Does anyone have any suggestions for a good Mahjong game on the iPad? The american-ized matching type game, not the actual Chinese version. It seems like everyone in my family loves to play Mahjong on my iPad, I have two different free/trial variants. I want to buy one, but there are literally hundreds out there. I'd especially like one with a "quest" game mode where there are different puzzles to unlock and maybe unlocking different special tiles. Like the PC "Mah Jong Quest" game, which is a great game! I'd easily pay $10-15 for a good version like the PC one (searchable, hosted on many sites). Any recommendations out there from personal experience?
My go-to mahjong game is definitely Moonlight Mahjong. It's the only mahjong game I keep on either of my iDevices, and I've played a few of them. It's a Universal app and it looks great on the iPad. It's one of those games that you can use to show off the capabilities of the system because the tiles look great (the engraved marble tiles are awesome) and the control you have over the view is really great...full zoom, rotation, pan and all while using intuitive iDevice gestures. Tons of settings. You can customize the background. There are hundreds of free downloadable tilesets through dedicated servers accessible right in the app. Built-in editor, if you're into that thing. And, it's been on sale for $0.99 since April. Can't beat that!
One of the Mahjong ones is free and it seems to be pretty good. Only one board though. However, are there any REAL (the one you call Chinese) MahJong apps out there? I would love one!
I have Shanghai Mahjong and iMahjong Premium (Jirbo) on my iPhone. Both are universal apps and both have free versions. I HIGHLY recommend Shanghai for tile size, HUNDREDS of layouts, tile assortment, backgrounds. You can even import a photo as your background. Really worth it at $1 but iMahjong is free so get both! Hope that helps.
I believe the original poster is referring to a Mahjong Solitaire, which is also known as Shanghai. The current versions I have on my iPad are: 'Moonlight Mahjong', 'Mahjong Artifacts II', and 'Shanghai Mahjong' A great non-ipad solitaire 'Mr. Mahjong Touch'.
My wife plays SG Mahjong (shanghai rules) and there is also KL Mahjong (malaysian rules). Both have free versions. But the full version is currently $1. Hope that helps too!
I LOVE the Mahjong Artifacts games. They are a bit pricey, but the graphics are smooth, the music is relaxing, and there are some extra tiles in the Quest mode that make the game more interesting. I also think in classic mode there are some 99 board sets, so you really never run out of games. It also really shows off its HD. You can download the free versions from the app store and if the full price bothers you, you can always get the iphone version and upscale it to save a few bucks!. If you're looking for something with a smaller price tag, I suggest Mahjong Epic HD(which also has a free version to try) Not only does it have relaxing "Enya-like" sounds, but it has a board creator so you can design your own! Hope this helps ^_^
Thanks for all of the replies. I think the Mahjong Artifacts games look cool, I'm going to pick up the first one tonight. The quest/adventure mode is appealing in that one. As far as other Mahjong solitaire/Shanghai games, I'll also look to pick up one with different tilesets. My daughters (ages 5, 5, and 7) are getting into playing and they'd get a kick out of playing with different tilesets. Since the Bams, Winds, and Seasons of original tileset don't hold any meaning for them.
