or2az wrote: What would the hand have been worth if I had it off, not even a mangan??

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If it's off, then it's probably not recognized as having any value at all. Does your game have a detailed help section, or an online forum, or a support email address?

I'm surprised nobody mentioned Jenn's book. It may not be "official," but it's in English, and it describes the variant under discussion.
And Scott Miller's book includes a section on riichi majan too.

or2az wrote:Looks like you covered all the bases except for that kong.
note: I read you're a hiker. In california?

The player must be prepareed to reveal the kong at the end of the hand upon request.
Haven't hiked in a while, my knees and feet, y'see.

1. I guess they were playing classical Chinese rules. Only the winner got points 2. and mostly it was like adding up the fu in "our" game. (20 pts for a win, 2 for a self pick, 2 for the wait except double sided, the 2-4-8-16-32 for the open and closed triplets and quads of the simples, honors, and...

According to "Mah-Jong 3rd Edition" which is the rulebook endorsed by the British Mah-Jong Association, there is no EXPLICIT mention that East is allowed to mahjong during the goulash. ... So clearly the BMJA rules imply that East can in fact win during the goulash... they just for some reason miss...

Google this: Mah-Jong - British Rules - The Game - The Goulash A player must always exchange three tiles - even if he is within one or two tiles of a Mah-Jong hand. And it’s conceivable that East Wind may be able to call Mah-Jong between exchanges. Right. And Iapetus is right, also (regarding Ameri...

The story on Osamuko was an interesting read, but I couldn't tell from context what the term "digital" means. At first I thought it meant "playing on computer instead of at a physical table," but then in one of the comments it seemed to mean "playing with a poker face" or "playing with no signs of e...

Maybe this will help:
http://sloperama.com/mjfaq/yaku/yaku.htm

The real question is how close is too close (to where I would have to get permission from Akagi's owners). Not only do you have the copyright holders, but the publishers of the various commercial Akagi video-games might take issue too. ... If you avoid quoting names I think it'd be a lot safer to i...

I also have a book called Mah Jong Handbook for Beginners by Futami Kogeisha which exclusively covers the Japanese rules, including riichi, dora, furiten, abortive draws and Japanese terms. It's in English - although it is absolutely riddled with typos! [...] that\'d definitely be a set pack-in boo...

Tuttle asked me to review Whitney's book some years back. I told them that the best thing about the book is its strategy chapter, and that the rest of the book was outdated (and confusing to read). At the time, they decided to leave that one be, and they had me add some material to the Strauser & Ev...

I know I'll be outgunned if Tom spots this thread though! I just spotted it. But I have neither the time nor the energy this summer to post my collection, what with the summer game design class I'm teaching and all the writing I have to do before the fall semester begins. This gun is tired. Either ...

Thanks to one of these spammers who self-betrayed today, I've discovered what the point of these spams is: 1) Lure the modos to think these non-ad posts are legit, despite being useless. 2) Few days after, come back and edit them to add advertising links. (Editing a post don't put it up into the "r...

All I have is http://sloperama.com/mjfaq/wheret.htm

do you know any good resource for Japanese Classical rules The books by Eleanor Whitney and by Kanai & Farrell. Whitney's description of JC is mixed in with CC and what she calls American (I call that one Western/British/Australian). Also, checking http://sloperama.com/mjfaq/mjfaq02b.htm again, I s...