Yes, Mrs. Gamegrunt knows about my interest in Mr. Kentaro. :silly:

Thank you for this two player example...so how does it work with a real set and two players?

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So it has...thanks for the link! Looks like my win of the hand in question was legit.

\"I won, I won, I shot the BB gun!\" (grandkid\'s expression)

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Your hand is closed, may you go out on a discard that completes a Pure Double Chow?

Happy New Year!

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My \"Take\" arrive today! Thanks Jenn!

My wife and I have explored Riichi using these \"compact\" tiles - several hands playing a variant where two dummy players are employed.

More to follow on my impressions of my new mahjong set.

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So the Two of Bams morphing into the Two of Craks (the Kentaro character actually declares riichi with the crak, not a bam?) thus enabling him to ron on the two bams discarded by One Eye?

Cool.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY5dEtEN ... re=related

Something about the two of bamboos...

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A Yank.

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Spot on! Here is a link to a movie poster image and a story about his current problems with the Japanese criminal justice system. Scroll down to see the story about Shimizu:

http://www.japan-zone.com/news/2009/01/index.shtml

Thank you for filling in this blank.

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In my first post in this thread, I linked to three YouTube videos. What is the name of the Japanese actor pictured on the right in the first video?

I\'ve got to know...I\'ve developed a bit of a man-crush on this dude. :blush:

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I went and \"pulled the trigger\" on this, after satisfying myself that there are few ways to obtain a Japanese \"Take\" set without ordering from either of the two e-tailers mentioned in this thread.

I ordered from Mahjongmart.com and look forward to getting the set in a couple of weeks.

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Mahjongmart\'s "Take" and Japanese-Mahjong\'s "Take" are the same (AFAIK). It\'s a very good quality tile set. Beware! "Take" means "bamboo", but they are not made in bamboo. (You certainly already spot that from pictures.) For other retailers, I don\'t know. And if you don\'t say me where to check...

More than one online retailer offers Japanese Mahjong sets with the \"Take\" label. Are they all the same?

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My friend bought a black set recently and in terms of quality, i find it\'s pretty crap. The tiles look like it was made by some 12 year-old :/ Sorry if i offended anyone\'s black set. There is no question that YMI sets are little more than OK - they make no attempt to meet the quality standards of...

The West Wind - oops, I don\'t have one! That being the case, the Green Dragon gets the heave-ho.

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Mhing was my gateway drug.

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