Mahjong Sengoku Monogatari is one of those weird SNES gems that somehow makes mahjong feel epic. Instead of just matching tiles, you're playing through Japan's warring states period—which means you'll get samurai staring you down between rounds while dramatic music plays. The tiles themselves have gorgeous traditional designs, and there's this satisfying click when you make a match.

At first, I thought it was just mahjong with a historical skin, but there’s actually a story mode where your wins and losses affect how things play out. Lose too much, and you might get a game over where your clan gets wiped out (which, honestly, feels way more intense than it should for a tile game). The AI isn’t a pushover either—some of these warlords play dirty.

If you’re into mahjong at all, or just love that era of Japanese history, this one’s a surprisingly deep time capsule. Just don’t blame me when you get way too invested in beating Oda Nobunaga at tiles.