Northwestern University Riichi Mahjong

Northwestern University Riichi Mahjong

Country	USA
Location	Evanston, IL
Inception	April 2018
Leader	Mitchell Smith President

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, meetups, and other details are freely available via Discord or by contacting Mitchell Smith.

Meetup Information

• Weekly, Wednesdays 6pm-12am
• Norris University Center (1999 Campus Dr. Evanston, IL 60208)
• Active September to June annually

Game Rules

Ruleset strictly adheres to Tenhou L0 Rules.

• Akadora - Ari. Nashi, if requested.
• Agariyame - Ari
• Chombo - Ari. Nashi, if requested.
• 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 general rule of thumb, any ruleset is allowed as long as there is unanimous agreement 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

Offline

Date	Event	Type	Players	Results	Ruleset	Source
2019/04/13	NURM 2019 Spring Open	Individual	17	First: Steve Augustin Second: Aaron Ebejer Third: Hirotaka Takeuchi	NURM Modified Official Ruleset	[1]

Netplay

Date	Event	Type	Players	Results	Ruleset	Source
2018/10/12	NURM Invitational	Individual	8	First: Mitchell "mwsmws22" Smith Second: incertia Third: Kon Aoki	NURM Modified Official Ruleset	[2]
2018/11/02	NURM Team Tournament	Team	12	First: Anthony "YuukiTheFlash" Wang, Mitchell "mwsmws22" Smith, Izuho Suzuki	Saki Teams Modified Official Ruleset	[3]

Notable Members/Alumni

Class	Name	Tenhou Rank	Status	Role	Description	Favorite Yaku	Favorite Saki Character
2002	KyuuAA	五段	Active	Club Regular	Head of Chicago Area Mahjong. Club regular attendee. Honorary class of 2002.	Chankan 搶槓	Usazawa Sae 臼沢塞
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	Inactive	Alumni	Founder of the current iteration of NURM. Former president. Administrator of the NURM online community.	Menzentsumo 門前清自摸和	Mihirogi Uta 三尋木咏
2019	incertia	四段	Inactive	Online Regular	Regular participant within the NURM online community. Active within USPML.	Riichi リーチ	Amae Koromo 天江衣
2021	Mitchell Smith mwsmws22	N/A	Active	President	Club President. Two time winner of NURM tournaments.	Sanshoku doukou 三色同刻	Kanbara Satomi 蒲原智美
2021	YuukiTheFlash	四段	Active	Vice President	Regular participant online and in person. Team ace, and summer session leader. Created this wiki page.	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.

Offline

Scorer	Date	Round	Yakuman	Method	Value	Source
YuukiTheFlash	2018/06/20	East 1	Kokushi Musou 国士無双	Ron:	32000	[4]
KyuuAA	2018/08/01	East 3	Suuankou 四暗刻	Tsumo:	48000	[5]
YuukiTheFlash	2018/10/10	South 4	Suuankou Tanki 四暗刻単騎	Ron:	48000	[6]
YuukiTheFlash	2018/11/07	South 2	Suuankou Tanki 四暗刻単騎	Ron:	32000	[7]
Izuho Suzuki	2019/03/20	South 4 Honba 2	Kokushi Musou 国士無双	Tsumo:	35600	[8]
Bill Wang	2020/01/22	East 3	Chuuren poutou 九連宝燈	Ron:	32000	[9]
Mitchell Smith	2020/02/12	South 4	Kokushi Musou 国士無双	Ron:	32000	[10]

Netplay

Scorer	Date	Round	Yakuman	Method	Value	Source
YuukiTheFlash	2018/08/31	South 2	Shousuushii 小四喜	Ron:	48000	[11]

External links

• Facebook Group
• Discord Server