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How To Play Mahjong
When you play Mahjong online you do not have to worry about the details of the start of the game as the seating arrangements and dealing is all done for you automatically. The objective of playing Mahjong is to put together a complete set (or "hand"), which contains four sets of threes (either three of a kind of the same suit (or "pung") or a sequence of the same suit (or "chow") and a pair, for total of 14 pieces. Each player starts with 13 tiles except the dealer who has 14 tiles. With each turn, a player picks up a 14th tile, and then discards one tile placed face up in the centre of the table. At this point, other players can choose to pass, take the tile to complete a set (pung, chow or kong or to declare a win ("Mahjong"). The first player who completes the set of 14 tiles wins the hand. If the dealt hand contains Flowers or Seasons, they are immediately melded (placed face up above and to the side of the hand) and replaced with regular tiles taken from the Dead Wall (East replaces first his extra tiles, then South, West and North). Should a player draw further bonus tiles during this replacement procedure, he immediately takes supplement tiles for these, as well. If a player has a concealed Kong(s) in his hand he may declare it (them) at the same time he takes supplement tiles for Flowers and Seasons. Once the initial deal is over the dealer ( player in East position) discards a tile face up in the centre of the table. South then draws and discards a tile, followed by West and North. Thus, the draw goes counter-clockwise around the table, unless a tile is thrown which a player can claim. In that case, the turn jumps to the respective player's position. When a player discards a tile, any of the other players may pick up the discarded tile if he has a set, which may be completed by the discarded tile. However, a drawback of this action is that the player must now expose the completed set to the others, thus providing them a glimpse of what kind of hands he is creating. A player can pick up a discarded tile to complete one of the following sets. If two players are claiming a discarded tile at the same time,then the "Claim Priority" is in effect: * Win has priority over Pung, Kong, and Chow. * Pung & Kong has priority over Chow. * If Two Players want to claim the same tile to win, 1st player to claim the tile who sits to the right of the thrower wins.
Chow - Chow is a set of 3 tiles of the same suit in sequence. A player must say "Chow" when he gets another player's discarded tile to form the combination. A chow can only be performed if the tile was discarded by the player from the claimer's left. Here is an example of a Chow:
Pung - Pung is a set of 3 identical tiles. A player must say "Pung" when he gets another player's discarded tile to form the combination. The player then must show the created set and then discard a tile. The next player (counterclockwise) will then have the next turn. Here is an example of a Pung:
Kong - Kong is a set of 4 identical tiles. When a Kong is formed with a discarded tile, the player must then expose the set. In addition, the Kong cannot be split once exposed. However, if a Kong is made from the existing hand, the player can conceal it from the others. The advantage of concealing a Kong is that the player can split the 4 tiles and use one tile to form a Chow if necessary. Here is an example of a Kong:
More details about Kong: If a player draws a tile from the wall to make a Kong in his hand, the player should expose the Kong on the table and draw a tile from the Dead Wall to make a correct number of hand, and then discard one piece. If this is the case, two of the Kong pieces are placed on the table face up and the two end pieces face down to show that the Kong still counts as if still held in the hand. If a player has a pung on the table and draws the 4th from the wall, the player can place the 4th tile with the pung to make a Kong. Note:a player cannot add a discarded tile to convert an exposed Pung to a Kong.
Pair - An Eye, or a Pair, are two identical tiles. It cannot be created with discarded tiles unless to declare a win / mahjong, and only one set is allowed in a hand. Here is an example of a Pair:
Flower Tiles When a player gets flower tiles, they should be immediately exposed and replaced by another tile from the Dead Wall. Nevertheless, in some variations of the game, when a player has in his possession all of the flower tiles, he automatically wins the game.
When a player creates a set of hand or "Mahjong", he wins the game. A winning hand consists of four sets of chow, pung, or kong, and a pair. When you play Mahjong, there are 4 rounds: East, South, West and North Round.Within each round, the winds / seating position will rotate as follows: East, South, West, North (counter clockwise). This also happens in the event of a dead hand (where nobody wins). Thus, there are total of 16 hands in one complete game of Mahjong. As with most games, the best way to really learn how to play Mahjong is to play! Here you can Play Mahjong Online
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