Riichi Book 1: Difference between revisions

'''Riichi Book 1''' is a "mahjong strategy primer for [[EMA|European players]]".  Written by [[Daina Chiba]], it is a free online guide written in English and is often cited as go-to source for game improvement among the Western player base. The material is aimed to help players learn the game beyond [[yaku]] and perhaps attain [[Tenhou.net ranking|tokujou]] level status on the Tenhou ladder.  

The bulk of the material covers the third item.

The majority of this section points readers to Tenhou.net, as it was the most popular online site for riichi mahjong at the time of publication.  To this day, it still is.  However, the addition of [[Majsoul]] gives the platform some added competition.  Though, Majsoul did not even exist at the time.

The third section covers just under half of the book. The central issue stems on the decision to either push or fold.  By push, this refers to continuing to build the hand to tenpai.  Fold points generally points towards [[defense]].  A hand looking to push or fold looks at conditions regarding its value, wait pattern, and shanten state.

It is suggested to know the projected value of the hand, even before winning it.  Naturally, this is only possible with the familiarity of the game's complicated scoring system.  Score based decisions factor into various game decisions.  This subsection breaks down the different components to knowing hand scores as well as some short cuts.  Overall, it takes practice to learn the scoring table enough, to utilize for in-game decision making.