# What happens, when a fight becomes unplayable?

**URL:** <https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-happens-when-a-fight-becomes-unplayable/73796>\
**Category:** Gameplay Chat (PC/Mobile)\
**Created:** [January 15, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-happens-when-a-fight-becomes-unplayable/73796 "2022-01-15T20:06:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jerry\_the\_skunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jerry_the_skunk/32/53897_2.png) [@Jerry\_the\_skunk](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jerry_the_skunk)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-happens-when-a-fight-becomes-unplayable/73796/1 "2022-01-15T20:06:25Z")

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Not talking about a reshuffle, but a board, that allows for no more matches at all.  
With the Gobmother enemies in the current event, I start to see larger parts of the board turning into wish gems, that neither my team nor the enemy can work with. I guess, the same could have been achieved with Deep Dwarf, stone blocks and very, very much patience before.  
Given two teams with no explosion skill and a while of no exploding skulls, this could in theory lock a whole board. Has anyone seen, what happens in this case?

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**Author:** ![Cairnso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@Cairnso](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Cairnso)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-happens-when-a-fight-becomes-unplayable/73796/2 "2022-01-15T20:23:11Z")

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> [@Krystara Fried Chicken (Weekly Event Post)](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/krystara-fried-chicken-weekly-event-post/73723/15):
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> Somewhat relatedly, I’m happy the no-moves-left-game-freezes bug was actually fixed.

They did add in some functionality after stone block generation was introduced. Basically clears the board and wipes all mana.

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**Author:** ![JamesDurning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@JamesDurning](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/JamesDurning)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-happens-when-a-fight-becomes-unplayable/73796/3 "2022-01-17T18:28:29Z")

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The game used to freeze. I created a [bug report.](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/investigating-having-no-valid-shuffle-freezes-game-deep-dwarf/68796)  
Because of special gems, I hadn’t been able to repro it, but I can try again now that the potions are gone.  
Video: No moves leads to a mana drain.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/1/e/1e5e6f0be921f13f68ef0ea0fba51d7fb8b2c53f.jpeg "Gems of War:Mana Drain (Stone blocks)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIecCxWES-Y)