Northwestern University Riichi Mahjong

Northwestern University Riichi Mahjong

Country	USA
Location	Evanston, IL
Inception	April 2018
Leader	鳥星雨 Founder

Northwestern University Riichi Mahjong ruleset
Kuitan, atozuke	ari-ari
Starting points	25,000
Ending points (Target)	30,000
Negative score	Game Ends
Oka (total ante)	20000 (5000 per player)
Multiple win cases	Double Ron Ari
Call precedence	Pon overrides Chii
Dora settings	All
Renchan setting	Tenpai-Renchan
Abortive draws	All
Specific House rules	Any variable rules, upon agreement

Northwestern University Riichi Mahjong (NURM), is a Riichi mahjong club within the Chicagoland area, based in Evanston, Illinois at Northwestern University. Regular meetups are held at Northwestern University's Evanston campus on a weekly basis during the academic school year and during the summer. The group has been active since its inception in April 2018, and is supported by Chicago Area Mahjong.

Any and all players who are interested are welcome to join, regardless of skill level. While NURM is built around NU students, we also regularly host non-NU players. Information about events, transportation and parking, and other details are freely available by contacting 鳥星雨.

Meetup Information

Meetup Schedule: Weekly, Wednesdays 6pm-12am

• School Year Session (September to June) - Norris University Center (1999 Campus Dr. Evanston, IL 60208)
• Summer Session (June to September) - Starbucks (1734 Sherman Ave. Evanston, IL 60208)

Tenhou Schedule: Weekly, Fridays 6pm-10pm

• Lobby 3003, voice chat on Discord

Game Rules

Primary Usage of Tenhou Rules

• Akadora - Ari. Nashi, if requested.
• Agariyame - Ari
• Chombo - Casual, Variable
• Double ron - Ari
• Double yakuman - Nashi
• Kazoe yakuman - Ari
• Kokushi ankan - Nashi
• Kuikae - Nashi
• Multiple yakuman - Ari
• Open riichi - Nashi
• Ryanhan shibari - Nashi
• Sekinin barai to daiminkan - Nashi
• Sekinin barai to yakuman - Ari
• Shaakyoku - Ari
• Tochuu ryuukyoku - Ari
• Triple ron - Nashi
• Yakitori - Nashi
• Yaku - Standard list

The complete ruleset can be found here. As a rule of general rule of thumb, any rule set is allowed as long as there is agreement among all four players at a given table.

Game Records

Northwestern University Riichi Mahjong records stats of final points and placements of all 4-Player full hanchans completed during club play. Rankings of players and statistics are available to view upon request by club members. Matches played for fun (using other rule sets), and those played with beginner players (chombo off) are excluded from league records.

Tournaments

Tenhou.net

Date	Event	Type	Players	Results	Ruleset	Source
2018/10/12	NURM Invitational	Individual	8	First: Mitchell Smith Second: Will Song Third: Kon Aoki	NURM Modified Official Ruleset	[1]
2018/11/02	NURM Team Tournament	Team	12	First: Anthony Wang, Mitchell Smith, Izuho Suzuki	Saki Teams Modified Official Ruleset	[2]

Notable Members/Alumni

Class	Name	Tenhou Rank	Status	Role	Description	Favorite Yaku	Favorite Saki Character
2014	D.Sierra	五段	Inactive	Alumni	Founder of the first iteration of NURM. Now plays with LAPOM.	Pinfu 平和	N/A
2018	鳥星雨	三段	Active	Administrator	Founder of the current iteration of NURM. Current representative and administrator. Host of NURM Friday night Tenhou sessions.	Sanankou 三暗刻	Tsuruta Himeko 鶴田姫子
2021	YuukiTheFlash	四段	Active	Vice President	Club member, ran the club during 2018 Summer Session. Created/designed the Northwestern University Riichi Mahjong wiki.	Ippatsu 一発	Onjouji Toki 園城寺怜

Yakuman List

The following is a list of all yakuman scored during club play or tournaments hosted by NURM. Though the yakuman must be scored within a NURM meeting or event, all attendees, including those who are not NU students, are eligible for this list.

Real Tiles

Scorer	Date	Round	Yakuman	Method	Value	Source
YuukiTheFlash	2018/06/20	East 1	Kokushi Musou 国士無双	Ron:	32000	[3]
KyuuAA	2018/08/01	East 3	Suuankou 四暗刻	Tsumo:	48000	[4]
YuukiTheFlash	2018/10/10	South 4	Suuankou Tanki 四暗刻単騎	Ron:	48000	[5]

Tenhou.net

Scorer	Date	Round	Yakuman	Method	Value	Source
YuukiTheFlash	2018/08/31	South 2	Shousuushii 小四喜	Ron:	48000	[6]

External links

• Facebook Group
• Discord Server