Best one for different tile sets is Shanghai Mahjong. I am just reading this in the evening, and agree with everything that is being said - I have : Shanghai Mahjong - Lots of tile sets, lots of different setups, well implemented - Overall probably best. Moonlight Mahjong - allows you to change orientation of the tiles, very handy for being able to look all around. Limited tilesets, but well done. A nice selection of different setups. For me - number 2, but only barely to Shanghai... Aki Mahjong - made by the same people that make Mondo Solitaire (cards) - a nice selection of setups - although you have to unlock them - and for some, this can be great, or frustrating - some people like the challenge of having to "win" in order to be rewarded. They also have a bunch of "bonus" levels that are unlocked from the get go.. Highly polished. Price is significantly higher - I got it in a rare sale... Epic Mahjong - another reasonable implementation - this one allows you to build your own custom set ups.. So theoretically infinite playability. I think that Shanghai has about 150 time tested ones, - more than enough for me. Some people like the UI of Epic better - for me, nothing special. Mahjong Artifacts - this one more of a game than a solitaire game - the quest mode has you winning games and getting various powerups in order to reach a goal. Makes playing it enjoyable. The tiles are a bit more cartoonish than Shanhai or Mahjong, but are still quite nice. The Mahjong Artifacts 1 and 2 for the iPhone scale up fairly well, so if you are looking to save a bit, you can go that route - but the HD certainly is pretty to look at... I prefer Chapter 2 to the Chapter 1, but I can't really tell you why... There are a couple of free ones that you can try - I think that I have tried them all - but they don't really meet up with the pay ones, especially as you can get Shanghai, or Moonlight for $0.99 - Maybe free would be the way to go if all the others were $5 or more, but for a couple of bucks you can get a couple, and keep the one you really like, and you are still not specding much, and I think you will feel like you got your money's worth... Good luck and enjoy..
I like Moonlight tooIm not sure the 3D makes things easier, but its cool (I have the Lite version, but I dont even see a Lite in the store currently.)
I'm surprised no one mentioned Mr. Mahjong. It's not quite as classic in it's styling but I prefer the UI to all the others. Mr. Mahjong touch ************************************************************THE COMPLETE SERIES!****************************… $4.99 Buy Now Watch Media Details************************************************************THE COMPLETE SERIES!************************************************************At last you can play this superb range of Mahjong games on your iPhone and iPod touch! Mr. Mahjong brings you fabulous puzzle-solving fun from the Far East. The latest touch controls and high-definition display make Mr. Mahjong touch the best version yet by far! 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Shanghai obviously is an endless game, with all the differnt layouts, and tilesets - you can play a different game everytime... My favorite Mahjong of this style of all platforms is Kyodai Mahjong - which I think is stil out there as shareware - I don't think that the original developer is doing anything with it any more- but there are hundreds of tile set ups and tilesets as well as music, and backgrounds that you can d/l from various sites - plus it is just an incredbile render of the game... Still have it on my PC and I still consider it the best if you are interested... pluto6 Well-Known Member Jun 21, 2009 5,837 3 38 Military #16 pluto6, Jul 14, 2010 Moonlight is only $0.99 so you might consider that. I don't remember what the differences were, but I always like to support the dev if I really like the game.. LordGek Well-Known Member Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Feb 19, 2009 12,282 141 63 Software QA Engineer Saratoga, CA, USA #17 LordGek, Jul 14, 2010 Here is the best REAL Mahjong game I've seen so far is: World Series of Mahjong * We support iPad now!* You can now select the points required to win the game. 增加起胡番值的選擇，現在可以選擇零番起胡了！Thi… Free Buy Now Watch Media Details* We support iPad now!* You can now select the points required to win the game. 增加起胡番值的選擇，現在可以選擇零番起胡了！