Solly Tiles

Quadrillion-point Mahjong solitaire for iPad

Tricochets Solly suite gives traditional solitaire games a high-scoring twist, and brings truth to the adage "Its not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game." Solly Tiles, in particular, transforms single-player Mahjong from an all-or-nothing exercise in clearing the board into an opportunity to achieve over 914 *quadrillion* points ... even with tiles remaining.

How does it work? Simple arithmetic. All Solly game pieces wear mathematical suits: Adds ("+"), Subs ("-"), Muls ("x"), and Divs ("/"). These suits affect your score: remove a "3 of Adds" to increase your score by 3; likewise, "X of Muls" magnifies your score *ten-fold*; clear the "6 of Subs" to reduce your score by a half dozen; try to avoid the Divs ---or eliminate them early--- or you could wind-up back at the worst possible score, zero. Solly Tiles offers bonuses for removing special pieces; and in the rare event than you do clear the gameboard, Solly sandwiches your score between a pair of "9"s, just because.

Do the math ... or dont. The order in which tiles are removed ---for instance, taking the "7 of Adds" *before* the "4 of Muls"--- can dramatically affect a Solly score, so it pays to be watchful; on the other hand, Solly *is* solitaire, and sometimes youre lucky to make any move at all. Feel free to play without any regard to the numbers ... and, should you find that your score has grown more digits than your hands, feel free to tell everyone that you did that on purpose.