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Mahjong is a solitaire style game that uses a set of mahjong tiles in place of playing cards. Some people also call the game Shanghai solitaire or mahjongg solitaire. The tiles originate from the original four-player game popularized in East Asia and known as Mahjong. The 144 tiles are arranged in a distinctive and special four-layer pattern facing upwards - the pattern is often in the shape of a turtle hence its other nickname 'the turtle'.

How to play
A tile is said to be exposed or open if it can be moved either right or left without disturbing the other tiles. The ultimate goal of the game is to match pairs of identical tiles and take them from the board, showing the tiles under them and making them available for play. The game is completed when every pair of tiles has been taken from the board or when there are no open pairs of tiles left.

Trivia
In 1981 the first computer version of Mahjong was built by Brodie Lockard. Apparently, Lockard based his game on the many centuries old Chinese game named 'The Turtle'. Interestingly, China does have a children's game by the name of 'Demolish the Turtle'.