This is only a Lite Version. From the maker of Mahjong Fairyland and Big2 Fairyland, is proud to bring you World's First World Series of Mahjong!Features:1. Standard Mahjong RuleEnjoy this game with the standard Mahjong rule! Learn, play and win!2. Killer OpponentsWin! Win! Win! Win them all! But don’t imagine it’s easy. Your opponents are much better than you could imagine.3. Standard rule with twists in the game:2 different game modes are available- Standard Mode and Score Mode. In the Score Mode, you have to not just win, but win as much as you can!4. Chinese Calligraphy Art StyleEnjoy the game with artistic Chinese Calligraphy art style!5. Big Mahjong Tile with Best Visual AngleThe tile is so big that clicking on a wrong tile is impossible! The visual angle gives you the realistic feeling of playing Mahjong!About JoymasterPLURKhttp://www.plurk.com/JoymasterWebsitehttp://iphone.somuch.tw/ *************************************游戏特色：1. 标准国际十三张麻将规则游戏玩法采用国际十三张麻将的麻将规则与番值计算方式，绝对原汁原味完整呈现，不单让你体验十三张麻将的组牌乐趣，还让你可以学习国际标准版的十三张麻将规则，喜欢十三张麻将的你，绝不容错过这款『国标十三张麻将』!!2. 杀很大的强劲对手杀!杀!杀!就是要杀到你ㄧ毛不剩，对手拥有绝佳的算牌技术，绝对没做弊、绝对挂保证的AI人工智慧，想拥有比拟真人麻将对战的乐趣吗? 想挑战牌技一流的对手吗? 那你更不能错过这款『国标十三张麻将』!!3. 创新与标准玩法，二套玩法不同体验游戏提供「国标模式」与「积分模式」二种玩法，「国标模式」保留最标准国际十三张麻将的麻将规则；「积分模式」让你挑战最强牌型，只有胡牌还不够，比须挑战更高番值的牌型才能过关，你觉得你的牌技很行吗? 那没挑战积分模式就逊掉了啦!4. 绝美的中国墨水风格，视觉新体验游戏中采用中国水墨风，不同其他游戏的风格呈现，想体验麻将与中国水墨结合的新体验吗?没错~只有『国标十三张麻将』才能给你这样的享受!!5. 超大麻将牌，操控一流、最佳俯视视野，一张都不放过使用超大麻将牌，好点易打，给你最棒的操作手感，另外，利用俯视角度清楚呈现海底与对家的牌，让你清楚看见每张牌的状况，绝对不会让你手中的大牌因此听错章，饮恨一辈子啊!!!关于 Joymaster嘀咕网http://www.digu.com/joymaster网站http://iphone.somuch.tw/ *************************************Support Language:1. English2. Traditional Chinese3. Simplified Chinese************************************* Information Seller: Genre:Card, Casino Release:Oct 07, 2010 Updated:Nov 30, -0001 Version: Size:0.0 TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (1) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal I'm pretty sure, if not this specific incarnation (there are a few variants by this company), World Series of Mahjong has high production values completely in English (no clue why they chose the Chinese text in the screenshots). I think it is the best so far not so much for the AI (it might be great, I'm not a good enough player to make the call) but that it appears to support literally scores of Special Hands (one of my favorite aspects of real mahjong games...the hands you're never likely to see in your lifetime but sure would be cool if you DID luck out and were appropriately awarded) and some pretty detailed scoring in general! pluto6 Well-Known Member Jun 21, 2009 5,837 3 38 Military #18 pluto6, Jul 14, 2010 Thanks for the tip - I never learned to play real Mahjong - so I'll get it, and hope that I can pick it up. LordGek Well-Known Member Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Feb 19, 2009 12,282 141 63 Software QA Engineer Saratoga, CA, USA #19 LordGek, Jul 15, 2010 I look at it as an Asian 4 player variant of something like our Gin Rummy or Canasta card games. Where it really becomes fun, however, is unlike Gin Rummy where the point is pretty much just to go out as quickly as possible while your opponent still is holding a bunch of his cards unplayed, the focus in Mahjong is to go out in style. For example, if you manage to go out and all of your melds are sets of three like tiles (with the exception of the final pair as a hand is 10-11 tiles) you'll get a few bonus points. If they are all sets of three like tiles that are all from the same suit (unlike our western deck of 4 suit cards, Mahjong has 3 suits) it is worth even more! There are all sorts of these artsy bonus conditions you can shoot for as well as your opponents so you not only are needing to simply block an opponent from going out, but even more so, making dang sure you never give him the ammunition he'd need to go out with all of his sets (like tile groupings or straights in the same suit) conforming to one of these many potential bonus conditions. pluto6 Well-Known Member Jun 21, 2009 5,837 3 38 Military #20 pluto6, Jul 15, 2010 Thanks for the tips... If figures that an asian game would have a lot of style points built in - it goes with the culture. I remember getting my first Go board and stones, and the guy selling them telling me how to correctly hold the stone between my index and long fingers to place the stone with just a little "click" onto the board... Who cares if you are winning or losing, as long as you follow protocol - but I always loved that about Go. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) 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Actually I think that colorsound did mention it. I have it, and like it - but was not as pleased with Mahjong Artifacts 2 with it upscaled to the iPad - the graphics were just not what I was hoping for, which is why I left it off - very good consideration for the iPhone though... And, even though I wrangled for a long time with FDG (and came to an amicable understanding) - I am just not an in-app purchase person, and so don't typically recommend them..
