Triple Mahjong

Triple Mahjong changes the arithmetic of the board: tiles do not leave in pairs, they leave in sets of three. Two matching faces sitting side by side are worth nothing on their own, and the whole scan of a layout has to be redone with that in mind. The same group of boards includes the Dimensions block.

The consequence is that every match needs a third tile that is also reachable, and the third one is regularly the problem. A comfortable-looking layout can hold two of a kind in the open and the last copy buried under a stack, which is where a Triple Mahjong level usually stalls. For one more pile of the same kind, see the Discover Egypt pile.

A time limit runs while you work it out, so the search cannot be leisurely. The HTML5 build plays on desktop and on touchscreens, and full screen matters more than it would in a pair game — you are holding three positions in your head at once, and a small board makes the third one easy to lose. Halloween Tiles Mahjong uses the matching rule on a differently drawn set.

1. Look over the layout and find a tile face you can see more than twice.
2. Check that three copies of it are reachable rather than buried.
3. Select all three to clear the set.
4. Keep going until the board is empty and the timer still has something left on it.

• Count copies, not pairs — in Triple Mahjong two exposed tiles are only half a move.
• Dig for the third before committing to the first two, since the buried copy dictates the order.
• Take the top layers down early, which is where the missing third tiles usually hide.
• Watch the clock while you search — a set of three takes longer to assemble than a pair, and the limit does not change for it.