Mahjong Solitaire

Stacking the turtle…

How to play Mahjong Solitaire

Mahjong Solitaire (also called Shanghai or Taipei) is a tile matching puzzle played with a 144-tile mahjong set stacked into the classic turtle. Remove every tile by matching identical pairs, but only tiles that are free may be taken.

  • Work down from the top layers first; buried tiles are the ones that trap you.
  • When three or four of the same face are available, pick the pair that frees the most tiles rather than the closest pair.
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