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Matching & Memory Games

Four games built on one idea: find the thing that goes with the other thing. Three of them keep everything in plain sight, and only one asks you to remember where anything was. Mahjong Solitaire, Memory Match and Bingo run no clock and never declare a game over. All four open in the browser, with nothing to sign up for and nothing to install.

Which one should I start with?

Bingo
Start here if you would rather not learn any rules at all. A number is called, you look for it on your card, and you tap it.
Memory Match
A short, self-contained round for when you feel like being tested a little. Easy is the gentlest board.
Mahjong Solitaire
The one to settle into for half an hour once you know the free-tile rule, and the one with the most help built in — Hint, Undo and Shuffle are always there.
Jigsaw Puzzle
A quiet picture to build, with no rules to learn: a piece only stays where it belongs. It needs a mouse or a trackpad, since the pieces are dragged into place.

Matching and remembering are not the same job

Three of these four keep everything in plain sight. In Mahjong Solitaire every tile is on the table. In Bingo, your card sits in front of you and every number already called stays listed underneath it. In the Jigsaw, the loose pieces are laid out in a tray below the picture area. The work is looking, not recalling — you can play any of them for an hour without once being asked what you remember.

Memory Match is the one that does ask. Cards lie face down, you turn two over at a time, and the game gets easier as you build a picture of where things are. That is the whole pleasure of it, and it is also why some people go straight past it to the others. Its Easy setting is twelve cards, six pairs, which is a comfortable amount to hold. The pictures are plainly different — a sunflower, a star, an apple, a moon — each one also announced by name, and a matched pair gains a green frame and a checkmark, so a match never depends on colour alone.

The one Mahjong rule worth knowing before you start

Mahjong Solitaire looks harder than it is. Tiles are stacked, sometimes in the layered turtle shape, and you clear the board by taking matching pairs off it. The only rule that catches people out is which tiles you are allowed to take: a tile is free when nothing rests on top of it and at least one of its long sides, left or right, has nothing beside it. Free tiles are drawn bright and clear while covered ones are dimmed and drained of colour, so you can see the difference at a glance rather than working it out.

Tap one free tile, then tap its match, and both go. There are two exceptions worth knowing: the four flower tiles all count as matching each other, and so do the four season tiles, even though their pictures differ. Taking a pair usually uncovers what was underneath, which is where your next move comes from. If the board runs out of matches, Shuffle mixes the remaining tiles rather than ending the game; if the last few are stacked so that nothing can pair at all, it says so plainly and offers a fresh board.

Large targets, and no penalty for a wrong tap

In Mahjong Solitaire, Memory Match and Bingo everything is a large target that you tap once. You tap one thing and then tap the other; nothing has to be held down and pulled across the screen, which means a near-miss, or a trackpad you are still getting used to, costs you nothing. Jigsaw Puzzle is the exception. It is a well-made open-source game we host so nobody has to go hunting for it, and it works the way its author built it: pieces are clicked and dragged from the drawer into the grid with a mouse or a trackpad. Its page says as much under the heading About this version.

A mis-tap costs nothing in the three. No clock is running, so a wrong tile costs you a moment and nothing more. A Bingo square marked by mistake comes off if you tap it again. A Mahjong pair taken by mistake goes back with Undo, as many times as you like. Memory Match counts your moves, but nothing is scored and nothing is compared — the number is there only if you feel like beating your own.

Small things that make a first sitting go better

Start Mahjong Solitaire on the small board. Easy is 36 tiles, Medium is 72, and Classic is the full 144-tile turtle — the one people picture when they think of the game, and a great deal to take on for a first go. You can change size at any point; it simply deals a new board at the size you pressed.

Use the hints. The three on this page that we built ourselves each have a Hint button, and none of them is a limited supply. Mahjong Solitaire highlights a pair and says in plain words what the two tiles have in common. Memory Match shows a matching pair, tells you where the two cards are, then turns them face down again so you turn them over yourself. Bingo names the column and row of a called number you have not marked yet, or, when your card is up to date, tells you which line you are closest to finishing.

Bingo also prints. Choose 1, 6, 12 or 20 cards and press Print cards: every card is different, one to a page in large print, and a caller's sheet of all 75 numbers comes with them. That is the version for a table of people in the room rather than one person at a screen.

Common questions

What is the difference between Mahjong Solitaire and the Mahjong four people play?
Mahjong Solitaire is a one-person game that borrows the tiles and nothing else. There is no dealing, no discarding, no scoring and no opponents — you remove matching pairs from a stack until the board is clear. If you have never played the four-player game, you are not missing anything you need here: this is one rule about which tiles you may take, and then matching pairs.
Do I need to download or install anything?
No. These play in the web browser you are already using — nothing to install, no sign-up, no email address and no account, and nothing you do is stored on our servers. Your text size and contrast choices are kept in your own browser, which is why the page still looks the way you set it when you come back another day.
The tiles and numbers are too small for me. Can I make them bigger?
Yes. A floating button marked with an A sits in the bottom-right corner of every page; press it and a small panel opens with A+ and A− for text size, High contrast to sharpen everything to black on white, and a dark setting. In Mahjong Solitaire and Bingo the tiles and numbers grow along with the text. Whatever you choose is remembered, so you set it once.
Can I play these without using a mouse?
Mahjong Solitaire, Memory Match and Bingo can be played entirely from the keyboard: the arrow keys move between tiles, cards or squares, Enter or the space bar chooses one, H asks for a hint, U undoes in Mahjong, and C calls the next number in Bingo. Jigsaw Puzzle is the exception — it is the hosted open-source one, and its pieces are dragged with a mouse or a trackpad.
If I close the page part-way through, do I lose the game?
A game in progress is not saved, so closing the page or the tab deals a fresh board next time. Not much is lost, though: nothing is scored, there is no streak to break and no account to fall behind in. If you would rather finish in one sitting, start on a small board and a round stays short.
Is the Bingo played for money?
No. There is no money anywhere in it — no wager, no credits, no prizes and nothing to buy. You get one card of 25 squares with a free space in the middle, and the next number is called only when you press the button, so nobody is racing you. Fill any row, any column or either diagonal and you have a line.

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