User blog comment:Oioiaussie/A way to get round the lag when chaining?/@comment-5039776-20120528061406

A further update ...

I am confident this method is working well. I have gotten 3 x 30,000+ chains in the last week, with the best being 35,000 today.

My strategy is either to get a long chain going and then pick up the high value stuff, or (more riskily) pick up the high value stuff and ensure I have lots of little stuff to pick up all in a row without needing to "move the board around" (which is quite hard to do, but I can accomplish it maybe half the time, even after the 50th pick up in the chain).

Adding to the chain maximisation potential, is clumping all the high value stuff together. This makes my village look ugly (which I hate) but sadly, all that filthly (virtual) loot has captured my imagination and I am hooked!