Mahjong
About Mahjong
is sometimes classified as a domino game because of the solid
form of the tiles, but plays similar to card games such as
rummy.
a set of 144 tiles based on Chinese characters and symbols
four players (commonly)
many regional variations in the rules
the scoring system and the minimum hand necessary to win
varies significantly based on the local rules being used
A set of 144 tiles based on Chinese characters and symbols
Bamboos, Characters, Circles: four identical copies of each number of each suit giving 108
simples tiles (3x9x4=108)
Honors Tiles--Winds and Dragons: four identical copies of each number of each suit giving
28 tiles (4x4+3x4=28)
Bonus Tiles--four flowers and four seasons (4+4=8)
Practice
Be able to recognize the tiles: Bamboos, Characters, Circles,
Winds, Dragons, Flowers, Seasons
How to play
To begin, each player takes thirteen tiles.
In turn players draw and discard tiles until they complete a legal
hand using the fourteenth tile drawn to form four groups
(melds) and a pair (head). Check your combinations.
There are fairly standard rules about how a piece is drawn, or
stolen from another player and thus added or “melded” into the
hand.
Melds
When a player plays a tile that you have 2 of, you can “peng”
that person immediately. You don’t need to wait your turn.
The first way to Kong is like Pong. When a player plays a tile
that you have 3 of, you can “Kong” that person immediately.
You don’t need to wait your turn.
The second way to Kong: After pong, you draw the 4th tile
that matches your pong, you lay the tile down. You can lay the
tile down immediately or wait for your next turn.
The third way to Kong: Before discarding, a player who has all
four matching tiles in their hand may declare a kong.
The meld must be in absolute numerical sequence. You
need to wait your turn to play Chow.
Melds
碰－peng－pung：
a set of three identical tiles
杠－gang－kong：
a set of four identical tiles
吃－chi－chow： a run in the identical suit
Practice
winnings
胡牌－hu pai－winnings
听－ting－ready hand：when a hand is one tile short of winning, the
hand is said to be a ready hand./ waiting for one tile to make a chi
or peng to win (ready hand is kind of like saying “uno”)
放炮－fang pao－fire a cannon： when the player wins by taking a
tile cast off by another player. You can only fire a cannon when you
have a ready hand.
自摸－zi mo－winnings： The player draws a tile they need to win
during his turn.
One of the sets will be a pair. You cannot have a single tile by
itself. Be sure to get rid of your single tiles!
Play online
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