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How to play riichi mahjong

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The goal: four sets and a pair

Riichi mahjong is the Japanese form of mahjong: four players race to complete a hand first. You hold 13 tiles and win with 14: four sets of three and one pair.

A complete hand: four sets and a pair

A set is a (three in a row in one suit, like ) or a (three of a kind, like ).

This hand needs one more tile. Which tiles complete it?

A turn: draw one, discard one

On your turn you draw a tile from the , so you hold 14, then discard one. Keep the tiles that build sets, throw away the ones that don't.

You drew , which does not fit. Discard it.

Winning: tsumo and ron

One tile from a complete hand, you are in . You win by drawing that tile (, everyone pays) or when someone discards it (, they pay).

You drew . Can you win?

Tsumo

That is the whole game: everyone starts with 30,000 points, wins move points around, and the most points at the end wins. Next: The tiles.

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