I think that you will be happy for a long time with those. Shanghai obviously is an endless game, with all the differnt layouts, and tilesets - you can play a different game everytime... My favorite Mahjong of this style of all platforms is Kyodai Mahjong - which I think is stil out there as shareware - I don't think that the original developer is doing anything with it any more- but there are hundreds of tile set ups and tilesets as well as music, and backgrounds that you can d/l from various sites - plus it is just an incredbile render of the game... Still have it on my PC and I still consider it the best if you are interested...
Moonlight is only $0.99 so you might consider that. I don't remember what the differences were, but I always like to support the dev if I really like the game..
Here is the best REAL Mahjong game I've seen so far is: World Series of Mahjong * We support iPad now!* You can now select the points required to win the game. 增加起胡番值的選擇，現在可以選擇零番起胡了！Thi… Free Buy Now Watch Media Details* We support iPad now!* You can now select the points required to win the game. 增加起胡番值的選擇，現在可以選擇零番起胡了！This is only a Lite Version. From the maker of Mahjong Fairyland and Big2 Fairyland, is proud to bring you World's First World Series of Mahjong!Features:1. Standard Mahjong RuleEnjoy this game with the standard Mahjong rule! Learn, play and win!2. Killer OpponentsWin! Win! Win! Win them all! But don’t imagine it’s easy. Your opponents are much better than you could imagine.3. Standard rule with twists in the game:2 different game modes are available- Standard Mode and Score Mode. In the Score Mode, you have to not just win, but win as much as you can!4. Chinese Calligraphy Art StyleEnjoy the game with artistic Chinese Calligraphy art style!5. Big Mahjong Tile with Best Visual AngleThe tile is so big that clicking on a wrong tile is impossible! The visual angle gives you the realistic feeling of playing Mahjong!About JoymasterPLURKhttp://www.plurk.com/JoymasterWebsitehttp://iphone.somuch.tw/ *************************************游戏特色：1. 标准国际十三张麻将规则游戏玩法采用国际十三张麻将的麻将规则与番值计算方式，绝对原汁原味完整呈现，不单让你体验十三张麻将的组牌乐趣，还让你可以学习国际标准版的十三张麻将规则，喜欢十三张麻将的你，绝不容错过这款『国标十三张麻将』!!2. 杀很大的强劲对手杀!杀!杀!就是要杀到你ㄧ毛不剩，对手拥有绝佳的算牌技术，绝对没做弊、绝对挂保证的AI人工智慧，想拥有比拟真人麻将对战的乐趣吗? 想挑战牌技一流的对手吗? 那你更不能错过这款『国标十三张麻将』!!3. 创新与标准玩法，二套玩法不同体验游戏提供「国标模式」与「积分模式」二种玩法，「国标模式」保留最标准国际十三张麻将的麻将规则；「积分模式」让你挑战最强牌型，只有胡牌还不够，比须挑战更高番值的牌型才能过关，你觉得你的牌技很行吗? 那没挑战积分模式就逊掉了啦!4. 绝美的中国墨水风格，视觉新体验游戏中采用中国水墨风，不同其他游戏的风格呈现，想体验麻将与中国水墨结合的新体验吗?没错~只有『国标十三张麻将』才能给你这样的享受!!5. 超大麻将牌，操控一流、最佳俯视视野，一张都不放过使用超大麻将牌，好点易打，给你最棒的操作手感，另外，利用俯视角度清楚呈现海底与对家的牌，让你清楚看见每张牌的状况，绝对不会让你手中的大牌因此听错章，饮恨一辈子啊!!!关于 Joymaster嘀咕网http://www.digu.com/joymaster网站http://iphone.somuch.tw/ *************************************Support Language:1. English2. Traditional Chinese3. Simplified Chinese************************************* Information Seller: Genre:Card, Casino Release:Oct 07, 2010 Updated:Nov 30, -0001 Version: Size:0.0 TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (1) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal I'm pretty sure, if not this specific incarnation (there are a few variants by this company), World Series of Mahjong has high production values completely in English (no clue why they chose the Chinese text in the screenshots). I think it is the best so far not so much for the AI (it might be great, I'm not a good enough player to make the call) but that it appears to support literally scores of Special Hands (one of my favorite aspects of real mahjong games...the hands you're never likely to see in your lifetime but sure would be cool if you DID luck out and were appropriately awarded) and some pretty detailed scoring in