It's been a while, but yes, I've played a few East-North riichi rounds. A number of them were 5-man rotation games, where the dealer swaps out after losing dealership. Those seemed less likely to end with someone busting out, as the points would just kinda rotate their way around the table. And a nu...

1. Yes, 7 pairs can also yield other han points (all one suit, double run, etc). Er... 7 pairs does not stack with double run(ippeikou) or ryanpeikou. A tile cannot be considered to be part of a pair/pon AND part of a chi. (interpreting 7 pairs as having ippeikou leaves you with an invalid hand any...

I've heard about this one...

I'd discard the 5-crak, on a 1,4, or 6 since it puts us in a pinfu tenpai. Granted, one of those waits is dora, so it may make it hard to win on that tile, but if we draw one dora, it won't mess up our hand. However, I'd still tsumo this hand on a 9-dot or a 5-crak. I would probably only go for endl...

Greetings RM, This is Trotskey, from DDRMTU.(yes, Dance Dance Revolution) We meet every Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday from 9pm-2am during the school year at Fisher 101 on the Michigan Tech Campus in Houghton, MI. We play riichi approximately like Tenhou's Nashi rules, but allowing open riichi and ...