There's a variety of different ways to play, depending on what style you're playing:

Cantonese
Taiwanese
etc.. etc..

Some differences between them include how many tiles you're allowed in your "deck" and how money is counted. If you're curious how to play I suggest the Gundam mahjong game for NDS if you have one and a supercard/R4.

General similarities:

Pong = When another player discards a card (ex: 3 of sticks), and you have 2 in your deck, you can call "Pong" and take the discarded card. Set it aside with your 2. Then discard a card.

Chi = When the player before your turn discards a card (ex: 2 of pies?), and you have a sequence with that tile, you may call "Chi". Take discarded card and pie of 1 & 3 OR 3 & 4, and set it aside.


I hope that's clear enough?

But best way really is to play a game, and have someone who knows how to play to sit beside you and teach as you play.

Thirteen waist ftw

thirteen waist is ftw...HAHAHAHAHA

Gundam Mahjong is horrible..slow....Mahjong Fight Club is where its at for JP mahjong..

im into TW style...cantonese MJ is slow..once u play the TW way...the HK way seems dull..
the so called "chicken" for canto can turn around and be huge in TW...
i foudn once i got goof at TW style, Canto style was too easy to win

i still dont get it

they have actual mahjong on yahoo, not just the stacking puzzle game. good place to learn b/c most suck on there.

i'll teach u, just bring cash for your tuition :D

i'll teach you as well :bigthumb:

haha werd. what an odd game

it's like learning how to play big2. with a twist. and points. and alcohol is necessary AFTER you've learned... Then again, i've retired from the game.. :(

ROFL It's ok WilsonSo13, I don't know how to play MJ either

Big 2 for the fucking win! hahah

Argh, I was trying to explain it in words, but it's too complicated to write out the rules/instructions.

The wikipedia article isn't too bad.

Yeah, it's best to just learn in person.

get an english mahjong set =)

MJ is fun. Play strip MJ

MJ FTW !!

The fastest way to learn mj is to have someone teach you while you are playing it !!


fyi you will need to know the writing of 1 to 9 in chinese !! and North West South East also

dam i wanan learn :(

i pwn in MJ
hahaha

i almost scored my first

niku niku two way combo the other night...
sigh.....
and it was "broken waist", "door clear" and "dai ping"

ahahahah