general! pluto6 Well-Known Member Jun 21, 2009 5,837 3 38 Military #18 pluto6, Jul 14, 2010 Thanks for the tip - I never learned to play real Mahjong - so I'll get it, and hope that I can pick it up. LordGek Well-Known Member Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Feb 19, 2009 12,282 141 63 Software QA Engineer Saratoga, CA, USA #19 LordGek, Jul 15, 2010 I look at it as an Asian 4 player variant of something like our Gin Rummy or Canasta card games. Where it really becomes fun, however, is unlike Gin Rummy where the point is pretty much just to go out as quickly as possible while your opponent still is holding a bunch of his cards unplayed, the focus in Mahjong is to go out in style. For example, if you manage to go out and all of your melds are sets of three like tiles (with the exception of the final pair as a hand is 10-11 tiles) you'll get a few bonus points. If they are all sets of three like tiles that are all from the same suit (unlike our western deck of 4 suit cards, Mahjong has 3 suits) it is worth even more! There are all sorts of these artsy bonus conditions you can shoot for as well as your opponents so you not only are needing to simply block an opponent from going out, but even more so, making dang sure you never give him the ammunition he'd need to go out with all of his sets (like tile groupings or straights in the same suit) conforming to one of these many potential bonus conditions. pluto6 Well-Known Member Jun 21, 2009 5,837 3 38 Military #20 pluto6, Jul 15, 2010 Thanks for the tips... If figures that an asian game would have a lot of style points built in - it goes with the culture. I remember getting my first Go board and stones, and the guy selling them telling me how to correctly hold the stone between my index and long fingers to place the stone with just a little "click" onto the board... Who cares if you are winning or losing, as long as you follow protocol - but I always loved that about Go. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) 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Thanks for the tip - I never learned to play real Mahjong - so I'll get it, and hope that I can pick it up.
I look at it as an Asian 4 player variant of something like our Gin Rummy or Canasta card games. Where it really becomes fun, however, is unlike Gin Rummy where the point is pretty much just to go out as quickly as possible while your opponent still is holding a bunch of his cards unplayed, the focus in Mahjong is to go out in style. For example, if you manage to go out and all of your melds are sets of three like tiles (with the exception of the final pair as a hand is 10-11 tiles) you'll get a few bonus points. If they are all sets of three like tiles that are all from the same suit (unlike our western deck of 4 suit cards, Mahjong has 3 suits) it is worth even more! There are all sorts of these artsy bonus conditions you can shoot for as well as your opponents so you not only are needing to simply block an opponent from going out, but even more so, making dang sure you never give him the ammunition he'd need to go out with all of his sets (like tile groupings or straights in the same suit) conforming to one of these many potential bonus conditions.
Thanks for the tips... If figures that an asian game would have a lot of style points built in - it goes with the culture. I remember getting my first Go board and stones, and the guy selling them telling me how to correctly hold the stone between my index and long fingers to place the stone with just a little "click" onto the board... Who cares if you are winning or losing, as long as you follow protocol - but I always loved that about Go.
