Connect 2 Cars

Connect 2 Cars swaps the usual tile art for vehicles. Every tile carries a drawn car, and the move is the connect move: find the twin, join the two, and both are gone. If the layout is new, the comparison of the two boards explains it.

Cars make a surprisingly awkward tile set. They are all roughly the same shape, so the difference between two tiles comes down to colour and the details of the body, a roof line or the shade of a bumper, and that is a slower read than a set of flowers or animals would be. The Connect Halloween grid runs the connect rule on its own artwork.

Vi Games gave it a wide 1280 by 720 board, which suits that scanning problem, since the vehicles are drawn large enough for their differences to survive. The grid is emptied a pair at a time, and it works with a pointer or with taps. The corridor habit carries straight over to the Dogs Connect Deluxe grid.

1. Look over the grid of vehicles and note which colours repeat.
2. Find two tiles showing the same car, down to the bumper and the roof line.
3. Connect the pair to clear both of them from the grid.
4. Keep going until no cars are left standing.

• Sort by colour first — the cars in Connect 2 Cars share a silhouette, so the paint is the fastest way to narrow a search.
• Then check the body — two vehicles in the same shade often differ only in a roof line or a bumper.
• Work from the outside — edge tiles are the easiest to join and open up the crowded middle.
• Use the wide board — at 1280 by 720 the vehicle details stay readable, and squinting at a small window is what causes mismatches.