Arushiiaru mahjong
Arushiiaru mahjong 「アルシーアル麻雀 or アルシャル麻雀」 is a Japanese mahjong variant predating modern riichi mahjong.
Equipment and setup
All rules of modern riichi mahjong apply, with the following changes:
- All tenbou have tenth of their usual value. Only the 500 point, 100 point and 10 point sticks are used.
- All players start with 2000 points:
- Two 500 point sticks
- Nine 100 point sticks
- Ten 10 point sticks
- Two dice casts are used during the deal.
- There are no dora. Thus, no dora indicator is flipped on the dead wall.
Play
All rules of modern riichi mahjong apply, with the following changes:
- The game is played for all 4 rounds.
- There is no riichi.
- There is no iihanshibari; you can win without a yaku.
- There is no tenpai renchan or noten bappu.
- There are no honba.
Scoring
There is no bazoro. Thus, different scoring tables are used:
| Han/Fu | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 80
(20/40) |
120
(30/60) |
160
(40/80) |
200
(50/100) |
240
(60/120) |
280
(70/140) |
320
(80/160) |
360
(90/180) |
| 1 | 160
(40/80) |
240
(60/120) |
320
(80/160) |
400
(100/200) |
480
(120/240) |
560
(140/280) |
640
(160/320) |
720
(180/360) |
| 2 | 320
(80/160) |
480
(120/240) |
640
(160/320) |
800
(200/400) |
960
(240/480) |
1120
(280/480) |
1280
(320/640) |
1440
(360/720) |
| 3 | 640
(160/320) |
960
(240/480) |
1280
(320/640) |
1600
(400/800) |
1920
(480/960) |
2000
(500/1000) | ||
| 4 | 1280
(320/640) |
1920
(480/960) |
2000
(500/1000) | |||||
| Mangan
5 |
2000
(500/1000) | |||||||
| Han/Fu | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 120
(40) |
180
(60) |
240
(80) |
300
(100) |
360
(120) |
420
(140) |
480
(160) |
540
(180) |
| 1 | 240
(80) |
360
(120) |
480
(160) |
600
(200) |
720
(240) |
840
(280) |
960
(320) |
1080
(360) |
| 2 | 480
(160) |
720
(240) |
960
(320) |
1200
(400) |
1440
(480) |
1680
(560) |
1920
(640) |
2160
(720) |
| 3 | 960
(320) |
1440
(480) |
1920
(640) |
2400
(800) |
2880
(960) |
3000
(1000) | ||
| 4 | 1920
(640) |
2880
(960) |
3000
(1000) | |||||
| Mangan
5 |
3000
(1000) | |||||||
Yaku
The list of yaku is reduced. Some yaku have differences in value and definition.
1 han yaku
- Yakuhai
- Tanyao
- Pinfu
- Open pinfu allowed. Pinfu tsumo is not allowed and is counted as 22 fu.
- Honitsu
- Toitoi
- Ittsuu
- Chanta
- Sanankou
- Haitei
- Rinshan
- Shousangen
- Chankan
3 han yaku
Mangan (2000/3000 points)
- Suuankou
- Daisangen
- Kokushi
- Suushiihou
- Tsuuiisou
- Chinroutou
- Chuuren
- Junsei only.
- Tenhou
- Chiihou
- Win from the dealer's first discard.