Speaking of which, I just watched all of Akagi today :side: It was one of those, \"I\'ll just watch ONE more,\" situations...

The ending sort of left you hanging, though. :angry: Won\'t spoil it for the people who haven\'t watched it. But my feelings on in can be summarized as \"ARRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!\"

So I\'m back from my excursion to Little Tokyo. I checked out two of the main plazas there. Only two stores had mahjong tiles, and only one of them had a riichi set. The set was overpriced IMO. It was $150 for what looked like a mini set. And the case was pretty shabby too. Oh well, gives me an excu...

Well thanks for the advice everyone, especially Tom! I\'ll be going shopping today so wish me luck!

That penguin belongs to the girl who\'s on the 1crak tiles. It\'s supposed to give her super mahjong concentration power :woohoo: When she plays while hugging it, even pros look at her game and go :ohmy: (in a good way)

I found fairly cheap tables at http://www.zjcgroup.com/ (thanks to Tom\'s website!) and I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with them. They look great, but their low price point makes me a little wary.

Thoughts?

I was curious... Has there been an influx of mahjong players since Saki started airing? A lot of my friends have asked me to teach them since that anime came out, even though they refused when I tried before :angry: Although, I have to admit that I only fell into the riichi world after watching it t...

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Barticle wrote:I was hoping really for more confectionery-based options. ;)

And I think these are cuter-er!

http://www.hellokittyzone.com/hello-kitty-mahjong-set/

B-b-but Hello Kitty isn\'t about Riichi! Saki is, so it wins!

QFT!!

Awesome news! Finally, I can read about Riichi without looking up a billion kanji every time I try to read an article :S Must pre-order!

Oh, I totally didn\'t say anything about the tiles. Yes, I plan on playing Riichi mahjong, and I know enough kanji to read the tiles :). But the friends I\'m teaching right now are just starting, and might be put off by the idea that they can\'t, so I want tiles with arabic numbers on them if possib...

Thanks for the prompt response Tom! I\'m very interested in the table, and I tried to PM you but failed i think :( What are its dimensions and how much does it cost? Thank you again!

Peter

Edit: Sorry about trying to PM you. I didn\'t notice the \"do not\" in your sig.

Hi everyone, I just need some advice, since I\'m planning on buying a new set of tiles. What should I look for? How heavy should they be? How big? Any help is much appreciated. Also, I\'m looking into one of those automatic shuffling tables. Anyone know how much they are or where I can take a look a...

4-crak 5-crak 6-crak 9-crak 9-crak 2-bam 2-bam 3-bam 3-bam 4-bam 4-bam :north :north Where you have 2 tiles to wait for. So really, even 5-bam is a possible option in that regard. Depends on what has been thrown out on the table already. I agree with misterbalrog, assuming that I would go for a win...

Ahhh... Thank you very much!

Does anyone know the Japanese and/or the English term for this? For example, if you melded 3 chows and a pung but they don\'t make a yaku, what would you call it? Also, is there a term for when this happens, but is temporary? For example, if you have a pinfu/peace hand that would be waiting if you d...

Wow! This was exactly what I was looking for! Thank you so much! :) Good thing I can read some Japanese. My kanji is horrible though :(