Board 8 > Do you know how to play mahjong?

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I thought I did thanks to Yakuza 0 but actually I really don't.

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only within the confines of Yakuza guiding me along

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no but i watched Akagi

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Enough so that I would say I'm good at it, though not great at it.

I know the rules enough that I would be able to lose with grace


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If you mean if there is a game like in a game or in an app can I stumble my way into somewhat knowing what to do? Yes

Can I tell u the rules off the top of my head? No

I can play mahjong solitaire thanks to Windows

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I'm ok at Doman mahjong

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Thanks to Akagi and Kaiji.....no. Good lord, those rules vanished pretty hard afterward, as it turns out if one doesn't play the game, one won't retain the rules.

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I learnt how to play it in Yakuza 0 but have a hard time remembering certain winning conditions. If i were to play it in real life i'd struggle.

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I have a vague idea of how to play Riichi but I'd be in trouble if I had to play IRL without the rules programmed in. I also don't really understand furiten or scoring, or have all the yaku memorized.

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I play on Mahjong Soul reasonably often and think I'm pretty good. Though I'm not totally confident on scoring.

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Well enough to get by in the Yakuza games, but I don't know any of the advanced strategies and techniques that would help me play against actual experienced players. Plus there's no square button to push in real life to show me any winning conditions that I've overlooked.

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Tom Bombadil posted...

I have a vague idea of how to play Riichi but I'd be in trouble if I had to play IRL without the rules programmed in. I also don't really understand furiten or scoring, or have all the yaku memorized.

This

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Playing in person would be hard for me too, there's all this setup that seems difficult to do, or at least time-consuming, without an automatic table.

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Taught myself thanks to Kaiji's Minefield Mahjong. Would be completely lost on how scoring works if I ever played in person.

Yeah it's a cultural thing here and I've played it since like high school, it's not Japanese mahjong though, totally different rules

handsomeboy2012 posted...

Yeah it's a cultural thing here and I've played it since like high school, it's not Japanese mahjong though, totally different rules

oh yeah this is actually worth noting

I'd be quite lost with Chinese/Hong Kong/etc rules because even though it's fundamentally and basically the same there are enough differences that I would get super thrown off.

I used to but only from a game

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Reg posted...

Enough so that I would say I'm good at it, though not great at it.

This but only for Riichi rules

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No. Even Yakuza couldn't teach me how to play. The language barrier is a big issue for me.

I'm Adept 2 on Mahjong Soul

Uglyface2 posted...

The language barrier is a big issue for me.

You don't need to know a different language to play mahjong, though.

DanKirby posted...

Well enough to get by in the Yakuza games, but I don't know any of the advanced strategies and techniques that would help me play against actual experienced players. Plus there's no square button to push in real life to show me any winning conditions that I've overlooked.

basically this

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Several years ago I messed around in a Japanese SNES mahjong game (or it might have been PC-98, I don't remember) and kind of figured it out then. But I've forgotten a lot of it.

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I can play the Windows version because it won't let me do anything illegal but I wouldn't have a clue how to play a real game of it.

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No but I watched Akagi and Saki. The latter is probably detrimental on this front but whatever >.>

I kind of want to learn how to play though.
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Reasonably well, yes. There are still some more obscure yaku that I need to remind myself of though, and I'm completely helpless when it comes to scoring, but there are calculators for that!

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The basic rules yes, but I don't really know how to win

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I've mastered riichi in Clubhouse Games but I don't quite remember the different calls, the software certainly helps by just giving you the options when they arise

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I remember when I was playing FFXIV I saw they had mahjong. Thinking it was the solitaire version I got super excited to play. Boy was I wrong.

So long story short, no I do not

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Grimlyn posted...

I've mastered riichi in Clubhouse Games but I don't quite remember the different calls, the software certainly helps by just giving you the options when they arise

Chii: Taking a sequence from the person to the left of you.
Pon: Taking a triple from anyone.
Kan: Declaring 4 of a kind, reveals a dora tile from the wall. Taking the tile from an opponent reveals the dora tile after you play your next tile, having a natural (closed) kan reveals it before.

yes

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My friend has a set, so yes.

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not really. i watched Akagi and i've played a couple games but both were like 10-15 years ago and i didn't fully understand it even then. and i don't remember for sure but those were probably two different versions considering Akagi is Japanese and i was playing in person with Chinese people.

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DanKirby posted...

Well enough to get by in the Yakuza games, but I don't know any of the advanced strategies and techniques that would help me play against actual experienced players. Plus there's no square button to push in real life to show me any winning conditions that I've overlooked.

Prettty much this. It was pretty different from what my Filipino friends and family played.

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I used to know enough Riichi Mahjong to even do manual scoring (very slowly) but I only know the general rules now.
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Oh yeah I know very little about calculating scoring.

Luckily you really don't need to to play unless you're doing it manually IRL and even then they have apps and stuff for that these days.

I've been bouncing between Mahjong Soul and Tenhou for about a year and a half now. Basically quit Doman Mahjong because of long queues and it being hard to even get a game with 4 people who won't leave.

Picked up enough about scoring that I should be able to get through a physical game, though I would probably need a scoring table for very uncommon hands, and I still have trouble with complicated single suit waits. Was going to hit up a meetup to get some physical play in before covid.


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Hime Mahjong has been teasing an English release for what feels like a really long time now. Not that you really need to be able to read to play, but it sure would be nice.

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Nope!

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