Tilt & Fuse

The face where you steer

Tilt & Fuse sits on the back of the cube and plays differently from the rest. Sixteen tiles fill a metal tray, each worth 1, 2 or 4. You choose which way to tilt it: left, right, up or down. Every tile slides to that wall, and two equal tiles that meet fuse into one tile of double the value. The gaps refill straight away and you tilt again, four times in all.

Every fuse adds the value of the new tile to your fuse score. Two 1s make a 2 and add 2; two 4s make an 8 and add 8. After the fourth tilt the score is read against the pay table. A tile fuses only once per tilt, so a row of four 2s becomes two 4s, not one 8.

What to expect

This is the calmest face of the cube and the one where your choices count most. Look for the direction that lines up the most pairs and keeps larger tiles together against one wall. The Suggest button shows what our helper would do; it is a sound habit to follow, not a perfect player. Played with the helper, the long-run return is a little under what you stake. Tilting at random returns far less, and the pay table does not hide that.

There is no timer on a tilt. Each tilt can take as long as you need; the tray will not move without you.