Lappa Connect

Agame describes Lappa Connect in a single line: a connect board made for kids. That is the whole of the brief, and it is worth taking at face value rather than reading more into it, since nothing else is documented about levels, scoring or a clock. The Connect section carries the other boards of this kind.

What the family does share is the rule. Boards of this kind usually clear by pairing two identical tiles that a short path can join, and the difficulty comes from the order you take pairs in rather than from reflexes. A version built for children normally means larger art and a less crowded grid, which is what makes the format a reasonable first puzzle for someone who has never played one. One more board from the same group is the Petzoong layout.

The build itself is small and fixed at 800 by 500. It is listed as a desktop release rather than a mobile one, so a mouse and a laptop screen suit it better than a phone. The same heading covers Garden as well.

1. Look over the grid for two tiles carrying the same picture.
2. Click one and then the other to link them.
3. The pair leaves the board once the connection is legal.
4. Carry on pairing until the grid holds nothing more.

• A sensible first board — Lappa Connect is pitched at kids, so the pairing rule can be taught in one demonstration.
• Point at the twins first — with a young player, finding the matching picture is the skill worth practising before speed matters at all.
• Clear the outside — tiles at the edge of a grid have the most open routes, which holds for every board in this family.
• Keep it on the desktop — Agame ships this one in a fixed 800 by 500 window without a mobile build, so a mouse beats a touchscreen.