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I\'ve thought a lot about this kind of thing in the past. At first I really wanted to get rid of dora, but then I started to realize that having points linked to specific tiles (not patterns) actually adds a lot to the strategy. I think an interesting non-obvious reason for this is because it is eas...

Dora Indicator: 5-dot 1-crak 2-crak 7-crak 9-crak 3-bam 3-bam 4-bam 7-bam 9-bam 2-dot 4-dot 6-dot 8-dot 8-dot I\'d kill the 1-crak 2-crak penchan. The 2-dot 4-dot 6-dot ryankan is great. The 3-bam 3-bam 4-bam matagi is also good, because even though you already have the 8-dot 8-dot pair it can impro...

On the other hand, especially in the JPML tournament rules and most tournaments, it can be tough to be the final dealer since there is now \"agari-yame\" (ending the game when you\'re in 1st place as the last dealer). It\'s more fair for everyone, but you have so many chances to be taken over by an...

Last dealer is the best seat, not the worst!

Nice hand! I\'m assuming you didn\'t reach... the hand was not closed, right? Did you have a chance to Pon the West and go for a nice single wait Toi-Toi? If so you could have had Baiman. If three of the sets were closed you even have had Sanbaiman (which is rarer than Yakuman) with Three Concealed ...

I\'ve recently started playing East Only games on JanRyuMon and it got me wondering: what are the strategic differences with Hanchan? Generally there is more luck in East Only games, but I started to realize certain benefits too. For example, the advantage of being final dealer is slightly less. It ...

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Also the game does not highlight the dangerous discards instead it highlight adjacent tiles to the one that your mouse is on (so when you move your mouse over a bamboo 2 then the game highlights \'s and 3\'s in the discard piles). Which pretty much means it highlights dangerous discards if those hi...

Those two exact things are what make Reach such a game of skill. Without them there is almost no incentive for defensive play or hand reading, just as Setokuma says. Getting rid of them makes the game much more simplistic and removes depth. Surely anyone can see that? It also makes sense that you sh...

First off, everyone should try the site (janryumon.plaync.jp) It\'s great! Only downside is that it\'s slightly slow paced. For those of you that have started playing there, I just noticed something- which you may have as well. The game actually highlights dangerous discards for you. It will highlig...

I have to say I strongly disagree with Alan Kwan\'s philosophy in general as well as with many of his hand valuations. It seems to me that one of his primary concerns is creating a \'historically correct\' version of Mahjong, such that he likes to penalize or remove many of the more modern aspects o...

I do use all the points covered in that guide, including wait reading when needed (as mentioned in this post). However, this reach tile suit thing is actually more effective than reading suji in most cases. The best thing to do is combine several techniques, such that you can narrow down the possibi...

Normally I would discard 2-dot then the 1-dot dora. However, since we are ahead scorewise in this case I would play it extra safe and discard the 1-dot first instead, then the 2-dot. We are also halfway through the south round so it\'s better to work towards ending the game than insisting on extra h...

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