Mahjong, anyone?

[penumbra]

Anyone like to play mahjong? Real mahjong, not the mahjong solitaire matching game. I'm obsessed with it.
I like playing Chinese/Hong Kong style mostly but there are app games to play riichi mahjong so I learned that too.
I play the app game Riichi City so if you play that we should add each other :3

And if you don't play mahjong but wanna learn- you should hit me up! I love teaching people how to play, its not too hard but its so addictive.
Riichi City has anime waifus, lol

pictured: me and the girls playing mahjong

If you think you might be interested in playing, here is a basic guide to riichi mahjong!

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[Teakwood]

Mahjong is something that I've always wanted to learn how to play, but never was able to have a chance to. I play cards every week, but I'd love to find something like this. Maybe in bigger city than what I currently live in.

Is there a big different between Riichi mahjong vs. Chinese/Hong Kong?

[penumbra]

Mahjong is something that I've always wanted to learn how to play, but never was able to have a chance to. I play cards every week, but I'd love to find something like this. Maybe in bigger city than what I currently live in.

Is there a big different between Riichi mahjong vs. Chinese/Hong Kong?

Of you could learn to play, teach all your friends to play, and then force them to play with you, like I do! 😂 Though sets do go for like upwards of $50 so it is a bit of an investment.

Riichi mahjong is mostly the same as Chinese mahjong with one big difference- you can't win a round unless you get at least 1 point- in Chinese mahjong you can kinda just win with any hand regardless of any points you may or may not have- some hands are worth 0 points technically. Riichi mahjong is named after another difference- if you have an entirely closed hand without picking up anyone's discards, and you have 1 tile left before you win, you can call Riichi---- and this is probably getting too complicated for me just trying to explain the differences lol but I'd recard riichi mahjong as slightly more advanced than your regular chinese rules.

[Teakwood]

Of you could learn to play, teach all your friends to play, and then force them to play with you, like I do! 😂 Though sets do go for like upwards of $50 so it is a bit of an investment.

Riichi mahjong is mostly the same as Chinese mahjong with one big difference- you can't win a round unless you get at least 1 point- in Chinese mahjong you can kinda just win with any hand regardless of any points you may or may not have- some hands are worth 0 points technically. Riichi mahjong is named after another difference- if you have an entirely closed hand without picking up anyone's discards, and you have 1 tile left before you win, you can call Riichi---- and this is probably getting too complicated for me just trying to explain the differences lol but I'd recard riichi mahjong as slightly more advanced than your regular chinese rules.

If you wanted to make a guide on the basics of riichi mahjong, I'd love to see it. I'm going to download the game and see if I can fudge my way through it a few times to see if I'd like to continue playing.

Thank you for explaining it to me though!

[Peanutface]

Wow another fan. I have a game twice a week with a bunch of girlfriends. We do play for money but not a lot. Just love the game. Thanks for introducing the subject

[penumbra]

Wow another fan. I have a game twice a week with a bunch of girlfriends. We do play for money but not a lot. Just love the game. Thanks for introducing the subject

oh sweet, that's awesome! Twice a week wow you guys really love it! What version do you guys play?

When I move out of apartment-living into a house, I wanna get one of those automatic mahjong tables and play with my friends. though the ones i play with are too poor to play with money 😂

[Peanutface]

We play the american version. We get a new card every year the first weekend in April. We all love that time of the year. None of us has that table. It is a bloody fortune. We mush up the tiles the old fashioned way.

[penumbra]

We play the american version. We get a new card every year the first weekend in April. We all love that time of the year. None of us has that table. It is a bloody fortune. We mush up the tiles the old fashioned way.

American version has you making a hand specified on the cards, right? Do you have to memorize them all or can you look at the cards while you play, lol

[Peanutface]

American version has you making a hand specified on the cards, right? Do you have to memorize them all or can you look at the cards while you play, lol

You play with a set card and it sits in front of you during game play. That is why we all love getting the new card. After a year with the same hands we are all ready for a change. And yes, you want to memorize the card so you know what others are playing and not throw a tile that they need.
I will try and upload a picture of the card here. I am not so good a posting.

[penumbra]

I used to play with my grandmom when I was a kid. I haven't played since then though. But I recently learned there's many variations to the game and a lot of people play it differently from others!

Ooh, yeah it can totally vary family to family how to play, some people do the jumping-the-wall last tile thing and i dont know what purpose that serves and I forget to do it when I'm playing with my friends, but it's a thing that my family does when they play. and riichi mahjong is even more different than that, crazy!

If you wanted to make a guide on the basics of riichi mahjong, I'd love to see it. I'm going to download the game and see if I can fudge my way through it a few times to see if I'd like to continue playing.

Thank you for explaining it to me though!

Ohh that's a great idea, should be easy enough in text without visual aid haha. There's definitely stuff the app doesn't teach you, it just kind of teaches you the basics of how to play, but you might be able to figure it out just messing around haha. I'll let you know when I've got a guide up.

I've always been interested in Mahjong and thought about picking up Mahjong Soul. However I dunno if my brain can handle learning more games. T_T

its so fun though! but i understand. .... but if you DO decide to do a mahjong game, riichi city is way superior in QoL stuff and anime-waifu stuff, haha! Unless you got friends that play mahjong soul. thats the only reason I'd download it ag

You play with a set card and it sits in front of you during game play. That is why we all love getting the new card. After a year with the same hands we are all ready for a change. And yes, you want to memorize the card so you know what others are playing and not throw a tile that they need.
I will try and upload a picture of the card here. I am not so good a posting.

I see! Wow that adds so much more strategy to it, sounds so fun! In riichi mahjong people do count tiles and sus out which tiles their opponent needs to win- but i dont have the brain capacity for that so I can't do it 😂