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 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
Play
The game is played for all 4 wind rounds.
Kuikae is allowed.
There is no riichi.
There is no 1 han minimum; you can win without a yaku.
Furiten only affects dicarded/skipped tiles; other waits can be ronned.
There are no noten payments, no honba, and tenpai renchan is disabled.
There is no sekinin barai.
Scoring
Fu
Fu functions normally, except pinfu tsumo is 22 fu and open pinfu is 20 fu.
Han
There are no dora.
Scoring tables
| Han/Fu | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | --
-- |
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
(280/560) |
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 | --
-- |
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
1 han yaku
- Yakuhai
- Tanyao
- Pinfu, open pinfu allowed, pinfu tsumo not allowed
- 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
Optional and obsolete rules
Furiten
Player can declare to be in furiten, when reaching tenpai. After this call, the player can ron the discarded tile.
Honba
A rule similar to honba can be used:
- Each renchan adds 300 points to the winning hand.
- During renchan, the rule of iihanshibari is used.
Scoring
Fu may optionally not be rounded up. In this case, the final score can be rounded up, or 2 point sticks can be used.
References
- Mahjong association of Japan
- Kanai, Shozo & Farell, Margaret. Mah Jong for Beginners, based on the Rules and Regulations of the Mah Jong Association of Japan. Tuttle publishing: 1952.