Sichuan is the tile-matching puzzle where you remove pairs of identical tiles from the board — but only if the two tiles can be connected by a path that turns no more than twice. Named after the Chinese province (四川省) and born in China in the 1980s, it spread through Korea and Japan to become a defining puzzle of the mahjong-tile-matching genre. The single "path can bend at most two times" rule is where all the strategic depth of Sichuan comes from.

Controls are two clicks (or taps). Select two tiles with the same image and the system automatically computes the shortest line-with-bends path between them. Two bends or fewer means a valid match — the pair vanishes and you score. Three or more bends means no match. The empty space outside the board edges counts as a valid path, so tiles sitting on the outer rim can essentially pair with almost any other tile — they're the most powerful resource on the board.

The core strategy for clean clears is "inside first." Tiles trapped in the middle have the fewest path options and become impossible to pair late in the round, so leave the rim tiles for last and clear the interior first. When four matching tiles are visible at once, your choice of which pair to remove first determines whether the remaining two stay reachable — always look one move ahead and ask, "will the survivors still be matchable?" before committing.

Traditional Sichuan tiles use mahjong artwork (Bamboo, Circles, Characters, Wind tiles), but OgleOgle Sichuan uses friendlier imagery — flowers, animals, fruits — so anyone can play without mahjong knowledge. The goal of one round is to empty the entire board within the time limit; the faster you clear, the higher your score. A round runs about 3 to 7 minutes.

It's an exceptionally low-friction puzzle — anyone, any age, can learn the rules in five minutes. Perfect for the commute, lunch break, a quiet living-room evening, or playing alongside parents and grandparents. Share your finish time as a challenge link to compare under identical board layouts, and enjoy the simple-rule-infinite-depth path-finding loop of OgleOgle Sichuan in short, satisfying sessions.