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Mahjong: A Visual Guide

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Re: Mahjong: A Visual Guide

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Post by Zababa »

haunter wrote: post #24

Some resources if you want to learn and player riichi, the japenese variant TLDR: Download both Mahjong Soul and Kemono and play a lot. If you don't understand something then look up on the riichi wiki or ask the mahjong reddit or the Mahjong Soul Discord. It's much much easier to learn riichi through a game then buying a set and sit down playing. Especially if it's 4 brand new players together. Mind you riichi/mahjo…

Riichi City gives you the score you'll make when you declare riichi or declare winning, and also shows which tiles were discarded just after being drawn in the discard piles. Mahjong Soul doesn't do that.

Re: Mahjong: A Visual Guide

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Post by haunter »

Zababa wrote: post #61
haunter wrote: post #24

Some resources if you want to learn and player riichi, the japenese variant TLDR: Download both Mahjong Soul and Kemono and play a lot. If you don't understand something then look up on the riichi wiki or ask the mahjong reddit or the Mahjong Soul Discord. It's much much easier to learn riichi through a game then buying a set and sit down playing. Especially if it's 4 brand new players together. Mind you riichi/mahjo…

Riichi City gives you the score you'll make when you declare riichi or declare winning, and also shows which tiles were discarded just after being drawn in the discard piles. Mahjong Soul doesn't do that.

The two games combined together would be the best riichi client

Re: Mahjong: A Visual Guide

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Post by hdjrudni »

bfbf wrote: post #12
jader201 wrote: post #9

Some (mostly American?) people know Mahjong as a solitaire game [1] that they likely have played on their phone or Windows PC/Mac. This article is talking about the (arguably less known?) 4-player competitive game [2], and assumes you already know the difference (which some may not). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahjong_solitaire [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahjong

Probably it’s less popular in America, but it’s huge in Asia, so I doubt the solitaire version is more well known globally

I only know the 4-player tile game, as a white dude from North America. But I only know from movies. I thought most people at least knew of it.

Re: Mahjong: A Visual Guide

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Post by hdjrudni »

Zababa wrote: post #59
tromp wrote: post #13

I've known about Mahjong for decades but TIL it has many similarities to a game I play regularly, Rummykub. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rummikub describes it as combining elements of the card game rummy and Mahjong.

Having played a lot of Rummikub with my grandparents and a lot of mahjong I'd say they feel pretty different.

Which is better/more fun? I only know Rummikub.

Re: Mahjong: A Visual Guide

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Post by Zababa »

hdjrudni wrote: post #64
Zababa wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Having played a lot of Rummikub with my grandparents and a lot of mahjong I'd say they feel pretty different.

Which is better/more fun? I only know Rummikub.

Mahjong to me feels faster paced, a bit more luck based, with higher highs and lower lows. Rummikub to me feels slower paced, less luck based. The scoring system in mahjong allows for way bigger differences in score than how I usually play Rummikub. Rummikub is easier to learn than mahjong.

I personally prefer mahjong, I'd say both are sufficiently different to be worth trying. If I want to play a game I'd play mahjong, if I want a physical game I can play at home with diverse people I'd pick rummikub.

Re: Mahjong: A Visual Guide

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Post by derbOac »

kyleblarson wrote: post #38
yapyap wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Less known to the Western centric HN crowd, maybe.

I only have 2 data points, but my mom in the southeastern US (in her 70's) and all of her friends have started playing and are fully addicted and the same seems to be true at my golf club in Inland Northwest. Maybe it's getting a toehold? (in a very non-HN demographic)

In my area it's become pretty popular, pretty broadly but especially with younger individuals.

Re: Mahjong: A Visual Guide

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Post by kadoban »

mark_l_watson wrote: post #36

A friend taught me and a few other friends how to play Mahjong early this year. Great game! You do need a skilled instructor and four people to play. This article is good, I wish that I had it five months ago.

Riichi mahjong has a very common three player variant that is quite good.
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