Board & Tile Games

What kind of games are in this category and how they differ

The board and tile category holds classic games that use a board, a set of tiles, or both. Mahjong titles here are tile-matching puzzles. Jingle Mahjong, Kitty Garden Tile Puzzle and Mahjong Connect: Spooky all ask you to clear a layout by pairing tiles, and each one arranges its layout and its tile set a little differently. Dominoes and Koron Domino are about placing tiles end to end and reading the numbers on the open ends. Ludo is a race around a track. Connect 4 is a drop-and-line game for two players. Backgammon mixes dice rolls with moving pieces across the board. Sliding Puzzle and Tiles are smaller, self-contained puzzles that fit the same shelf because they are played with a fixed set of pieces on a grid.

What separates them is the kind of thinking each one asks for. Mahjong and sliding puzzles reward scanning and pattern spotting. Dominoes and backgammon reward counting and planning a few moves ahead. Ludo and Connect 4 are turn-based games where you react to what the other player does. The controls for each game are listed on its page, so you can read them before you start.

How to get better at them

A few habits carry across the whole category, and each one follows from how these games are played.

• Mahjong and tile-matching games: look at the whole layout before you take a pair. Tiles that sit on top of others block what is underneath, so clearing the upper layers first keeps more pairs open.
• Sliding puzzles: work backward from the finished picture and move one piece at a time rather than shuffling the grid.
• Dominoes: keep track of which numbers have already been played and hold tiles that fit several open ends.
• Backgammon: watch the board and decide where your pieces are safest before you roll.
• Ludo and Connect 4: these are about the other player, so watch what they set up and block it when you can.

None of these games needs an account, so you can replay a round as often as you like.

How the games are chosen

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