Mahjong Sweet Easter

Why We Picked Mahjong Sweet Easter

The rule in Mahjong Sweet Easter is one sentence long — matching pieces in a line — and the rest of the game is working out what that costs. There is a fair kind of difficulty here: the board never hides what it asks, it just asks more of it. Thin on paper, and considerably less thin once the board fills. We kept it because a lost board teaches you something you can use on the next one. By the numbers: 479 plays, 4.4 out of 5 from 8 ratings, and 126 of 172 on the puzzle shelf.

How to Play

Three rules cover almost everything this game asks of you:

• Refreshing mid-round usually costs the round, so refresh between attempts rather than during one.
• Line up identical pieces; a match of four or five is worth chasing over a match of three.
• If a placement feels forced, back out and try the other side of the board.

Editor’s Note

Expect to restart more than once; most of these games do not soften the board for a first attempt. Leaving mid-session costs you the board here rather than a saved run, which makes a short visit reasonable.

Written by the UGFJD editorial team for this page. The publisher’s own description follows below, unedited.