Onet Mahjong Connect

Onet Mahjong Connect is about as pared-back as the connect format gets. You look for two identical tiles and connect them. The single condition on that connection is its shape: the two tiles must be joinable using three straight lines or fewer.

That is the whole rule set the developer describes. There are many levels, it says, though it gives no number, and it presents the game as easy and relaxing, something for a short break. No timer, hints or shuffles are mentioned either way. What you are left with is a plain pattern-spotting exercise: scan the board for identical tiles, then check whether a short enough route joins them. Players who want the same rule with a clock attached can find it in other connect games in this section, and the board here sits in a wide landscape frame.

Use a mouse or touchpad. Click a tile, then click another tile that is identical to it. The two can be linked if a path of three straight lines or fewer joins them. Keep making links across the board, then move on through the levels. If two identical tiles need a path with more lines than that, they cannot be linked.

The three-line limit is the only rule to apply, so apply it consistently. Before clicking, picture the route: one line for tiles in a straight row, two for a single bend, three for a path with two bends. A pair that needs a fourth line will not link, so move on to another pair.

A connect-pairs tile puzzle in a landscape frame. Matching tiles must be joinable with three straight lines or fewer. The developer describes many levels without a total and lists a mouse or touchpad as the input.

Onet Rings uses the same three-line rule with ring tiles and no timer. Mahjong Linker : Kyodai game applies it under a time limit on every level.