Doman Mahjong

Doman Mahjong is a mahjong side game within the massively multiplayer online game, Final Fantasy 14. Located within the Gold Saucer, players have the ability to play each other in a game. It is one of many games within the MMO for players to choose from.

Rules

Doman Mahjong uses the same rules as regular Japanese mahjong. The following rule variations are in play:

General

• Players start with 25,000 points.
• There is no target score.
• There is no oka or uma. Ranked points change based on placement only.
• Kuitan is always allowed in ranked matches. It may be disabled in friendly matches.
• Kuikae is not allowed.
• Atozuke is enabled.
• Double ron is allowed.
• 3 red fives.
• Dealer keeps seat if in tenpai during exhaustive draw.
• Kan during riichi may be declared so long as it does not change the waits.
• Nagashi mangan is allowed. It cannot be claimed if the player's own hand is open. It is not treated as a win for wind rotations/honba/riichi bets.
• Abortive draws (Nine terminals abortion, three ron calls, four kans (separate), four same wind discards) allowed. No draw for four riichi.
• For four kan abortion, declaring a 5th kan when a player is tenpai for suukantsu triggers the draw.

End of game

• Having a negative score ends the game. Having 0 points does not end the game.
• If dealer is 1st place in All Last, the game automatically ends on dealer tenpai or win.
• At the end of the game, remaining riichi bets go to first place.
• End-of-game ties are broken by seat order in the first round. First dealer wins ties, followed by second dealer, then third dealer.

Yakuman

• Multiple yakuman are allowed, up to 4.
• Suuankou tanki, junsei chuuren, and juusanmen kokushi are counted as single yakuman.
• Pao is enforced for daisangen and daisuushi.
• Kokushi cannot chankan from a closed kan.
• Ryuuiisou does not require (but can allow) hatsu.

Interface

• By default, the tiles in the dora area display the dora itself, not the dora indicators. For example, if 2-man is shown in the dora section, the dora is 2-man, not 3-man. This can be changed in the settings.

External links

• Kotaku article
• Guidebook of Doman Mahjong (English / Japanese)