Wallpaper Connect Mahjong

The backdrop is the point of difference in Wallpaper Connect Mahjong: a room done up in sixties wallpaper, with the board laid over it. It is a quieter setting than the usual temple art, and the tile faces stand out more than they would against a busy scene.

Play is connect rather than stacked solitaire. Tiles sit flat, you join matching pairs, and they come off; the grid empties from the outside in, as edge tiles free up routes for everything behind them. The Snack board stands next to this one in the same list.

There is a timer on the board, so the calm styling is not an invitation to dawdle. A hint and a shuffle are available for a grid that stops offering pairs, and both are worth keeping in reserve. Mahjong Rules for Beginners takes the same rules apart step by step.

The build takes a mouse or a tap and works on desktop and mobile. Full screen suits it particularly well, since the wallpaper pattern and the tile art share a palette and separate better at size. Farm Mahjong sits one row away in the same list.

1. Pick out two tiles on the grid that carry the same face.
2. Click or tap each one to connect the pair and clear it.
3. Work from the outer edge inward to keep routes open.
4. Clear the grid before the timer runs out.
5. Call the hint or the shuffle when nothing on the board pairs up.

• Start at the border — outer tiles in Wallpaper Connect Mahjong have the fewest obstacles between them.
• Mind the palette — the sixties wallpaper behind the board shares colours with the tiles, so read the shapes.
• Keep the shuffle in reserve — the timer keeps running while you re-learn a rearranged grid.
• Spend hints late — the last few pairs on a grid are the ones that actually cost time to find.
• Turn on full screen — the board reads much more cleanly when it is not squeezed into a small frame.