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==Game development history== | ==Game development history== | ||
Mahjong overall is only a 100 year old game or so. Originating in China, the game managed to spread across the country, East Asia, and even to the United States during the 1920s. The riichi variant itself only started emerging in Japan after World War 2. The modern variant today | Mahjong overall is only a 100 year old game or so. Originating in China, the game managed to spread across the country, East Asia, and even to the United States during the 1920s. The riichi variant itself only started emerging in Japan after World War 2. The modern variant today began in the 1960's, while the addition of red 5's started appearing in the 1980's. | ||
===Main differences=== | ===Main differences=== | ||