Nestling Mahjong Solitaire

Nestling Mahjong Solitaire is a calm game of matching tiles on a wooden table, with a nest that grows as you play. Clear the board two tiles at a time. A tile is free when nothing sits on top of it and its left or right side is open. Match two free tiles with the same face and they lift away. Clear them all and the table is yours. THIRTEEN BIRDS, THIRTEEN BOARDS Your first game is the Hatchling, a 24-tile board that teaches the free-tile rule as you play and cannot be lost. Then choose your board from a picture of each one: • Wren - Butterfly, 96 tiles, gentle • Fledgling - Square, 48 tiles • Robin - Pyramid, 120 tiles • Songbird - Garden, 96 tiles • Swallow - Cross, 92 tiles • Dove - Heart, 116 tiles • Heron - Turtle, 144 tiles, the classic • Crane - Pagoda, 144 tiles, tall • Owl - Fortress, 144 tiles • Falcon - Plateau, 144 tiles • Hawk - Spider, 96 tiles • Eagle - Mountain, 144 tiles, the hardest The order was measured with the game's own solver, so each bird really is harder than the last - a big board is not always a hard one. EVERY BOARD CAN BE CLEARED Before a board is ever dealt to you, the game has already cleared it once. When you get stuck it is a puzzle to work out, never a dead end you were handed. REWIND TO SAFETY After each move the same solver checks whether your board can still be cleared. If it can't, the little nest beside the clock turns amber. Tap it and the game goes back to the last move from which you could still clear the table. LEARN THE TILES Press and hold any tile to see its name - 7 Characters, with its Chinese characters and pinyin, 七萬 qī wàn. The Tile guide in the menu lays out every tile by suit: characters, bamboo, circles, winds, dragons, flowers and seasons. A NEST THAT GROWS Every board you clear adds a feather in its bird's colour to your nest. Clear one with no hints, no undos and no shuffles for a flawless medal. Moss, speckled eggs, plum blossom, a red ribbon and a golden feather are earned by play, and you choose which to show. A GAME OF THE DAY A new board every day, always winnable. Hold your phone upright for the tall Pagoda or turn it sideways for the Turtle; each has its own daily board, the same for every player. Keep a daily streak going if you like, or ignore it - nothing expires and nothing is lost. HELP WHEN YOU WANT IT • Hint shows you a pair to take, from the same solver • Undo as many moves as you like • Shuffle the tiles when you are stuck - the new arrangement is built so the board can still be cleared • Blocked tiles are shaded so the free ones stand out, and an easy-read tile set swaps the characters for numbers and pictures CHALLENGE A FRIEND Every board has a short code. After you clear a board, send a friend a challenge: the link opens the very same board for them, so you can compare times. Codes pasted from a message work too, from Menu > Deal codes. MADE FOR YOUR SCREEN Large, clear tiles on phones and tablets, in portrait or landscape. Pinch to zoom. WHAT IT ASKS OF YOU No account and no sign-in. After your first ten boards a short ad sometimes plays between boards - never during one, never on the Game of the Day - and one purchase, Remove Ads, switches them off for good. The boards, the Game of the Day, your record and your nest are worked out on your phone. After your first cleared board the game asks, once, whether it may send anonymous usage data to help improve it, and whether it may remind you when a new daily board is ready; either answer is fine and both can be changed later. Made by Nestling Studios, a small independent studio. For ages 13 and up.