Most of the time, the winning hand will have exactly 14 tiles. The first player to reach this goal wins the hand.
Melded sets are immediately shown when they are formed.Īs explained earlier, the goal is to get four sets and a pair. Concealed sets are not shown to other players unless you win the hand. Melded sets are formed by claiming discard from other players and are explained later in the special moves section. Concealed sets are made of tiles from your initial hand and tiles you draw from the wall. A chow cannot loop from 9 back to 1.Įach set can either be concealed or melded/ exposed. Each set can be either a pung, chow, or kong.Ī pung is a set of three identical tiles.Ī chow is a set of three tiles of the same suit and consecutive numbers.ĭragons and winds can't be used in a chow. The Objectiveįor every hand, your basic goal is to be the first player to get a hand composed of four sets and a pair. These tiles are used for variations of the game.
If your mahjong set comes with other tiles besides these (usually flowers, jokers, red tiles and/or blanks), then put those extra tiles away. If your set has English letters, they are labeled E, S, W, and N, respectively. In American sets, the Green and Red dragons may be depicted with a dragon graphic. In Japanese sets, the White dragons are completely blank tiles. If your set has English letters, the green dragon is labeled F, red is C, and white is P or B.
These are the Green, Red, and White dragon tiles. If you haven’t learned Chinese numerals yet, make sure to play with a set that has Arabic numerals too! To play mahjong all you need are 3 dice and four of each of the following tiles, for a total of 136 tiles.
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