Return of the Super-Mega Competition - win a mahjong book!
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Return of the Super-Mega Competition - win a mahjong book!
Hello everyone,
To mark the release of my recent batch of mahjong guides I'm running another little competition.
Once again the prizes are mahjong books. First prize is Eleanor Noss Whitney's 1964 classic A Mah Jong Handbook with its 70-page section on strategy and extensive glossary of English and Japanese mahjong terminology. Second prize is Teach Yourself: Mahjong from 2001 by David Pritchard (ex-library stock so it comes with a plastic jacket and Dewey code on the spine!).
Not only that, but you also receive an exclusive, limited edition, hand-crafted, thirteen-sided Kokushi wait bookmark.
(erm... the wait has 13 sides, the bookmark has two!)
The rules are pretty simple and similar to last time. To enter the competition just login and reply to this thread picking one of the 34 unique mahjong tiles using the "smilies" on the right of the message compose screen.
I'll keep the competition open for a couple of weeks, after which time I will pick tiles at random from one of my sets until I get two matches - first match gets first prize, second gets second. To make it simpler this time I will keep drawing tiles until I get exact matches.
The competition is open to all forum members - old and new; regulars, irregulars and lurkers. Books will be mailed free of charge, worldwide.
Good luck!
To mark the release of my recent batch of mahjong guides I'm running another little competition.
Once again the prizes are mahjong books. First prize is Eleanor Noss Whitney's 1964 classic A Mah Jong Handbook with its 70-page section on strategy and extensive glossary of English and Japanese mahjong terminology. Second prize is Teach Yourself: Mahjong from 2001 by David Pritchard (ex-library stock so it comes with a plastic jacket and Dewey code on the spine!).
Not only that, but you also receive an exclusive, limited edition, hand-crafted, thirteen-sided Kokushi wait bookmark.
(erm... the wait has 13 sides, the bookmark has two!)
The rules are pretty simple and similar to last time. To enter the competition just login and reply to this thread picking one of the 34 unique mahjong tiles using the "smilies" on the right of the message compose screen.
I'll keep the competition open for a couple of weeks, after which time I will pick tiles at random from one of my sets until I get two matches - first match gets first prize, second gets second. To make it simpler this time I will keep drawing tiles until I get exact matches.
The competition is open to all forum members - old and new; regulars, irregulars and lurkers. Books will be mailed free of charge, worldwide.
Good luck!
My complete guide to Japanese mahjong terminology and rules (free PDF download)
My Japanese mahjong guide for complete beginners (especially Yakuza players) (online article)
My PS2/PS3/PS4/PSP/DS video-game guides (old skool ASCII plain text)
My Japanese mahjong guide for complete beginners (especially Yakuza players) (online article)
My PS2/PS3/PS4/PSP/DS video-game guides (old skool ASCII plain text)
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Entry tracking...
Torgo Merick Rosti b4k4ni04
chalwa Meeps Ref
York1jm
ghostdragon
Ignatius Shirl
Torgo Merick Rosti b4k4ni04
chalwa Meeps Ref
York1jm
ghostdragon
Ignatius Shirl
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Re: Return of the Super-Mega Competition - win a mahjong boo
Chases down the old competition to choose the same tile. brb! aha!
tada!. here's to the same luck as last time XD;.
tada!. here's to the same luck as last time XD;.
〜〜〜星空が最高の舞台/カラスたちカーカーと鳴くよ/いつも思うよ いつ寝てるんだろ〜〜〜 I'm sorry teh b4k4 is lost to GlDeMo please try again later *bzzt* 〜b4k4
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Very nifty of you to do this!
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Thanks for your submissions. Bon chance.
If you don't want/need two copies of Whitney (and if you win again!) let me know and I'll switch the two prizes.
You might end up winning the same book with the same tile!b4k4ni04 wrote:here's to the same luck as last time XD;.
If you don't want/need two copies of Whitney (and if you win again!) let me know and I'll switch the two prizes.
Re: Return of the Super-Mega Competition - win a mahjong boo
hunh, same book, different cover <_<;. yeaaah, I could probably give it to a friend if I got it, but oh man, I was epically confused about furiten for a while after reading that book. It's a great book, but you still need to remember it's a bit dated.
〜〜〜星空が最高の舞台/カラスたちカーカーと鳴くよ/いつも思うよ いつ寝てるんだろ〜〜〜 I'm sorry teh b4k4 is lost to GlDeMo please try again later *bzzt* 〜b4k4
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Free books? Okay. I´ll choose . Good luck!
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Re: Return of the Super-Mega Competition - win a mahjong boo
Thanks to ye, is
offering books your hobby?
Red dragon for me.
PS: It's "Bonne chance"
offering books your hobby?
Red dragon for me.
PS: It's "Bonne chance"
Cats don't do タンヤオ (tan-yao) but タニャーオ (ta-nya-o).
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I'm just a naturally generous kinda guy.Shirluban wrote:[...]is offering books your hobby?
Sorry!PS: It's "Bonne chance"
In my defence, I chose German over French at high school. So, er... viel Glück!
Re: Return of the Super-Mega Competition - win a mahjong boo
Wooo books!
for me.
for me.
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Sounds like a neat competition. I guess my choice will be the
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Wow nice 1! I'll Pick !
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Cool competition Barticle
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Powodzenia!
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