This is the second video I have visited on how to play mahjong. Both start with 'Mahjong is easy to learn'. Now I need to find two more liars to play the game..
Paul Johnson It depends on what kind of mahjong you want to learn. I've tried many and now play Zung Jung exclusively. These are the rules used at The World Series of Mahjong too. Game related websites are blocked from my work computer, but should be able to find the rules easily enough online by Googeling "Alan Kwan Zung Jung" (Alan Kwan was the creator). Make sure you're getting the most current version of the rules, v3.3 (Mahjongtime.com still gives an outdated score and payment method from a previous version).
Ivan Wong American "Mah Jongg" was the first type I learned thanks to my mother-in-law. (I now prefer Alan Kwan's Zung Jung / World Series of Mahjong rules). This video does not show American "Mah Jongg". There is no such thing as "what I call" American Mah Jongg. American Mah Jongg is already defined by the NMJL (National Mah Jongg League). It inlcudes 8 Jokers and does not allow Chows, and there is no such thing as a standard winning hand (4 sets and a pair) in the game.
Started to watch Akagi. Thought this would help. My head's spinning. Saw some other videos that explain the game in a matter of several hours (!). What a beast of game. I don't even.
I don't know Rummy, but I usually say it's similar to Poker. The tiles are just like cards, and you're trying to make a hand. You're trying to form sets of Trips (3 of a kind, which is called "pong"), Straight ("chow"), 4-of-a kind (called "kang"), pairs, etc...
Nice explanation. Thank you. I've known how to play for years, but I want my sisters to learn. I'll point them to this video. That being said, I still can't keep score.. I saw a book of scores once, and wow.. there are a LOT of ways to get big points. Hopefully, my younger sister can make more sense of it.. She's better with things like that, than I am. ^_^ Thanks so much for sharing!! 💗💗💗
This video is missing a few key pieces of information: - How to break the wall and deal. - Whether or not a Dead Wall is used. - What happens when you call Kong - do you draw a tile from the dead wall or from the live wall if the dead wall is not used. - How to declare a concealed Kong, or opting instead to conceal a Pung using 3 of the tiles and using the fourth to form a concealed Chow (though this is more advanced). - Seat winds and prevailing winds, used in every form of Mahjong. - How to score (actually the most important element). I can't find any information or detailed rules on their website, only the scoring sheet. They could do a lot to improve this.
It really is relatively simple. I've been playing for about 8 years and it's a lot of fun. But this isn't the best way to learn. I've taught many people how to play by setting the tiles up and then just walking around the table and playing each hand. It takes about 15 mins. to completely understand.
my aunt brought out our antique mahjong set our grandma bought in when she was still in asia, i always see them playing as a little kid, it's almost like a tradition to play. i'm youtubing everything, i'm not losing
To start a mahjong game, the dealer rolls the dice, then see what the number of the dice is, count in an anti-clockwise direction, in order to see who goes first, then break the tile wall by the number of the dice. And every player takes 2 tiles, 13 tiles in their hand, The dealer has 14 tiles in his/her hand.
It's actually well explained but no yakus were mentioned. Which are mandatory if u want to win. Just go play mahjong and u will understand just with a video u will be confused no matter how many times u watch.
1.What happnes when you “kang” and left with a last tile? 2. Can you only Kang when a player throw from the left of you or can you do it wherever like pong? 3. When is it aloud to pong, kang or chi? Is it right after the leader throw his/her first tile at the start of the game or is it when every one has picked up their first tile from the first draw wall and tossed their first tile?
You can pon, kan at any moment you can only chi when the discarded tile is from the person left to you... If you are left with only one tile because you used all the others to form chi, kon and pong you now obviously need a pair to win so whichever tile you have left in your hand you have to draw the identical tile, at that point you can't use any one else's tiles... Its called furiten when you are in a state where you must draw the winning tile and can't use your opponents
When I played when I was younger, I remember my grandmother making a "flower pile" where we can substitute flowers for other tiles and we can get another tile when you kong. What is this pile? I remember counting tiles and breaking it, but how many tiles go into the flower pile?
When you "break the wall" at the start of the hand, you make a "live end" and a "dead end". You draw and play from the live end, and draw kong replacements from the dead end. Most players take flower replacements from the dead end too. Counting off tiles for the "flower pile" or "dead wall" is affected by the convention (house rule) concerning the dead wall. It's probably not too important, though.
Doesn't explain what "pong" "kong" or "chow" are (what are their Chinese characters) or what the winds, dragon, and honours tiles do which was part of what I was especially curious about.
I think it's assumed that we know there are 144 tiles in a set and since 4 players each has 13 tiles which come up to 52 tiles, meaning 92 drawing tiles at the start?
@@pianoLee-sx9dx oh really? I just started my search on mahjong as well so I can only guess it might be a variation or some bonus sets? Best to google it 😆
DGneoseeker1 : It is for the set you completed by calling someone's discarded tile. If you drop a 2 bamboo, I can call that tile to form a 2 bamboo triplet or a run (like 2-3-4 bamboo). I would take your tile with the other two tiles and then place them in the corner, locking them for the rest of the game.
If you draw one of the flower or season tiles on your turn you place it on the table, face up, and draw a new tile from the pile. The bonus tiles you have then play a part in the scoring at the end of the game, so while they don't affect your hand they will affect your scoring.
You usually won't be able to get more than 2 points for flower/season cards as far as I understand it, but there seems to be a lot of different scoring variations so they might be worth more in some of them. I found one page called mahjongtime.com that discussed the scoring systems
zul hilmi The way MahJong is played nowadays is about 150 years old. Pre-cursors to modern MahJong, however, have been around for possibly 2500+ years.
1:38 to 1:52 I want to know how to play with these bonus tiles. 3:32 ... A Mahjong is 14 tiles made up four threes and a pair. No idea what this is, but it's not what I came for. I quit
Yeah ok what LOL I DID LEARN A LOT BUT ALSO I DIDN'T LEARN A LOT I think there are some instructions that can be simplified when you actual play the game for yourself (obviously doing is always better) THANKS FOR THE VIDEO THOUGH BD
