The original Mahjong Solitaire game. Combine two of the same free tiles and try to remove all tiles.
Mahjong is a game with a fascinating history. Traditional Mahjong is an ancient Chinese strategy game with a slightly different concept than our free Mahjong games. The ancient strategy game is played with bamboo Mahjong tiles, and was introduced to the rest of the world in the early 20th century.
Mahjong solitaire (also known as Shanghai solitaire, electronic or computerized mahjong, solitaire mahjong or simply mahjong) is a single-player matching game that uses a set of mahjong tiles rather than cards. It is more commonly played on a computer than as a physical tabletop game.
The most valuable types of mah-jongg sets are the ones made of unusual or rare materials (genuine ivory, genuine jade, hollow tin tiles, for instance). Bakelite sets can also be worth hundreds of dollars, but only if they have 16 or more flower tiles and/or are of the "enrobed" type.
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Traditional mahjong tiles are made of bamboo, ivory and bone, but tiles made from natural materials tend to discolour or crack with time, which makes fair play impossible as players can identify covered tiles by their imperfections.25-Feb-2021
Hong Kong: This is also known as the Cantonese version, and it is believed to be the most popular version of mahjong.23-Mar-2010
About Mahjong Solitaire Mahjong Solitaire is the single player version of Chinese Mahjong (which is commonly played by 4 players). In the solitaire version, your goal is to remove every tile by matching pairs of identical Mahjong tiles.
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