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Mahjong Titans layouts

Mahjong Titans came with Windows Vista and Windows 7, and it had six layouts: Turtle, Dragon, Cat, Fortress, Crab and Spider. All six names are here, free to play in your browser.

The game above is the Crab. Pick any of the others below and the board switches straight away. The Turtle, the layout Titans opened with, is the game on our home page.

Same game, our own boards

Mahjong Titans was Microsoft's version of Mahjong Solitaire, and the rules here are the same: 144 tiles, take away matching pairs, and a tile is only free when nothing is on top of it and its left or right side is open. Hints, undo and shuffle work much as they did in Titans.

The layouts carry the same names, but we drew the shapes ourselves, so they will not match the old ones tile for tile. This site has no connection to Microsoft. If you want the story of what happened to the original, it is in our post What happened to Mahjong Titans?

What is different here

• Every deal can be won. Boards are dealt backwards from an empty table, so a solution always exists. You can still get stuck by taking pairs in the wrong order, but never because the deal was impossible.
• Difficulty you can see. We played 200 test games on every layout and show how often each one was cleared.
• A daily deal that everyone gets, and your game is saved if you close the tab.
• No Windows needed. It runs in any browser, on a computer, tablet or phone.

Once you have played all six, there are 18 more on the all layouts page, from the gentle Butterfly to Stairs.

The six Titans layouts

The game above is Crab Mahjong. Pick any of these to play a different one.

Turtle MahjongClassic The classic 144-tile board. Five layers, a long tail at each end. 5 layers · 35 free at start · 50% cleared Dragon MahjongHard Long and low with a tall ridge down the middle. 4 layers · 24 free at start · 25% cleared Cat MahjongHard A cat face with pointed ears, raised eyes and a nose. 3 layers · 22 free at start · 25% cleared Fortress MahjongHard Five walls, one inside the next. The hardest board here. 5 layers · 30 free at start · 20% cleared Crab MahjongMedium A domed shell with claws reaching out at each corner. 4 layers · 34 free at start · 50% cleared Spider MahjongEasy A tall body with eight thin legs spread wide. 5 layers · 50 free at start · 70% cleared

See all 24 layouts, sorted by difficulty

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