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Japanese mahjong is quite complex with its many rules and special cases. This section provides an overview of the game, but a beginner will not be ready to play after reading just this. For more detailed documentation on the rules, see [[Japanese mahjong]], as well as other articles covering various game topics. | |||
== | This article is a brief and quick layout to the most basic rules of the game, just to get new players started. | ||
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=== Tiles and suits === | |||
* Mahjong is played by four players | |||
* These tiles work similar to playing cards | |||
* All in all, there are 34 tile types, and there are 4 copies each | |||
* In total, there are 136 tiles | |||
Mahjong is played by four players | * The following are the three main suits, plus a class of "honor" tiles: | ||
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== Setup == | |||
* After tiles are shuffled, the players build walls of face-down tiles | |||
* Each wall is 17 tiles long, double stacked | |||
* The four walls serve as a stockpile to draw tiles from | |||
* Each player starts with 25000 points | |||
:* One 10,000 point stick | |||
:* Two 5,000 point sticks | |||
:* Four 1,000 point sticks | |||
:* Ten 100 point sticks | |||
== Starting the deal == | |||
* At the start of each hand after the walls are built, players are dealt 13 tiles each | |||
* One player throughout the game is designated as the dealer, marked by an indicator | |||
* The dealer is begins by rolling the dice, to determine the wall break | |||
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== Dealing the tiles | |||
* The dealer is always seated East | |||
* Player to the right of the dealer is South | |||
* Player across the dealer is West | |||
* Player to left of the dealer is North | |||
* Regular turn order: East, South, West, North | |||
* Per the turn order, each player gets 4 tiles per turn, until each has 12 tiles | |||
* Finish the deal process by drawing one tile each, for 13 tiles in the hand | |||
* '''Dealer always gets first draw and discard''' | |||
=== Objective === | === Objective === | ||
On each turn, the player picks a new tile from the wall, then discards an unnecessary one. It is sometimes possible to call and pick up an opponent's discard instead of drawing from the wall. | On each turn, the player picks a new tile from the wall, then discards an unnecessary one. It is sometimes possible to call and pick up an opponent's discard instead of drawing from the wall. | ||