Mahjong Epic is a good-looking iteration of the classic game. There’s a bit of strategy involved, but in general, Mahjong isn’t going to turn your brain into gelatinous goop due to your over thinking. If you get stuck, you can undo your moves all the way to the start. You cannot remove tiles that are covered by other tiles or have tiles on either side them. You can remove the tiles on top of the stack.

The object is to remove all the tiles on a board in pairs. Mahjong apps come in all variations - some allow you to play against opponents over Wi-Fi, others give you the option of customizing the playing surface. Mahjong is said to be hundreds of years old, although historians don’t agree on when the game came into being. Mahjong is so popular, not just on the iPhone/iPod touch, if you were to throw a stone in any direction, there’s a good chance you’d conk a Mahjong player in the head.

Add Kristanix Games’ Mahjong Epic to the the stack of 20-plus Mahjong games in the App Store.

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