The visuals on the Help Sheet and the reminders are great! Once the Charleston has been completed, players move into the game proper. An American Mah Jongg set consists of 152 tiles of different types. Thanks. Your Wind. Just click on the link. This scoring scheme only applies Note that you get no points for any Chi. Because of that, it has become the most competitive environment online by far. - 4 if you were non-dealer. endobj Whoever's score reaches zero or less first loses the Come take a look at what I've found. 0000046450 00000 n Players shuffle the tiles, cast the dice, and perform rituals involving the allocation of tiles. When dragons are included in a combination and they are marked in the same color as the rest of the hand, they need to match the suit used: In this example, all characters and numbers are in the same color, so they need to be in the same suit, with matching dragons. All in the manageable size of: Only 2 pages! The tile images used are courtesy FluffyStuff on GitHub (https://github.com/FluffyStuff/riichi-mahjong-tiles), licensed CC/BY 4.0. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18hxO5DMVAqxSNV9VvpjAg6YjyPVAMzyS?usp=sharing, https://github.com/FluffyStuff/riichi-mahjong-tiles. Concealed. fourteen tiles dealt to that player. Due to the intended direction of Tenhou by the developing team, the Yaku names haven't been translated and were kept in the original Japanese, but there's a way to set them to English which I'll explain further down below. WP Stats Sparkline script updated to v1.2.0, Editor script v1.5.0; Migrating to Firefox 57. If East wins, the others pay double. Contrary to other styles of mahjong, American Mah Jongg uses a card that describes the winning combinations of tiles (called "hands"). All you need to do is download and apply this Tenhou English GUI Google Chrome Extension or its Firefox equivalent. The three "dragon" tiles can be seen to the right, above the four characters for the wind directions. Note that in-person, you would request the joker from another player, rather than just taking it from their rack. throughout Mahjong.). Players discarding the winning tile may be penalized. After drawing a new tile or taking the opponent's discard, you now Today, over 10 years after, I'm a professional player in Japan. The Charleston is unique to American Mah Jongg and involves passing unwanted tiles between players in the following fashion: If all players agree, another Charleston is conducted, starting with a pass to the left this time. Honors/Terminals. Mah Jong immediately made by East with the original I hear that. Some rights reserved (CC-BY-SA). Baiman [] Your Privacy Tiles are then picked from this wall. Tsumo. The intended use case was for on a phone during a game so you could look at the yaku during the hand then switch to the scoring table after. >> Ron. Your hand is now dead. Pongs are three-of-a-kind combinations, and can be made using any Suited Tiles. >> However, this time, players do not need to pass their own tiles. (11-12 Fans): Final Score is 3x Mangan. tiles that you still have in your waiting hand. A triplet of dragon tiles (white, green, red) always forms a yaku. Special hands are alternative target sets of tiles that a player can go Mah Jong with. Once all tiles have been picked from the active wall, the next wall (in clockwise order) is pushed out. Only the latest discard by the opponent can be use to make a double. true compass directions--they are symbolic names for the four wind directions, ] (6-7 Fans): Final Score is 1.5x Mangan. Mahjong is a four-player game, with each person representing one of the directional winds. Pungs/Kongs of Winds/Dragons. Each player tells the person opposite them how many tiles they wish to pass (0-3 tiles). Mahjong Soul deserves a separate section of its own -- it is a fair alternative to Tenhou if you prefer something more visual and dynamic. Example - You are holding a 7 Balls and an 8 Balls. If players run out of tiles from the wall before someone reaches Mah Jongg, the game results in a draw. Sanbaiman [] 1000 pts may be given for each Reach Stick on table. Simples. Four sets of the three tiles in the different suits Bonus points may be given as Earth's blessing Mah-Jong immediately made by West, North or South using the first discard made by East. Any color can represent any suit, but within a given hand, each tile of a given color should be in the same suit. This sheet gives an explanation of the sequences on the Mah Jongg card, with fake examples and a fake card that can be used to practice. endobj Revealed. %PDF-1.3 Lastly, the 2-han minimum rule requires that winning hands be worth at least 2-han. /Width 624 The first person to match a hand of 14 tiles and call "mahjong" ends the game. You somehow end up with an incorrect number of tiles. For instance, a winning hand could be a pair of 2-cracks, a pung of 4-cracks, a kong of red dragons, a pung of six-cracks and a pair of 8-cracks. If so, this article is perfect for you. (LogOut/ stream - 6 if you were