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Mahjong General

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What exactly is Mahjong?
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Mahjong is a tile-based game most similar to a cross between Gin Rummy and Poker. It was originally created in China, but the popularity spread quickly, and nearly every single area in Asia has its own variant. This pastebin is focused solely on the Japanese variation, most commonly known as "Riichi" or "Reach" Mahjong.

Contact information is down below. If there is a mistake in this guide, feel free to contact the email. The author is not always present in the Mahjong threads.



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How do I play? What are the rules?
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Here was some various links to the rules.


A Beginner's Guide to Riichi Mahjong:
https://mahjong.guide/a-beginners-guide-to-riichi-mahjong/
A web guide to learning Riichi Mahjong. Includes handy links and pictures as well. Generally an all around good resource. It is not fully comprehensive, though, and is essentially a very brief "how to play video games/online". Once you brush up over those, if you find your knowledge lacking, or you really really like the game, you should definitely read up on the other rulesets there.


Fast and dirty guide to playing video game Mahjong from a /v/-anon
https://pastebin.com/22TD79vN
This is an incredibly short read and should teach you just enough to be a threat to someone while playing in a video game version, such as in Yakuza. You shouldn't rely on this as there is a lot, lot more to learn, but this isn't bad for a fast method.

Riichi Mahjong Guide (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZxwAxlqexY&list=PLPBLBlC-7G3s92GyGOprSmZ1mqgh0U0DI
Video series teaching the basics of Mahjong. The author of the videos also has more advanced videos as well, talking about things like defense.


Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Mahjong
The wikipedia entry and it's sub-entries are actually very surprisingly robust on the amount of rules it covers. It is a dry and formal way to learn the game, but possible.


European Mahjong Association (EMA):
http://mahjong-europe.org/portal/
The EMA is the official tournament rules for Riichi Mahjong in the Europe area. They also tend to be the most popular ruleset to reference when people translate the game due to various factors. The rules here are more focused on tournament play, and thus will skip over various rules that you may see in other games.


World Riichi Competition (WRC):
https://worldriichi.org/
The WRC is an attempt to standardize the English-speaker rules for Riichi Mahjong in tournament settings. It is not usually as popular as EMA, but will sometimes be referenced. The rules here are more focused on tournament play, and thus will skip over various rules that you may see in other games.


Riichi Rules around the World:
http://ooyamaneko.net/mahjong/rratw/index.php
This is a chart of all of the various different Riichi leagues and their viewpoints on the many optional rule points. This is meant for more advanced players who just want a quick list of differences between their chosen variant versus other official leagues. Please note, even if you are advanced, it is still best to view the most updated rules before playing.

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