly ascensions and normal free grinding. Play at low speed maintain your account and no overboard. Game cruise is much easier. Play while in the airport. Happy Happy!
Good to hear from you again! So jealous you could travel to so many places and have such a great experience hahah. In terms of travel channel I think maybe just a instagram page could be easier for you to post those amazing photos along your trip. Anyway, Keep going and enjoying life. 🎉
Glad to hear that you probably planning for empires and travel books. It's good to hear that you are impressed in Vietnam. I may suggest you to visit China, but you need a variety plans by visiting a few area
Hi E&P glad you are enjoying life and travelling to some beautiful destinations. I am learning to speak Filipino at the moment and hope to visit the country maybe in a couple of years time.
"It's time to put the screen down and jump into life", I remember these words very well from your last video where you surprisingly said goodbye to the E&P community. Jeff, thanks for sharing this video with us, great to hear your voice again and receive a life update from your side! During the last months I have always been hoping to get something like this although ever having been convinced that you'll never return to the game which ist good for you and not so good for the E&P community. Of course I miss all your daily E&P videos from which I have learned a lot for the game but it makes me happy to hear that your life after E&P ist just, what it is now! So, once again thank you for all your efforts over the last years and keep enjoying whatever you will do next!
Found you since I just pulled C. Skadi with my only free Valhalla pull. Interesting to see how many pulls you did and did not get it. Reaffirms my min pay for this game. So glad to see your adventures post pandemic. I am hopeful to get back out and travel more myself. I would definitely subscribe to your travel channel. May the road rise to meet you on your future journeys.