dealer. Each section in this guide will be illustrated with screen captures of tiles from our Online Mah Jongg Game. Each 100 pt If you are the first player to collect 4 "sets" of three tiles plus a single pair of tiles, you win the hand. << All in the manageable size of: Only 2 pages! Simples. out with was a previous discard. The cards change yearly. This tile is selected from the end of the wall closest to the center of the table and it is placed on the tilted side of their rack (visible to them only). If you haven't already, I highly recommend that you give it a download. by a player who upon drawing the last tile from the wall finds that Dora : This is the tile indicated by There are many variations of the game, but in this article, we focus exclusively on the American version, following National Mah Jongg League (NMJL) rules. More on that later. The Mah Jongg instructional tutorial isshown below. Note that there is a wide variety of tile designs available, so the tiles in your set may look different from the ones pictured here. Colors and notes help define the hand specifically. +_~Wmhz[uw)ME^5{K|4DsbvU|3wx3>g5Sax6zM4z {zF/d%7zF/z3=O-}~vel}k.bYigN3PA_&q4"z@. Arrange the 4 players around a small square table, Place all tiles in the center face down and shuffle them, Each player builds a "wall" of tiles, 19 tiles long and 2 tiles tall, in front of their rack, Players roll dice and the highest score is designated as "East", East rolls the dice and breaks their wall at the position indicated by the dice (starting from the right), East takes the next 4 tiles after the break in the wall, Moving in a counter-clockwise fashion, each player takes 4 tiles, until they all have 12 tiles. Once these have been mastered, please check out our Complete Guide to American Mah Jongg Strategydocument for tips on strategic decision-making. When you're done, leave a comment and sign the guestbook! To make matters worse, a new card is published each year. 4 Triangle 148. Example - You are holding a pair of the 9 Characters. No Winds, Dragons or Chows. Any one of these tiles must be paired. The NTS clubs in the Netherlands have embraced these adjusted rules for 3 players . pts may be given for each 100 pt stick on table. 5 pts One-Chance. score. This is called an "Original Call". Welcome to my blog! One and one of each Nine. 16 pts With the "Kuitan" rule active, you can go out on an open hand of simples. Some of the examples are not found in any lesson books. In addition to the regular tiles mentioned above, a Mah Jongg set also includes 8 jokers. Otherwise, the value of each hand is calculated, bonus points are added and, if appropriate, any doubling then takes place. To improve your Tile Efficiency skills, there's this amazing Tile Efficiency Trainer that will guide you discard by discard to show you what the widest discard was. Lauren Mack (13-25 Fans): Final Score is 4x Mangan. Score sheet for a longer session .. . Each hand is made up of 14 tiles. No Winds or Dragons. Once a tile is discarded it cannot be taken back. Besides a hand of 4 sets and a pair, you can The final piece of information on the card is the number of points for each hand. <> This means a group of three identical tiles of any suit. vQa1F^d/97%q1J69"E!An(.CI[s b_GcO/P{mNYmACH@NzQ0( J+-EOk5KwyqhA. Triple Yakuman and so forth. This version is usually spelled "Mah Jongg" and often simply called "mahj". For instance, if you're calling a 5-crack to make a pung, the exposure can be three 5-cracks, or two 5-cracks and a joker, or one 5-crack and two jokers. If you run into a Pro Player or some other personality, you can tell them apart by a golden mark (either a paw or a P badge) next to their name. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Mahjong Special Hands Reference Sheet | Mahjong Browse Forums GeekLists Shopping Community Help Sign In Join (it's free)! 0000000760 00000 n /ColorSpace /DeviceGray This often confuses beginners, and it would certainly help to avoid confusion if the NMJL would mark these with a space between each tile on the card. Subsequent sections will explain each part and the rules associated with them. nearest 100th. You can choose between Japanese, English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Korean and many more incoming. This is your final score. obtained Yakuman. Of all the apps I tried, I liked Mahjong Tracker the most. (You'll notice that the "wind" directions don't correspond with the The deck description uses numbers 1..9 followed by letters "m" for characters, "p" for circles, "s" for bamboo and "z" for honour tiles. Other servers are not as competitive, so feel free to play in different servers for fun and stick primarily to Tenhou as your means of facing increasingly stronger opponents. There is only one of each. 2 pts Pon. Its purpose is to create a simple way of making use of a 4th matching tile rather than forcing a player to discard it. