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Introduction

Kou-Jong is a easy to play puzzle game based on the anicent Chinese game, Mah-Jong (or Mah Jong, Mahjong, Mahjongg, and many other spellings). I could go forever about the history of Mah-Jong, but that wouldn't do anyone much good as to the game play. So if you've ever played Mah-Jong, you're good to go.

Controls & Instructions

To play, click on matching tiles. Very simple. Removable tiles have no other tiles on top of them and at least one side free.

The blue lines show tiles that can be removed, the lime green lines show tiles that are visible, but cannot be removed beacuse there are tiles on top of them, the orange box shows tiles that are totally covered and unreachable, and all of the other tiles are unreachable due to tiles on both sides of them.

The most of the same type you will get per level is four, or two pairs. Flower and season tiles are the only sets that are not exactly alike.

Seasons

Flowers

Any one of each set can be paired with any of the other three.

There are three levels of difficulty. Easy, medium, and hard. Each on has three different tile sets (more commonly known as layouts) that you play in order, each with more tiles than the last. The different settings have more tiles the harder the level you chose.

Sometimes it will get to where there are no legal moves you can make. The game will tell you when this happens after you click on a tile. When that happens, click the reset button. You level score will be reset, but the total score from pervious levels will stay. You also get a set number of hints for each level, 1 for easy, 2 for medium, and 3 for hard. Click the hint button and it will highlight two tiles that can be removed. If there are no more moves, it will say so. And then we have the bonus. It starts with 60 for easy, 180 for medium, and 360 for hard. and goes down one each second. When you finish a set, you will get points eaqule to the number left on there along with the level score based on the number of tiles in the set.

Tips & Strategies

The best way to go is to get rid of tiles on the top first, namely the ones with a lot of other tiles under them. This helps bring more tiles into play. Often the one thing that decides if you can finish the set or if you will run out of pairs is a choice between getting rid of a tile near the bottom and one on a stack or getting rid of two tiles near the bottom.

If you can't seem to find any other pairs, click on a free one. If the game dosen't say there aren't any left, the start at one of the corners (any one, makes no difference which), and check each free tile for a match. If you still can't find one or just don't want to take the time to look, then use a hint.

Conclusion

Kou-Jong is an addicting little game that anyone will love, and gives a nice Neopian twist to an old game (plus I get paid neopoints for playing one of my favorite games now). It's also very easy to understand and play, so remember the tips from here, and you'll be able to play Kou-Jong (and any version of Mah-Jong) with ease.

This Neopets help article was written for The Daily Neopets by staff member animetriplicate.
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