Mahjong Seasons 2 – Autumn and Winter

The second Seasons edition splits its scenery in two, an autumn half and an icy winter one, with the stove lit between them. How that works is written out in the guide to connect boards.

Underneath the seasons it is a pair-matching logic puzzle in which the connection matters as much as the match. The line joining two identical pieces is allowed two turns and no more, which rules out the elaborate detours a looser link game would permit and makes the middle of a crowded board genuinely awkward. Ringier Axel Springer Polska frames the whole thing as a speed exercise rather than a campaign: the puzzles keep coming without a stated end, and what you are competing against is your own matching pace. The same two-bend path rule drives Vegetables Connection.

The board sits in a squarish 800 by 600 frame and takes taps as well as clicks, so both the autumn and the winter sets stay readable. For a second flat pair-up, there is Mahjong Connect Deluxe.

1. Pick out two identical pieces from the autumn or the winter set.
2. Trace the line between them and confirm it turns twice at most.
3. Click both to clear the pair from the board.
4. Keep matching at pace, since Mahjong Seasons 2 measures you by speed rather than by a level count.

• Two turns, no third — the connecting line in Mahjong Seasons 2 stops at two bends, so a route that needs a third will not be accepted.
• Learn the two sets — autumn pieces and icy winter ones share a palette in places, and misreading a pair costs more than a slow scan would.
• Open a lane early — clearing one long row gives later links a straight run and keeps the two-turn limit workable.
• Pace over perfection — with puzzles arriving one after another, a steady rhythm of easy pairs beats hunting the hardest link on the board.