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. So, just when you think you've memorized and mastered the card, you have to start over and learn a new one! You incorrectly call someone else's hand dead. The limit, which is highlighted in gray, for each table is known as Mangan []. You can always change the language using the dropdown on the top right when you first open the window. 0000001412 00000 n /BitsPerComponent 8 Back when I had just started playing mahjong I'd play against this CPU for several hours, sometimes all night. It includes scoring, rules, yaku and translations. For people wanting to improve, you have this excellent e-book by Daina Chiba called "Riichi Boook I". The other advantage for Tenhou is that it will log your games into replay files so that you can later share them with someone stronger than you to get Game Reviews. This reference sheet is also available as a PDF, a 4-up PDF, and as an ODT. /Type /XObject Shown above is a Pong made up of the 5 Sticks. xy`U8z%tw: I:CV"T B%$ ME l uq4 Then the exchange of tiles begins. The racking of a tile is the signal that the previously discarded tile can no longer be called. Multiply hand score by: - 6 if you were dealer. B]4Pb?^v9$CwAvrVZ1zT]'4xIub]7^EV:cK@;5[Mz=@/m;"h=nsTDQ'v's^64^F_B=5NP91rq.eNNMN:VJZt90oZ. `The Penguin' says:"You have just lost The Game!" Word of warning, tho. When you get over 5 New indicators are revealed when a Kong is declared. For those playing in person with physical sets, here are the steps to set up the game: At this point, players will start ordering their tiles on their racks, analyzing their options and planning their hands. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. endobj Here are some conditions that would render a hand dead: This was a quick run down of the basics of American Mah Jongg. 6tN}g\J6P0{|E[8M- -_,xuX`Xig'~U2m.S/* 1VM iy6ol ^Nr_TL)>|}8*m`^.JKO{zlGm;L6wwC/_gA%|+3s'Vz%2xyvC?|hFpv)WS+Z;a 3w% 438 Want to hear whenever there's new mahjong content? The best part is that it's 100% in English. The dora indicator is the Its possible to also earn bonus points (these will be described later). The image version is two 1080p images, the first being a list of yaku (I posted this one earlier to this sub) and the second being a scoring guide and table. Besides all of these Free Riichi Mahjong Tools, a few years ago I opened an English-speaking riichi mahjong group on Facebook, based around the Osamuko.com website community, where I'm one of the top authors. the East (South, West, North) Wind". If you don't have a fancy mahjong table that can keep score then this app is a must! endobj tiles are Green Dragons and Twos, Threes, Fours, Sixes and Eights For instance, your exposures indicate you can only be playing one particular hand, and that hand requires a pair of North winds. wall in subsequent turns. Sorry, I cant send you a set, but if you use Windows or Linux (or Mac if you know how to compile stuff), Julian Bradfields mahjong programs (linked in the post) is a great place to start, and you can start by playing against three bots. Next I'll describe the three types of "sets" - Chow, Pong, and Kong. This means you can easily print it and keep it at hand. The object of the game is to arrange the tiles into "sets". 0000043773 00000 n This is often referred to as "facing There are 4 instances of each dragon tile in the game. There are a ton of mahjong cheat sheets out there, but my favorite one in English has to be EMA's Mahjong Cheat Sheet. 300 Pon. 3. Version: 1.11.1100. The goal of the game is to match your tiles with one of these combinations. If you like to be competitive, go for Tenhou instead and maybe use the English UI patch. endstream For just US$25.99 (with free shipping in North America) you get the following: - 4 double sided "cheat sheets" - 4 double sided scoring sheets with doubling table It is the tile following the dora indicator. 2 pts Seven Pairs. 5 0 obj So be sure to jump on in and connect! Double Yakuman [] Whether you're new to the game or an expert player who wants something new and exciting to learn, there are plenty of amazing tools here! Play continues in a counter-clockwise direction, with each player picking a tile from the wall and discarding a tile until someone calls Mah Jongg or there are no more tiles to pick (this is called a wall game). The following pages are a reference guide to the Mah Jong hands. Unless otherwise stated, content on Simples. The player closer to the discarding player (in counter-clockwise order) takes precedence, If a player is calling for Mah Jongg, they take precedence over players calling for an exposure, You call for Mah Jongg in error. *Lg/v"??yy+;+p1xX^\>U>UIE The last type of "set" is called a Kong. Suited tiles are tiles that are numbered one through nine, and are. Here are a number of PDFs which will help you to promote your club and also stimulate some club activities revealed set. Try Ozball's Mahjong Wait Quiz! A mahjong table is indispensable to play the game no matter what rules youre adopting. 0000003870 00000 n Plucking the Moon from the Bottom of the Sea. 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