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[[Image:Dora and Wanpai.jpg|thumb|350px|Dead wall showing 2-pin as the dora indicator.]]'''Dora''' {{kana|ドラ}} are special tiles; each dora in your hand grants 1 [[han]]. However, '''hands still require at least one [[yaku]] in order to score'''. Dora do not count towards the yaku requirement, so they are best considered as a bonus. | [[Image:Dora and Wanpai.jpg|thumb|350px|Dead wall showing 2-pin as the dora indicator.]]'''Dora''' {{kana|ドラ}} are special tiles; each dora in your hand grants 1 [[han]]. However, '''hands still require at least one [[yaku]] in order to score'''. Dora do not count towards the yaku requirement, so they are best considered as a bonus. | ||
At the beginning of every hand, fourteen tiles are set aside as the dead wall tiles. One dead wall tile is then flipped over. The tile sequentially after the flipped tile is considered dora. Additional dora may be revealed through [[kan]], known as '''kandora'''. Also, hands | At the beginning of every hand, fourteen tiles are set aside as the dead wall tiles. One dead wall tile is then flipped over. The tile sequentially after the flipped tile is considered dora. Additional dora may be revealed through [[kan]], known as '''kandora'''. Also, hands that declare [[riichi]] may score extra '''uradora'''. | ||
== Dora Indicators == | == Dora Indicators == | ||
{{Main|Wanpai}} | {{Main|Wanpai}} | ||
For every hand, fourteen tiles are always set aside to form the '''dead wall''', or '''wanpai''' {{kana|王牌}}. One of these tiles, the third from the initial wall break as shown in the picture, is always flipped over to indicate the dora. The tile after the flipped "dora indicator" is the dora itself. | For every hand, fourteen tiles are always set aside to form the '''dead wall''', or '''wanpai''' {{kana|王牌}}. One of these tiles, the third from the initial wall break as shown in the picture, is always flipped over to indicate the dora. The tile after the flipped "dora indicator" is the dora itself. For example, if 1-man is the dora indicator, then 2-man is the dora itself. | ||
The following lists the complete dora order. Note that the order loops around, and that doras do not "cross-indicate" tiles of another suit. | The following lists the complete dora order. Note that the order loops around, and that doras do not "cross-indicate" tiles of another suit. | ||
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:{{#mjt:567z}} If the dora indicator is {{#mjt:7z}}, then the dora is {{#mjt:5z}}. | :{{#mjt:567z}} If the dora indicator is {{#mjt:7z}}, then the dora is {{#mjt:5z}}. | ||
== | == Multiple Dora == | ||
Dora stack; a hand can have as many dora as it can fit into the hand. | |||
In the event a dora indicator is repeated | In the event a dora indicator is repeated, then the dora tile will be worth one han per repeated dora indicator. | ||
''' | '''Examples:''' | ||
* Dora indicators | * Dora indicators | ||
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A single {{#mjt:6s}} is worth 2 han. | A single {{#mjt:6s}} is worth 2 han. | ||
* Dora indicator | |||
: {{#mjt:4p}} | |||
A single {{#mjt:0p}} is worth 2 han - one as a regular dora, one as an [[#Akadora|akadora]]. | |||
==Other types of dora== | ==Other types of dora== | ||
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Casual games will simply flip the kan dora immediately after kan. Others will differentiate between the kan types. | Casual games will simply flip the kan dora immediately after kan. Others will differentiate between the kan types. | ||
*Open kans (both damiminkan and shouminkan) only reveal the dora | *Open kans (both damiminkan and shouminkan) only reveal the dora indicator after a discard, or after the next kan. | ||
*Closed kans (ankan) reveal the dora | *Closed kans (ankan) reveal the dora indicator immediately. | ||
===Uradora=== | ===Uradora=== | ||
'''Uradora''' {{kana|裏ドラ}}, or '''underneath dora''', are used whenever a hand wins with [[riichi]]. Therefore, no open hand may ever have access to the ura dora. In the event that any riichi-declaring hand wins, the tiles underneath the dora indicator(s) are revealed. These newly revealed tiles serve as additional dora indicators. | '''Uradora''' {{kana|裏ドラ}}, or '''underneath dora''', are used whenever a hand wins with [[riichi]]. Therefore, no open hand may ever have access to the ura dora. In the event that any riichi-declaring hand wins, the tiles underneath the dora indicator(s) are revealed. These newly revealed tiles serve as additional dora indicators. | ||
For each kandora revealed, the hand gets an additional uradora | For each kandora revealed, the hand gets an additional uradora indicator. These are known as '''kanuradora''' {{kana|カン裏ドラ}}. | ||
===Akadora=== | ===Akadora=== | ||