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Mahjong Tiles

Main Suits: There are three main suits of tiles numbering 1 to 9. There are four such tiles in a mahjong set.

Sticks (Bamboos)

ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT NINE Beads (Or Balls, as some would call them)

ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT NINE Characters (Literally, ten thousand to nineteen thousand in Chinese)

ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT NINE Special Tiles: These tiles are used to pair up with the suits above in order to gain extra points. Wind Tiles (Corresponding to the seating order of East, South, West and North)

EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH (DONG) (NAM) (SAI) (BUG) Dragon Tiles (Red, Green and White): Having a three of a kind of these would earn you 1 extra point.

RED GREEN WHITE (ZHONG) (FAT) (BAAK)

Flower Tiles (Having one with a matching number to your seat would give you one extra point): (1-East, 2-South, 3-West, 4-North) Red Flowers Blue Flowers

1/East 2/South 3/West 4/North 1/East 2/South 3/West 4/North

TERMINOLOGY: CHOW (Sequences): A three-tile set of sequential numerical order, e.g.

PONG (Triplets): A three-tile set of the same tile, e.g.

KONG: Four of a kind. Declaring a kong allows you to draw one extra tile from the tail-end of the tile wall.

HOW TO WIN A GAME To win, you will need four sets of chows / pongs PLUS a pair (called the ‘eyes’). For example, below is a semi-pure hand with 9 of balls as eyes:

In most games of mahjong you will need a minimum of 3 points to win. How high you score will depend on the quality of your hand. Priority should be given to good scoring hands such as: PURE HAND (All tiles from same suit), SEMI-PURE (Mix of one main suit + Winds/Dragons) ALL PONGS (four pongs + pair of eyes)

Having three of a kind of these that match your seat or current round will give you an extra point, e.g.

Three of a kind = Extra 1 point for each, e.g.


At the start of the game, each player gets: 3 Reds (150pts / 50 pts each), 4 Yellows (40pts / 10pts each), 10 Green chips (10pts / 1 pt each). Starting the game: Decide who sits at the East end. The dealer rolls the three dices after the four walls are built. Count the starting tile wall based on total number on the dices. Start counting from the dealer (who rolled the dice), then shift ANTI-CLOCKWISE (East->South->West->North). (Numbers that indicate the wall on the dealer’s side: 5, 9, 13, 17) (Numbers that indicate the wall on the opposite side of dealer: 3, 7, 11, 15) From the starting wall, count up to the dice total number in the clockwise order (Starting from the right hand side of the player whose wall is the starting wall, going from right to left), then dealer can start picking tiles. For instance, rolling 13 = Start on dealer’s side, start picking tiles from the 5th leftmost tile on the wall) Each player picks FOUR tiles (two columns) at a time, going CLOCKWISE. After each player has picked twelve tiles (three rotations), the dealer (East) picks two tiles from the top, skipping one column. Each player picks one subsequent tile. If any player has flower tiles, they must be shown and replaced with tiles from the tail end of the walls. Again, dealer replenishes his flower tiles first, followed by South player, West, North etc.

Dealer discards the first tile to start the round.

Seating Arrangements

Scoring In Hong Kong style mahjong scoring is usually based on the “faan-laak” scoring system. Each winning hand is worth a number of “faan” (points), which is then converted into a payment amount based upon the payment table below. Winning hands, bonuses and extra penalties are explained further on the next pages.

• Win by a discarded tile: Discarder pays winner full points. • Win by self-pick tile: All player's pay half the value of the winner's hand.

How much each person has to pay: (the “faan-laak” table)

Faan (Points)

Player who discarded the winning tile

If game is won by self pick

3 4 2 per player (6 total)








Last five tiles to pick:

Obtaining discarded tiles:

CHOWS (Sequences) can only be obtained from your previous player. PONGS (3-of-a-kind) can be obtained from anyone. KONGS (4-of-a-kind) can be obtained from anyone or declare it at your turn. Replenish a tile from the tail-end of the wall. The set counts as a PONG. If two players wish to take a discarded tile and one of them is a PONG, then the player with the PONG takes precedence. If more than one player declare a WIN when someone discards a tile, the one closest to the discarding player takes precedence. You can win the game from any player’s discarded tile.

HOWEVER, if you have ignored a win by a discarded tile, you cannot declare a win if someone else throws the same tile later on (i.e. You must self-pick to win.)


Common Winning Hands, Bonuses and Penalties: Every winning hand has a base point (“faan”). Base points and bonus faan are accumulative; they are added to form the total winning score, which is used in payouts. Calculating your score – Checking base points Does your winning hand look like:

A mixed hand (Mix of tiles from different suits)

No points

A semi-pure hand (Mix of tiles from one suit and winds/dragon tiles)

Add 3 Faan (points)

A pure hand (All tiles are from the same main suit)

Add 7 Faan (points)

On top of the above, does your hand contain:

Mix of chows and pongs

No points

All chows (Every set is a sequence)

Add 1 Faan

All pongs (Every set is three of a kind)

Add 3 Faan

The combined score from above is your base score. You may add to it a number of extra bonus points – See Bonuses on the next page.


