Gegege no Kitarou – Youkai Donjara is a tabletop board game released in Japan for the Super Famicom’s Sufami Turbo add-on in 1996 by Bandai. Based on the beloved classic manga and anime series, the game lets players face off against iconic youkai characters in matches of Donjaraโa simplified, fast-paced variant of Mahjong designed to be accessible for all ages.
How to Play
The objective in Donjara is to collect sets of matching character tiles to form a winning hand and deplete your opponents’ points. On your turn, you draw a tile from the pile and discard one from your hand, trying to build specific high-scoring combinations. You can play this SNES classic right in your browser. The default controls use the D-pad (mapped to your arrow keys) to navigate your tiles, the A and B buttons (mapped to Z and X) to draw and discard, and Start (Enter) to confirm menu selections.
Tips
- Familiarize yourself with the point values of different youkai tile combinations; some character sets will score significantly more than others.
- Keep a close eye on the tiles your opponents are discarding to ensure you aren’t waiting for a piece that is already out of play.
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