This surprisingly addictive and challenging puzzle games is difficult to master but easy to enjoy. While the tiles-based gameplay may remind players of Dominoes, the focus on color matching indicates this is definitely a puzzle game.

Based on earlier iterations of Ingenious as a board and then computer game, you play on an octagonal game board, which you fill up with tiles made up of two small octagons with colorful shapes on them.

The game starts with a single tile in each corner of the board, and it's your job to use one of your six tiles to make the longest chain of a single color possible. The point system isn't completely intuitive, but the tutorial is very helpful, and it makes more sense the more you play.

You want to keep your color ratio up, meaning that while you're trying to make a long blue chain, you can't neglect the rest of the colors, because that will drag your points down. After each turn the game replenishes your tiles and if you're out of tiles in your lowest color, it will offer to deal you a whole new set of tiles.

Beyond these basic rules, Ingenious has near-endless gameplay combinations. There are three basic modes of play: single game, tournament, and solitaire.