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I posted this in /a/, but here it is again:

There's only five rules you need to really pay attention to at first, and everything else will come with time. But you can start with these. I'd explain them in further detail, but there's not enough space in here.

>1. How to make a legal hand.
4 sets of three, and a pair.
>2. How to steal or call for a Pon, Chi, Kan, Ron
Basically how to make gin rummy.
>3. The one-yaku minimum
You know the hands in poker? There are hands in Mahjong. You can combine them, but you need a minimum of at least one of those "hands" or multipliers, called Yaku. The easiest two to learn are Riichi and Tanyao. Memorize those two until they're burned in the back of your retina, and then you can add to that.
>4. Furiten rule
If one of the tiles you've discarded before can be used to make a winning hand, you cannot RON off of that tile. You can still Tsumo though.
>5. The Dora Indicator
You need to know which tile is the Dora tile so you know how to avoid dealing it in case someone is about to rape you

Go to >>9143341
to practice

To read up about the rules, you can visit wikipedia, or take a gander at this page:
http://www.japanesemahjong.com/

I'm learning riichi mahjong, so far i learned how to makes calls, more than half of the yakus and the other rules in teh game. Thing is i still don't understand how to points are calculated. More precisley i don't understand when we finish the game ( i play on tenhou) there's always some plus or minus something besides my number, what does that mean? Would be someone so kind to explain this to me? Furthermore, more translated cat mahjong lessons.

Let's Play!

http://www.tenhou.net/0/?L7447

For beginners
Everything you need to know about tenhou itself can be found here http://arcturus.su/tenhou/

Explanations for the tiles, rules, scoring etc can be found here:
http://www.ofb.net/~whuang/ugcs/gp/mahjong/mahjong.html
http://arcturus.su/~alvin/mj/sywtpmj-1.4.doc
http://www.delfosse.com/mahjong.html
http://www.japanesemahjong.com/reachmahjong/intro.htm
http://www.sloperama.com/mjfaq/mjfaq01.htm
http://www.reachmahjong.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=69&Itemid=77
http://www.osamuko.com/2009/04/10/top-10-hands-you-should-re-memorize-if-you-ever-lose-your-memory/

http://arcturus.su/~alvin/mj/riichirules.pdf
http://arcturus.su/~alvin/mj/riichisheet-ema.pdf
http://arcturus.su/~alvin/mj/riichisheet-dk.pdf
http://www.reachmahjong.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99

Games to test your Knowledge:
http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/mahjong/mahjong_e.html
http://arcturus.su/tenhou/scorequiz/yaku.html
http://arcturus.su/tenhou/scorequiz/
http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/bamboo/bamboo.html

Hand Calculator: http://no-info.no-ip.info:6224/mj/mahjong.html

Please read 2-3 sites before playing and even then try the singleplayer games first.
Playing without knowing what you do is not only frustrating for yourself but also for your opponents, a player that left because he couldn't ron for his no Yaku hand or because someone ron'd his discard just kills the whole fun for everyone.

Usually, a game lasts around 30 minutes, so please, if you're not going to stay until the end, respect the other players and don't join a new game.

Also keep in mind that Mahjong is more a game of "not losing" than straightforward winning.
Furthermore you play with 3 other people and luck plays a big part in it, so don't expect to win more than 1 out 4 games, especially not as a beginner.

If you read some of the linked sites and still have questions feel free to ask.

someone post the rest of these

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