Mahjong Master 2

Inlogic piles the traditional Chinese tiles into pyramids: no clock, but quick pairs earn the bonus points the golden stars run on.

Inlogic piled the tiles into pyramids for Mahjong Master 2, and the pyramids are the design. Each field is built so that the pieces you want sit under the pieces you can reach, which turns every level into a question of which tier to dismantle first.

There is no clock, but speed still pays. Matching pairs quickly earns bonus points, and the golden stars a field awards depend on that scoring rather than on merely finishing, so an unhurried clear and a sharp clear are two different results on the same layout. Fortuna sits beside this one among the layered boards.

The faces are the traditional Chinese set, which helps once you know it and slows you down until you do; the suits repeat with small changes in the character, so the early fields are best treated as reading practice. The music and the art stay calm throughout, and the difficulty comes from the stacking alone. The list this board belongs to also carries Mahjong Connect.

The stage is 800 by 600 and the pyramids place tiles at overlapping angles, so full screen is worth setting before the taller fields arrive. Phones and tablets are supported, and a pyramid scales down without the faces becoming unreadable. For a board of the same kind, see Chinese New Year Mahjong.

Controls

Mouse on desktop, or tap a tile and then its pair on a touchscreen.

How to Play

Study the pyramid and find the tiers that can actually be reached.
Match identical Chinese tiles to lift them off the field.
Keep the pairs coming quickly, because rapid matches are what earn bonus points.
Clear the whole field to finish the level and collect its golden stars.

Tips & Tricks

Learn the suits early — the traditional characters differ by small marks, and misreading one is the usual first mistake.
Attack the tallest tier — a pyramid hides its own middle, and the peak is what unlocks the rest.
Quick pairs are worth points — with no clock to beat, the bonus is the only thing rewarding decisiveness.
Chase the stars, not the finish — a slow clear still ends the field but leaves the golden stars behind.
Set full screen for the tall fields — overlapping tiles at 800 by 600 are hard to separate in a window.