Mahjong Flowers

The first thing to register in Mahjong Flowers is the artwork — bright, floral, openly girly tile faces where boards of this kind usually run sober suits.

Every tile carries a picture and a number: stripes, dots, seasons, plants and hieroglyphs, each stamped with a figure that identifies its match. That number is the whole trick of Mahjong Flowers, because you can pair by digit at a glance instead of comparing two small drawings across the width of the layout. A second stacked layout here is Mah Jongg.

Selection follows the ordinary rule — a tile has to be free on at least one side before it will lift. Click one, click its twin, and both leave the stack; keep going until nothing is left standing. The same section of the catalogue also holds the Kitchen grid.

Nothing is timing you here, and the absence of a time limit means a stuck board costs patience rather than a score. Full screen earns its keep in Mahjong Flowers, since the figures stamped on each tile are small and stay legible only when the layout is scaled up. Mouse and touch input are both accepted. Working the covered edges first pays in the Sea Life board as well.

1. Look across the layout for two tiles that carry the same picture and the same number.
2. Check that each of them is free on at least one side before you commit.
3. Click the first tile, then its match, and the pair disappears from the stack.
4. Take the upper layers down early so the figures underneath come into view.
5. Repeat until the last pair leaves and nothing is standing.

• Pair by number, not by picture — the figure on each Mahjong Flowers tile is faster to read than the bloom drawn beside it.
• Strip the top layers first — every tile removed up there reveals a figure you could not see before.
• Scale the board up — in full screen the digits stay sharp and misclicks on stacked tiles drop away.
• Let the missing clock work for you — with no time limit running, a slow scan of Mahjong Flowers costs you nothing at all.