Coordinate-checked board
Easy at a glance
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Stack
- 2 layers
- Opening access
- 16 of 56 tiles free
Opening priority
Inspect the four free ends of the 4×2 top slab first. A matching top pair removes cover from the base; when those ends do not match, use the outer base row ends while keeping the upper options visible.
The matching and free-tile rules are shared across layouts. See How to Play for the general rules.
A small stack with visible consequences
Easy uses 48 tiles in an 8×6 base and only 8 tiles in a centered 4×2 slab above it. The slab covers a narrow part of the middle, so most vertical blocking is easy to locate without losing the basic interaction between upper and lower tiles.
Sixteen tiles are initially free: the left and right ends of each of the six base rows, plus the two ends of both top rows. The middle two tiles in each top row are visible but side-blocked until an end is removed.
Use the shallow board as feedback
- Taking only base-edge matches and leaving the small covering slab unchanged.
- Confusing a visible middle tile on the top slab with a free row-end tile.
- Removing a pair without checking whether either tile opens a covered base position.