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Match pairs of identical tiles! One-player Mahjong is a board puzzle game often called Mahjong Solitaire or Shanghai Solitaire from the original 4 player game developed in China during the Quing dynasty. This version has 18 Mahjong board layouts with various difficulty levels: 4 easy, 6 medium, and 8 hard levels.

This game opens as a regular web page. There is no sign-in or installation required, and the game works on mobile devices, tablets and desktop PC.

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Basic gameplay

The goal of the game is to remove all the tiles from the board by finding pairs that are identical. But not all tiles are “free” at the start —only those not covered by any other tiles and with an open left or right side can be selected.

The additional challenge of the game (especially on the harder levels) is that some free tiles need to be picked in the correct order when there are several options for pairing.

The game interface

Press the play-button to reveal the level selection screen:

Press the left and right arrows to see more levels. The 18 levels are marked with their difficulty level: 'Easy', 'Medium' or 'Hard'.

When a level is selected, the tiles are revealed.

Start removing tiles from the stack by selecting pairs of tiles that are identical.

You can only remove tiles that lays completely open. A bonus timer starts counting down and resets each time you remove a pair of tiles.

There are three option buttons:
HINT (the lightbulb) will reveal a tile pair for you.
RESTART (the circle arrow) will restart the game.
SHUFFLE (the crossing arrows) will reshuffle the tiles.

There are also an audio on/off button and an exit button in the upper right corner of the screen.

The tiles

These tiles are used in Playpager's Mahjong game:

Mahjong strategy tips

Begin by scanning the board to identify as many free tiles as you can.
Concentrate on tiles that are covering many others in the beginning. Removing these early will free up more of the board. When possible, allways prefer moves that will maximize the number of new free tiles.
Some tiles appear only in one or very few pairs. Rarely occurring tiles can block future moves. Sometimes it’s best to leave an easy available pair untouched if removing it early might block or isolate rare or difficult tiles.
Always consider not just your current match, but what the removal will uncover. Ask yourself: Will removing this pair open new tiles or make future moves more difficult?
While it’s tempting to grab every easy match, sometimes “waiting” a move can set you up for a cascade of moves later.

Learn more about this game on the Wikipedia Page