Saturday Spotlight – Mahjong Gold (GameTop)

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is a promotional series that offers publishers and game hosting sites the opportunity to have one of their games mentioned in a news post on Indie Game Magazine. Each post is sponsored by the publisher mentioned in the headline and as part of the article’s outro.

As most people know, Mahjong is a tile-based game that originated in China. The game has nearly as many variations of play as it does spellings of its name, but what Mahjong Gold looks to offer beyond gameplay rules is a storyline. Assuming the role of a pirate, players must Mahjong their way (Mahjong can be used as a verb, right?) across the open seas in search of Long John Silver’s buried treasure.

The game features 120 levels, set against various ocean-based backdrops. Their are also some rule variations exclusive to the game, “played only by pirates” as the page suggests, and they have to do with special gold tokens that are collected during play.

is available as a free download. The game is exclusive to Windows PCs, and requires a 64MB file install. The game can later be uninstalled using the basic Windows Control Panel tool.

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