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Mahjick - The Realm Taker

"Mahjick - The Realm Taker" is a turn-based strategy game combining Roguelike and Mahjong Elements. Embark into this epic journey of taking the throne and to become the Keeper by defeating enemies for Enchantments and Skills, and Ronning your tiles for Attribute and Talent skills.

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September 19, 2023
2 years and 318 days ago
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About the Game

"Mahjick - The Realm Taker" is a turn-based strategy game combining Roguelike and Mahjong Elements. Embark into this epic journey of taking the throne and to become the Keeper by defeating enemies for Enchantments and Skills, and Ronning your tiles for Attribute and Talent skills, this is a whole new experience of the Roguelike / Mahjong game. In this game, the players need to utilize various mechanics and plan ahead to defeat enemies. In addition to typical Roguelike skills and Enchantment elements, the game also provides Mahjong components to play with, elevating the risk and reward mechanics of both Roguelike / Mahjong to a new level. The game also provides tutorials for new Mahjong players to understand the basic rules of Mahjong.

Battle Mechanics


  • Firing and Shielding

During the Player Phase, the player can do actions such as Fire and Shield with Pairs (2 same tiles), Straights (3 same type with continuous numbers), Triplets (3 same tiles), and Kongs (4 same tiles).

  • Countering and Blocking

During the Enemy Phase, the player can still do actions such as Blocking and Countering by making combinations of Straights, Triplets, or Kongs with the enemy attacking tiles.


  • Ronning

During Ready Hands where you only need a pair to ron, perform a Ron Shot to BREAK the enemies and stun them, and gain various buff during that battle!


Character Leveling Mechanics


  • Lucky Tile

Defeating enemies can obtain Lucky tile, it works like regular Mahjong: Ronning with 4 sets of Straights or Triplets and a set of pair. Ronning will provide Attribute to the player, and a talent skill if the Ronning score is above 2.


  • Enchantment and Skills

Defeating enemies can obtain Enchantment and Skills