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Many rules of the game may be subject to various customization and house rules. Many simply resort towards allowing or disallowing certain rules and even [[yaku|hand patterns]]. Others involve different methods of enforcement and point values. | Many rules of the game may be subject to various customization and house rules. Many simply resort towards allowing or disallowing certain rules and even [[yaku|hand patterns]]. Others involve different methods of enforcement and point values. | ||
===Three | ===Three players=== | ||
{{main|Sanma}} | {{main|Sanma}} | ||
Sometimes, games can be played with three players, simply because four players are not available. | Sometimes, games can be played with three players, simply because four players are not available. There is a well-established modified version of the rules to accommodate this scenario. | ||
===Two | ===Two players=== | ||
{{main|Futari mahjong}} | {{main|Futari mahjong}} | ||
For any 1-on-1 situation, even | For any 1-on-1 situation, even two-players variations are possible. Two-player mahjong is most common in very old and/or erotic video games, and it is not commonly played with real tiles and human opponents. Variants that do exist for that purpose vary wildly, some using the full 136 tile set of 4-player mahjong, and others using only the 36 tiles of a single suit. | ||
===Five players=== | |||
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While rare, various people have devised rule variations to accommodate five players, as five is the only amount of prospective players above two that can't be divided into tables of 3 and 4 players. | |||
===Space Mahjong=== | ===Space Mahjong=== | ||
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A variant that is much more fast-paced, and considered more suited towards gambling, with the goal of 'sinking' the other players. | A variant that is much more fast-paced, and considered more suited towards gambling, with the goal of 'sinking' the other players. | ||
===Simplified variants for teaching=== | |||
There exist multiple simplified variants of mahjong that are meant as stepping stones for learning the full game, or for children to play. The [[Tibet rules]] are the most common of these teaching variants in the English-speaking community of Japanese mahjong. An alternative is [[Mahjong for Beginners (MansterSoft)|Mahjong for Beginners]] by MansterSoft. | |||
== Things to Know == | == Things to Know == | ||