Puzzle Games: Pony Mahjong / Pony Jigsaw

Play Pony Mahjong | Play Pony Jigsaw

Anyone in the mood for some low-key puzzling? I could do worse. Several of you sent these two in over the last couple of days. This jigsaw puzzler and cutie mark-inspired mahjong game come from team Darkkyshadow, creators of MLP RPG: Fighting the Unknown. 

Pros include several tile layouts and a seemingly infinite number of puzzles to skim through. While playing, I noticed a couple of minor bugs, but certainly nothing game-breaking. Enjoy!

Game: MLP Matching Is Magic

Play My Little Pony: Matching Is Magic
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Some games grab you with graphics and a flashy intro, and others gradually grow on you until you're hooked. Surprisingly, I found MLP: Matching Is Magic to be the latter. The game revolves around a very simple concept: assemble pony-containing blocks into groups of three or more to eliminate them, a la Shariki (Bejeweled).

The twist is that there's no time constraint - rather, the number of pony types on the board increases based upon your previous matches until the rather easy game becomes an impossible one. Whenever you match a group of three for the first time, a block containing a new pony appears in its place, until you've worked your way through the Mane Six and beyond!