Solitaire Mahjong Candy 2

Eight minutes per layout is the number that defines Solitaire Mahjong Candy 2. Every board in the set carries that limit, so a stall is not merely annoying — it is the clock taking the layout away from you.

There are more than 150 layouts behind that limit, which makes the three boosters a budget rather than a bonus. Shuffle, Torch and Undo are what SOFTGAMES puts on the bar, and on a timed board the question is never whether to spend one but how early. A layout abandoned at seven minutes is a layout you have to open again from the start. Mahjong Blitz uses the matching rule on a differently drawn set.

Two distinctive tile skins are the other lever, and the studio is explicit that the challenge intensifies with them, so the sweets are not purely decorative. The scoring target is your own previous high score, which is what turns a set this large into something you replay rather than march through. The board is 800 by 600 and answers a click or a tap. For one more pile of the same kind, see the Zen Garden board.

1. Start a layout and watch the eight-minute limit begin running.
2. Pair identical candy tiles that are free to be lifted.
3. Peel the top course first so the sweets beneath it come into play.
4. Call Shuffle, Torch or Undo when the board tightens rather than at the last minute.
5. Clear the layout inside the eight minutes to bank a score.

• Spend early, not late — a Shuffle called with four minutes left still leaves time to use the board it gives you.
• Pick the skin you read faster — with two sets to choose between, the one your eye separates quickly is worth seconds on every layout.
• Skip a stubborn board — there are over 150 of them, so a layout that eats the clock is not worth a second attempt straight away.
• Chase your own number — the target Candy 2 sets is your previous high score rather than a leaderboard full of strangers.