Object: Fill the given shapes with the 7 Tangram tiles.
 
The classic tiling puzzle has come to Zillions!
 
First select one of the Tangram tiles from the border, then click a place in the yellow area where you want to put it. Clicking a sample tile cycles it through all possible rotations and flips.
You can also select a tile without rotating it by clicking below it.
 
The 'sweet spot' of the tiles is always at their bottom row, at the leftmost square still covered or half covered by the tile.
 
You can also remove any tile again from the tesselation:
Click the empty area where the sample is displayed at the start of the game. A copy of the tile will reappear, and the selection bar will turn red. Keep clicking the copy until its rotation is exactly as in the tesselation. Now click the tile in the tesselation and it will be removed.
 
One of the game variants allows you to play freely with the Tangram tiles. Here you have an unlimited number of each tile available.
The removal procedure is slightly different in that you have to click the green selection bar first, which will turn red. Then you proceed as described above.
 
Note that you can also redesign the fill-in area to create your own tiling problems. Simply add or delete some parts of the yellow playing area by using the right mouse button (select sq, dbl, dbr, dtl, dtr, or empty).
The Tangram program will automatically restrict its activities to this area.
 
Please note that you can store your own Tangram problems (and also the solutions) as .zsg game files.
 
 
Tangram comes from China where it is known as ' ch'i ch'ae pan ' or 'Seven-Board of Cunning'.
Many books contain Tangram puzzle problems. Eleven of those have been selected here for your amusement.
 
Background design: Fractal R001100k by Karl Scherer.
 
 
For more freeware as well as real puzzles and games see my home page http://karl.kiwi.gen.nz.