Chinese games online
Everything is played in your browser: nothing to install, nothing to sign up for, and the game never leaves your device.
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Mahjong
The four-player game, against the computer: chow, pung, kong, flowers and seasons, by the rules this site publishes.
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Mahjong solitaire
A hundred and forty-four tiles on four layers, to be matched in pairs; the deal can always be solved. And why this one is not a Chinese game.
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The game of go
The oldest game in the world still played, against the computer, on a 9×9 or 13×13 board and under Chinese rules.
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Chinese chess
A river across the middle of the board, a general shut inside his palace, and cannons that jump in order to capture.
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Land battle chess
Luzhanqi: twenty-five hidden pieces, railroads, landmines and a flag to capture — with the computer as referee.
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Chinese checkers
The six-pointed star board and its 121 holes, against one to five computers: it is all about laying stepping stones and crossing in one chain of jumps.
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Peg solitaire
Thirty-two pegs on a cross-shaped board, removed one by one by jumping over a neighbour; solving it means leaving a single peg, in the centre.
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Where in China?
A photograph taken somewhere in China, a map, a pin: how close to the mark can you get?
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Chinese sudoku
The classic grid, filled with Chinese numerals: 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九.
