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== Rules summary == | == Rules summary == | ||
{{Main|Japanese mahjong}} | |||
Japanese mahjong is quite complex with its many rules and special cases. This section provides an overview of the game, but a beginner will not be ready to play after reading just this. They should follow up with a tutorial linked below under ''[[#Learning to play|Learning to play]]''. | Japanese mahjong is quite complex with its many rules and special cases. This section provides an overview of the game, but a beginner will not be ready to play after reading just this. They should follow up with a tutorial linked below under ''[[#Learning to play|Learning to play]]''. | ||
=== Game setup === | === Game setup === | ||
Mahjong is played by four players with a set of 136 tiles. These tiles work similar to playing cards: There are three suits with numbered tiles from 1 to 9, and some suitless honor tiles. There are four copies of each individual tile in the set. | Mahjong is played by four players with a set of 136 tiles. These tiles work similar to playing cards: There are three suits with numbered tiles from 1 to 9, and some suitless honor tiles. There are four copies of each individual tile in the set. |