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Bridge Mahjong Solitaire

• 72tiles
• 4layers
• 8free at the start
• 2.3pairs open on a fresh deal, average
• 39%of boards lost by random clicking in my test runs

Two towers, four storeys each, and a deck of nine tiles slung between them with cables above it. Bridge has 72 tiles, the same count as Harbor, and plays nothing like it: only 8 tiles are free when the game starts, fewer than on any other board here.

Everything hangs on the towers. Each is three tiles wide at the base and narrows to a single tile on top; the top tile is free, the tile under it becomes free when the top goes, and so on down. The deck is pinned between the towers at both ends and does not move until a tower has been taken down to its bottom row. So the first third of the game is a slow descent through two stacks, and hints will mostly point at the same two or three tiles.

Once a tower is gone the deck and the cables unlock from that side and the game turns into a race along the rows. It is a board for people who like a tight opening; if you want breathing room from the first move, Arena is the opposite experience.

Other layouts

• Turtle144 tiles, 5 layers
• Harbor72 tiles, 3 layers
• Three Sails94 tiles, 4 layers
• Pyramid108 tiles, 4 layers
• Fortress114 tiles, 3 layers
• Crab74 tiles, 3 layers
• Arena70 tiles, 3 layers
• Bridge72 tiles, 4 layers
• Cat68 tiles, 4 layers
• Dragon88 tiles, 3 layers