Mahjong Connect Cookware

Mahjong Connect Cookware keeps the link rule and throws out the tile art. What sits on the board is a chef’s kitchen inventory of pots, pans and utensils, and the job CMC Online sets you is to clear the lot by pairing identical items. How that works is written out in What Is Onet Mahjong.

The connecting line may change direction no more than twice, and that constraint is what turns a cluttered counter into a puzzle. Two identical pans on opposite sides of the board can still be joined if the route between them needs only two corners, while two sitting side by side are unavailable when something blocks the straight run between them. Cold Drink Connection puts the same rule on a board of a different size.

A timer and a high score are both listed alongside the chef theme, so the board is played for pace as much as for completion. It is drawn wide at 960 by 540, a shape that keeps the whole kitchen in one row of vision, and it accepts taps as well as mouse clicks. Reading the edges first works in Mahjong Connect too.

1. Pick out two identical pieces of cookware on the counter.
2. Check that a line between them can reach with two turns or fewer.
3. Select both to remove the pair from the board.
4. Clear every item to finish the kitchen, keeping an eye on the clock as you go.

• Clear the counter edges — cookware on the rim of the board in Mahjong Connect Cookware has open routes on more sides than anything in the middle.
• Two corners, no more — a link that would need a third bend is illegal however close the two pans look.
• Similar silhouettes deceive — pots and pans repeat in near-identical outlines, so confirm the handle and the lid before committing.
• Pace beats perfection — with a timer and a high score attached, taking the pair you can see now is worth more than finding the elegant one.