Mahjong (other names Mahjongg, Mah Jong) solitaire is a tile game based on a classic Chinese game MahJong for four persons, but with different, solitaire alike rules. The goal is to remove all 144 tiles from the board. You may remove only paired free tiles. The tile is free when there are no tiles either to the left or to the right from it. Matching tile pairs can be removed by clicking on each tile in the pair.
Once the player has removed a pair of free tiles, the layer beneath the tiles is exposed. The game is said to be completed when every pair has been removed.
Reshuffle button can be used when no moves are available. A maximum of 5 reshuffles per game is allowed.
There are six suits in total. The suits in Mahjong Solitaire are Circles, Bamboo, Characters, Wind and Dragon like in the original game. The additional two suits are the Seasons suit and the Flowers Suit. Like in the main game, the Bamboo, Character and the Circle Suits all have tiles with rankings from one to nine. There are a total of three dragon tiles and four wind tiles. The seasons and the flower tiles both have four each. All the tiles (except the seasons and the flowers) have four tiles in each suit and rank. When matching pairs, Seasons and Flowers are the only suits you do not need to match exactly. Any Season or Flower combination counts as a pair because there is only one of each tile.
In this variation of Mahjong solitaire players get the new layout on each new level.
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