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Mahjong

Mahjong Rules/Etiquette

Mahjong is a tile-based game that was developed in the 19th century in China and has spread throughout the world since the early 20th century. It is played by four players in parts of India China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, and Southeast Asia.

The game and its regional variants are widely played throughout the subcontinent of India far East and Southeast Asia and have also become popular in Western countries. The game has also been adapted in India by the army wives and popularized extensively.

It is a game of memory skill strategy speed and luck too!

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  • Every Silly Woman Nags or Every Sensible Woman Knows
  • South is always right of East and the game moves anti-clockwise.
  • 16 games to be played for 1 round of Mahjong, so that each player in each round gets to be East, South, West and North. One round of 16 games should take ideally 3-4 hours.
  • Cut for seats is usually done at the commencement of the second round, can de done at the start of the first at the consent of all 4 players.
  • The 144 tiles of the set are placed in double decker rows along the wooden wall, 18 tiles on each row. So 18 below and 18 on them. 4 joker tiles are thrown in during the North round.
  • The highest throw becomes East and right of her is South, front is West and left is North. If in any game a player throws a double on the dice, she has a choice of deciding whether to play normal or goulash after seeing her tiles/gardens. A double dice can also be used to double the count once.
  • The wall is counted in 2’s or 4’s from the right then the required no if tiles , top and bottom are lifted and placed on the wall to the right, first the lower and then the upper tile so that the upper one is picked first as the garden/kong tile as the game proceeds. Starting with East everyone picks 4 tiles. Each has the privilege to take the 13 th and the 14 th tile.