How to Play Mah Jongg
Cross dominoes with bridge and you have mah jongg.
- Difficulty:
- Challenging
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- 4 Chairs
- Card Tables
- Pencils
- Dice
- Mah Jongg
- Mah Jongg Tiles
- Scoring Pads
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Have each player throw a pair of dice; the highest score becomes the dealer, or East. The other players, going clockwise, will be South, West and North.
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Starting with East, players draw 4 pieces at a time, moving to the left of the opening player, until each player has 12 pieces.
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3
Draw 1 tile more to make 13 in each player's hand.
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4
Arrange your tiles in order of suits, keeping them concealed from the other players.
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5
Discard, face up in the center of the table, any tile with the season or a flower on it, and draw a new tile from the wall.
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6
Begin the game with East discarding 1 piece face up and drawing a new tile from the wall.
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Move play clockwise, with South drawing and discarding next.
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8
Either take the tile discarded by the player on the right to make 3 of a kind or draw from the wall. If a player takes a discarded tile, he must use it at that time. The tile is dead once the next player discards.
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9
Have at least 13 playable tiles at all times. If a player has 4 of a kind, he will have an extra piece for each one; so if he has 2 kongs, he will have 15 playable tiles.
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10
Complete your hand either by drawing the final necessary piece or by taking a discard to form a pung. A winning hand will consist of 1 pair and 4 sets of 3 - either a sequence of 3 consecutive suit tiles (called a chow) or 3 identical tiles (a pung).
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Lay your tiles down and total everyone's scores. The winner deals the next hand.
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12
Play 16 hands for a complete game.
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