Winter Mahjong

Winter Mahjong is a connect-style pairs puzzle with a winter and Christmas theme, spread over 32 levels. You remove two identical tiles at a time by clicking them, and the line joining the pair may have no more than two corners.

What sets it apart from the simpler connect games is movement. On some levels the tiles slide on their own, towards the left, the right, the top or the bottom of the board, so the layout can shift while you are working on it. There is also a timer, and the goal on each level is to clear the board before it runs out. The developer pitches it as a relaxed test of pattern detection, with a clock attached. Play is by mouse only, according to the instructions, and it sits in a wide landscape frame.

Click a tile with the mouse, then click an identical tile. If the line between them has two corners or fewer, both are eliminated. Keep pairing tiles until the board is empty, and do it before the time runs out. On some levels the tiles slide in one direction by themselves, so check the layout again before each pair.

Count the corners before you click: a straight line has none, one turn makes one, and anything needing a third turn will not work. On the levels where tiles slide, the arrangement can change as you play, so a pair you spotted earlier may no longer be in reach, or a new one may appear.

A connect-pairs mahjong puzzle with a winter and Christmas theme, in a landscape frame. There are 32 levels, each against a timer, and tiles slide on some of them. The developer lists the mouse as the input.

Christmas Onet Connect shares the festive theme, allows two right angles and also has moving tiles on some levels. Animal Connection uses the same two-corner rule and spells out each legal move.