Bonuses You may add these extra points to your winning score if the condition is right:

Bonus Extra Faan (Point)

Win by self-pick (picking your winning tile from the wall) 1

No flower tiles 1

Flower tiles that match the seat value 1 for each

All flowers of a particular set 1

Each Pong or Kong of Dragon tiles (1 extra faan is awarded for each completed dragon pong or kong) 1 for each

A Pong or Kong of player’s own wind 1

A Pong or Kong of the wind of current round 1

Concealed hand (None of your tiles have been opened – No taking tiles from other player’s discards except the winning tile)

1

Win on last tile of the wall 1

Win on last discard 1

Little Three Dragons (A pair of dragon pongs and one pair of dragon) 5

Big Three Dragons (Three dragon pongs) 8

Possessing all eight flowers You get maximum points

allowed

Win on replacement tile (from a kong) 1 + 1 faan for self pick win

Semi Ones and Nines: All tiles on your hand are Ones and Nines of any suit and/or Winds and Dragons tiles. 1

Robbed Kong (When someone adds your winning tile on his/her pong to make a kong, you may ‘rob’ it to make your winning hand. This does not apply when the kong is concealed, unless your winning hand is a “Thirteen Orphans” hand.)

1

Win on replacement tile after TWO consecutive kongs (Having a kong, and then a second kong with the replacement tile, and then win with the next replacement tile. None of the replacement tiles can be flower tiles.)

You get maximum points allowed


Sample Winning Hands - Some of the winning hands examples include:

Pts Hand Chinese Description

1 All Chows Ping Woo

平胡

Hand consists only of chows. The pair of tiles can be from any suit, winds/dragons. Note: You may be unable to win unless you can add up to the minimum winning points with bonus points.

3 All Pongs Dui Dui Woo 對對湖

Hand consists all pungs and a pair of eyes.

3 Half Flush/Semi-Pure Wun Yat Sik 混一色

Hand consists only of honors (winds, dragons) and chow/pongs tiles of one suit.

3+3=6 All Pungs+Semi-Pure Wun Yat Sik + Dui Dui Woo 混一色對對湖

Hand consists pungs from same suit + winds/dragons.

7 Full Flush Ching Yak Sik 清一色

Hand consists only of suit tiles of one suit.

4 Seven Pairs 七對

Any seven pairs. Purity points do not apply on this hand.

MAX Hidden Treasure (All Concealed Pongs)

四暗刻

Any four pongs that are concealed (not opened/taken from anyone). The hand must be won by self-pick.

MAX Pure Ones and Nines Ching Mor Gau

清么九

Hand consists of only Ones and Nines of Pongs.


MAX Thirteen Orphans Sup Sam Yiu

十三么

Hand made of single tiles of 12 honors and terminals, plus a pair of the 13th.

MAX Nine Gates 九蓮寶燈

The tiles must match the exact sequence of 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9, 9. The tiles must be from the same suit, and any other tile of the same suit completing the hand. The hand must be concealed (the winning tile can be a discard). No Kongs are allowed.

+ Any matching tile

Add 5 Little Three Dragons Siu Sam Yuen

小三元

Hand has two dragon pongs and a pair of the third dragon. The extra points for dragon pongs are already included here.

+ Other pongs/chows

Add 8 Big Three Dragons Dai Sam Yuen

大三元

Hand has three dragon pongs. The extra points for dragon pongs are already included here.

+ Other pongs/chows and pair

MAX Little Four Winds Siu Sei Hei

小四喜

Hand has three pungs and a pair of winds.

MAX All Flowers and Seasons

大花糊

If a player draws all eight flower tiles he will have a winning hand. A player with 7 flower tiles may rob the 8th flower played.

MAX Big Four Winds Dai Sei Hei

大四喜

Hand has four pungs of winds.

MAX All Honors Tse Yak Sik

字一色

Hand consists only of honor tiles.


MAX Eighteen Titans 十八羅漢

Pair of eyes + four kongs.

+

MAX Jade Dragon 綠一色

Pung or Kong of Bamboos and a Pung or Kong of Green Dragon. All tiles must be completely green (no mixed colour bamboo tiles such as fives or sevens). Also, the pair on the hand must be bamboos.

Bonus points can be added to your hand if the following conditions are met:

2 Full Set of Flowers 一台花

Player has a full set of flowers

OR

MAX Kong on Kong 槓上槓 Winning on a replacement tile after declaring two consecutive kongs. None of the replacement tiles can be flower tiles.

MAX Blessing of Heaven Tin Woo天湖 East wins with initial hand.

MAX Blessing of Earth Dei Woo地湖 Non-east player wins on East's first discard.


Alternative Scoring Table – This used to be the old scoring table that is also suited for using the default chips to score.

At the start of the game, each player gets: 3 Reds, 4 Yellows, 10 Green chips.

Value of chips – Red: 50, Yellow: 10, Green: 1 (Each player has 200 points.)

Scoring

• Win by a discarded tile: Discarder pays winner full points. • Win by self pick tile: All player's pay half the value of the winner's hand.

How much each person has to pay: ($20 game – Each chip = 10c)

Faan (Points)

Player who discarded the winning tile

Players who didn’t discard the winning tile

If game is won by self pick

3 1 1 Everyone pays 1





8 (MAX) 20 10 Everyone pays 20

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