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Every player's discard is organized and arranged in front of them. Per convention, players line up their discarded tiles in rows of six. This is not a necessary convention, but it is the preferred convention. The discard pile is used two-fold: as record of a player's discards, and as an indicator of ''safe-tiles'' for [[defense|defensive play]]. | Every player's discard is organized and arranged in front of them. Per convention, players line up their discarded tiles in rows of six. This is not a necessary convention, but it is the preferred convention. The discard pile is used two-fold: as record of a player's discards, and as an indicator of ''safe-tiles'' for [[defense|defensive play]]. | ||
===Furiten=== | |||
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The discard pile may indicate a player in '' | The '''furiten rule''' is a fairly complicated rule as it takes into account not just one's own set of discards, but it may also consider the other players' discards. The discard pile may indicate a player in '''furiten'''. If a player has a winning tile in the player's discard pile, then the player is in ''furiten''. This state of ''furiten'' is dubious as it disables the player's ability to win off a discard. In other words, the player cannot claim ''ron''. | ||
In addition, the disabling of ''ron'' by ''furiten'' applies to all winning tiles, not just a particular tile in the discard. If the player's hand looks like this: | In addition, the disabling of ''ron'' by ''furiten'' applies to all winning tiles, not just a particular tile in the discard. If the player's hand looks like this: | ||
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This example hand is a ''tenpai'' hand waiting three tiles . If any of those tiles are in the player's discard pile, then the player cannot claim ''ron''. A player can get out of ''furiten'' by changing the hand composition. | This example hand is a ''tenpai'' hand waiting three tiles . If any of those tiles are in the player's discard pile, then the player cannot claim ''ron''. A player can get out of ''furiten'' by changing the hand composition. | ||
==End of a hand== | ==End of a hand== | ||