How to play Japanese mahjong
An article by Taiyaki_yaro, sharing on a concise guide for people who are new to Japanese mahjong
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5 min readDec 5, 2021
1. Tile names
*There are 34 kinds of tiles in mahjong.
*There are 4 identical copies of each tile, totaling 136 tiles.
*East, South, West and North are called winds.
- White, Green and Red are called dragons.
2. Basic Routine
- There are 4 players in Mahjong.
- Each player has 13 tiles in their hand
- 4 players repeat the following action in order (See Figure below):
1) Pick a tile from the stock
2) Choose an unnecessary tile
3) Discard a tile to the Boneyard.
3. The Goal
The Goal is to make 4 sets and 1 pair in your hand.