Hello and welcome! Some rules allow the two (or even three) players to win, each winning hand being scored separately. Other rules give priority to the winner closer to the discarder, in turn order. For example, if East discards the winning tile and West and North claim it for a win, then West is th...

Are you saying that a late ron is allowed even if the player calling ron had more than enough time to do so (and didnt) before the next player drew a tile? Yes. The problem here is to define what "more than enough time" means, and how it's checked. A time limit can't realistically be enforced, sinc...

Ozball got it right. But it more have to do with the first two sentences of the chapter: Calls for chii and pon/kan can be made until the next player draws . Calls for ron can be made until the next player discards or declares a win by self-draw, riichi, concealed kan or promoted kan. A late ron is ...

Once someone declares riichi and let pass a winning tile, they can no longer claim any tile for a win (i.e. until the hand is over). When not in riichi, they can't ron on the same turn they let pass a winning tile (i.e. until their next draw). This applies also to "winning" tiles not giving any yaku...

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Hello and welcome. Completing a mahjong hand ends the game, so you do NOT discard. What variant are you learning? I've only heard of one single rule in the world where play continues (Sichuan Bloody Rules), but I've never found any clear and complete description of it. And even then, the winner stop...

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I wouldn't recommend Scott's "ultimate" book, as I don't find it really informative and has a lot of useless text.
I also have his "A to Zhu", but haven't took time to read it.

Woh! I was gonna say Mahjong Time's explanation is confusing and refer to the Green Book (official), but the GB is even worse! • After each hand , the winds rotate, but the players stay at the same place. The East player becomes North, South becomes East, W->S, N->E. (This is like other mahjong rule...

https://www.reddit.com/r/Mahjong/comments/cicql2/automatic_riichi_mahjong_calculator/ The payments for any valid hand are calculated, even if the hand is yaku nashi. This is a "feature" that ended up being a "design choice". How the calculator works is that it first tries to assemble a valid hand. A...

You can find all editions of MCR rules and some translations on my website (as well as EMA Riichi rules and WRC rules): https://ooyamaneko.net/mahjong/ You can find Zung Jung rules on its creator's website: http://www.zj-mahjong.info/#English Edit: It looks like this site have a few broken links. :c...

If by riverbed and seabed tiles you mean winning on the last tile from the wall and on the last discarded tile, then MCR have them.
As well as robbing a kong,

There's a video how-to guide on youtube, even if it might be a bit long:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlnC2rgIPrc

Of course, I'll also point you to the World Riichi Championship rules:
https://worldriichi.org/wrc-rules
Online version: http://ooyamaneko.net/mahjong/bookcmp/

Almost all mahjong rules have a very similar rulesets, the major difference being the scoring. Some have very distinctive features like dora or jokers; beside that, it's mostly fine-prints. Unfortunately, very few rules have an authoritative rulebook. Others, like Hong Kong, vary from one players' g...