Things which I *like* about WSoM (Zung Jung): - A large enough variety of Yakus but not overwhelming like in MCR(CO) mahjong - Hand calculation is a lot faster than in Riichi style. I get a bit tired having to calculate the \"Fu\" component in real life. What I *don\'t like* about WSoM: - No Furiten...

I guess whoever made the decision about that rule was sticking to the idea that pinfu = no points. It\'s exatly that: pinfu is a no points hand, and not an all chow hand like many people believe. Ahhhh, yeah that explains it. I was thinking of Pinfu as all chows coz the shape was more apparent. Tha...

That character is \"Soku\", it can mean fast/immediate. So \"Soku Rii\" means a fast Riichi like as soon as you become Tenpai. 160/331, that\'s nearly half! I wonder what your Tanyao and Pinfu rates are... Yeah I thought that calling Riichi earlier was luck based, but I guess they just wanted to cre...

First title is \"Jan Tiger\" that focuses on offense. Second is \"Jan Tiger\" that declares Riichi as soon as he becomes Tenpai. Third is \"Jan Dragon\" that has a head start (early) in declaring Riichi. Fourth is like the second one, except you are now a \"Jan Hero\". You seem to make lots of Riich...

Oka is *always* calculated and contributes to the Top person\'s Match score. The only exception I can think of is if the starting score was 30000 (instead of 25000 or 27000 etc), in which the Starting Score - Baseline = 0, hence no Oka bonus! Red Fives are really nice, you can aim for a quick Tanyao...

This is the 9-wait for Chuuren Poutou (9 Lanterns)! Make a pair at the very left: 1-bam 1-bam ### 1-bam 2-bam 3-bam ### 4-bam 5-bam 6-bam ### 7-bam 8-bam 9-bam 9-bam 9-bam Need 6-bam or 9-bam Make a triple at the very left: 1-bam 1-bam 1-bam ### 2-bam 3-bam 4-bam ### 5-bam 6-bam 7-bam ### 8-bam 9-ba...

I downloaded the file (2.1 MB) but there\'s nothing inside the zipped folder...what happened? :(

I had downloaded older Japanese Mahjong games produced by KOEI (including Mahjong Taikai I and II) and none of them allowed Red Fives. I think it\'s a silly attempt by the programmers to be consistent?!

(Use Shift-JIS) 13. If 2 people end up with the top same score (extremely rarely 3, and nearly impossible 4), then the person closest to the \"starting point\" (position of the very first dealer) in an ***ANTI-CLOCKWISE*** direction gets the higher priority. This priority method also applies to game...

(Use Shift-JIS) 9. This is saying that once any melds are declared (pon, chi and kan including concealed kan), then the potential ippatsu effect for that round of discards will disappear. 11. Each Honba is worth an extra 300 points. 12. ‚TŽÌ‚U“ü (Go Sha Roku Nyuu, it literally means \"5 discard, 6 e...

QFT!

There are actually a few true 4 player mahjong games in English (eg Four Winds Mahjong and Hong Kong Mahjong), but their numbers are vastly smaller than the infinite number of Tile matching solitaire games that ignorantly claim to be \"Mahjong\". Sigh...

Benjamin, your experiences mentioned on your blog are fascinating, and that was an interesting article you wrote there about Jenn/mahjong/jansou culture! I\'m unable to fully understand your Japanese entry about the \"International opening of Japanese Mahjong\" properly though, so I\'m only getting ...

Jenn, great work on your book! I\'ll be looking forward to checking it out when it\'s published :)

I think anybody is allowed to declare Kyuushuu Kyuuhai providing they haven\'t discarded a tile yet. That being said, I have no idea why somebody would even think of declaring it when it is such an excellent starting hand to aim for Kokushimusou with... :unsure:

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