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Mahjong Solitaire online — rules, facts, and a live table
Mahjong solitaire is a matching game, not the four-player table game. Remove free identical pairs. A tile is free when nothing sits on it and it can slide left or right. Tilehaus uses a three-layer temple of the 136-tile suit-and-honor set.
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Good to know
- Mahjong solitaire is unrelated in rules to four-player mahjong even though it uses the same tile faces.
- Activision released Shanghai in 1986; the turtle (or Shanghai) layout became the default computer arrangement.
- A tile is free only if it is not covered and at least one of its left or right sides is open.
- Matching is by face identity: four copies of each suited and honor tile exist, so two of the four may be buried.
- Tilehaus only deals solvable temples: pairs are placed in reverse so every table can be cleared.
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Mahjong solitaire is a matching game, not the four-player table game. Remove free identical pairs. A tile is free when nothing sits on it and it can slide left or right. Tilehaus uses a three-layer temple of the 136-tile suit-and-honor set.
Stacked carved tiles with real thickness: the upper layer casts a shadow on the lower. You scan for open ends, not for pongs and chows.
Origin
Mahjong Solitaire It is associated with Computer adaptation of mahjong tiles; not the four-player Chinese game. Dating: Popularized as computer solitaire in the 1980s; Activision's Shanghai (1986) made the turtle layout famous.
Equipment
136 tiles stacked in a three-layer temple
Players: 1. Typical duration: 10–25 minutes.
Questions
Is mahjong solitaire real mahjong?
No. It is a matching puzzle that reuses mahjong tile art. Four-player mahjong is a draw-and-discard meld game.