There is one of each in a normal Mahjong level and they can all be paired with each other. The dragon tiles symbolise the three coloured dragons, green, red and white. There are 3 different dragon tiles, and 4 of each in a normal Mahjong level. The win tiles represent the four directions of the compass. There are 4 of each circle tile in a normal Mahjong level. The circle tiles symbolise the traditional copper coins. There are 4 of each character tiles in a normal Mahjong level.

The red character at the bottom stands for 10,000. The character tiles shows the numbers 1-9 in Chinese. There are 4 of each bamboo tile in a normal Mahjong level. The bamboo tiles stand for copper coins on a string.

It appears to be completely free and is highly recommended.The original Chinese Solitaire has some different character sets that are used to describe the tiles. You can grab this in the Store here for any Windows-powered smartphone. Despite the Chinese music, it loses something of the Mahjong 'feel', of course! The screenshot captures (just) part of the animation of the two tiles bottom right, brought together for graphical effect.įor ever-more-challenging levels, set your sights through 'Easy', 'Medium' and 'Hard', and so on.įor maximum effect, stick to the classic tile set and Chinese background, but there are two other themes with easier Western sets. Here I've cleared about half the tiles from the puzzle above. Tap pairs to match them (it's harder than it looks with the cryptic Chinese characters!) and they come together in an animation and then vanish. Production values and atmosphere are here aplenty, especially for a free game.Ī simple interactive tutorial 'level' get you off to a good start.ĭaily puzzles are generated by the developers, or you can leap in to a set sequence of puzzles.Īnd so to the game. Here's the game in action on my Lumia 950 XL (you'll want as big a screen as possible!!): It's supremely pretty and comes with a delightful oriental soundtrack, to set the mood. So here goes a quick walk-through of this solitaire-like pair matching game with the classic Mahjong tile set. This has been on my Lumia 950 for the last three years - and I'd never gotten around to writing about it somehow. Customize your gameplay experience with different background styles and Mahjong tiles.There are also 50+ levels to unlock, broken down into fun categories for all experience levels.Enjoy a new level every day with the daily puzzle feature.

Start up Simple Mahjong and you will jump right into the game - no sign ups or accounts to make.

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