Full Screen Mahjong Connect Games
Connect boards are flat. Every tile is face up from the first second, nothing is stacked on top of anything, and a pair clears only when a free path joins the two tiles with no more than two turns in it. That one rule is why the section plays nothing like classic solitaire despite using the same tile art.
The consequence is that difficulty here comes from geometry rather than from what is hidden. Two identical tiles can sit next to each other and still refuse to clear because the corridor between them is blocked, and the correct move is usually somewhere else entirely, opening the lane you actually need. Most boards also run a clock, so hesitation costs more than a wrong guess.
Onet, Link and Kyodai are the other names studios use for the same idea, and all of them are shelved here. The variations worth knowing are the ones that move tiles after a match: some layouts collapse the remaining tiles toward a wall, which rebuilds the corridors every few pairs and turns your plan into guesswork if you were relying on the old shape.
Butterfly Kyodai and the Mahjong Connect series are the boards players return to most in this section, and both open in full screen if you would rather see the whole grid at once.
Questions about this section
What is the rule behind mahjong connect?
Two identical tiles clear when a path can join them with at most two right-angle turns, and that path may not cross any tile still on the board.
How is connect different from mahjong solitaire?
Connect boards are flat and every tile is visible; solitaire boards are stacked, and half the puzzle is what a tile is covering.
Do connect boards have a time limit?
Most of them do, and several give time back for a quick pair. The page for each board says what that board does.