Hi Roxo,

Sure, if you come to Hiroshima, get in touch and we'd welcome you to our Friday night 3-Player session and/or arrange some other games if time permits.

Cheers!

David H

If you're just looking for a decent set and mat, the place to go is Donki. Anywhere else and you will pay significantly too much.

My friend said he found a Set in a Yodobashi Camera store, does anyone know if they are overpriced? Don't know if he found a mat there aswell

If we go to Hiroshima I will surely contact you David =)

A quick update!

My friend managed to find a mahjong set in tokyo that he bought for me! ^^ yay!

I have no idea what set it is, he said it was a little expensive but hey, I'm getting a set especially brought home to me from japan! That's awsome!

He also bought me a deck of hanafuda cards which I've hooked my girlfriend on. She addictively play at gamedesign.jp so it's going to be fun to be able to play together. =)

That's all for my happy ramblings for now.

Roxo wrote:
My friend managed to find a mahjong set in tokyo that he bought for me! ^^ yay!
Good to hear he found one for you. We will await your review!

He also bought me a deck of hanafuda cards which I've hooked my girlfriend on. She addictively play at gamedesign.jp so it's going to be fun to be able to play together. =)
As with their mahjong game, that's a great option for playing in English for free.

If you're interested in a portable gaming option, you can play Koi-Koi in the Nintendo DS compendium Clubhouse Games (a.k.a. 42 All-Time Classics). I've recently published a little guide for it.

www.gamefaqs.com/portable/ds/game/933040.html

I actually have that game! But just rushed through Koi-koi in stamp mode at the time that I got it. No I play it from time to time on the subway, quite nice to be able to play a few hands and then put it down.

Can't say that I'm able to do the same with Mahjong FIght Club DS =P

And don't worry, a review is coming up as soon as I can get my hands on set =)

/Offtopic: Does anyone have a resource for 3 player Hanafuda game rules? I only know Koi koi

Roxo wrote:
I play it from time to time on the subway, quite nice to be able to play a few hands and then put it down.
Okay, cool. Yes, it's quite well presented and the tags that indicate partial (I can't help but use the word "tenpai"!) and complete yaku are a useful aid. The touchscreen interface is nice too.

/Offtopic: Does anyone have a resource for 3 player Hanafuda game rules? I only know Koi koi
According to the following site you can play Koi-Koi with up to five players but only two are active in any given hand.

www.hanafuda.com/koi-koi-rules

Of course there aren't enough cards in the deck to play with more than two players at the same time, and it would be a lot harder to make yaku too.

This next site has rules for several different games, including some 3P ones.

hanafubuki.org/rules.html

Thanks Barticle for the Hanafubuki link!
Very useful, especially since my friend managed to bring home Kabufuda instead of Hanafuda, but from looking at the boxes I can't say I blame him.
They are frickin' identical except for a very small kanji

After trying out Oicho-Kabu a bit (non of the present were really gambling enthusiasts) my girlfriend and I made our on Koi-Koi variant with Kabufuda. Quite enjoyable but not as complex. I've been thinking about posting the rules if anyone is interested.
My birthday is coming up and I'm thinking of buying myself a present in the form of a junkmat from Hirohurl and then I might throw in a hanafuda deck at the same time.


And now finally!
The Mahjong set that recently came into my possession is great! A few paint blemishes but nothing major.
The scoring sticks are what I expected, the plastic haven't been sanded down around the edges where they were connected in the mold.
I haven't been able to find out who made the set yet but I'm going to do some research and I might be able to update that point.
It's a bit smaller than my other set (one that I've borrowed from my parents) as it should be, and I like the smaller size! They are so much easier to handle.
The tiles have rounded backs, which for me and my girlfriends amateur hands, makes wall building just a little trickier. But the added thickness helps on the other hand.
Now I have to sleep, I will hopefully continue tomorrow with some pictures and manufacturer and so on.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions and help earlier in the thread it's very much appreciated.

/a happy Roxo
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