mahjong 13 tiles
Mahjong is a game that entails four players. At the start of the game, a player is the dealer. The meaning of the dealer lies in that he can have 14 tiles, while other players can only have 13 ones.The game is over after each of the four players has acted as the dealer in turn for four times.
The purpose of Mahjong is to gather together four sequences or triplets with 14 tiles, plus a couple of pairs (few special points are not composed of sequences and triplets, see the introduction about points below). Each sequence or triplet is composed of three tiles, while the pair of two same tiles. The so-called sequence consists of three tiles of consecutive numbers, such as Character Three, Character Four and Character Five, while the so-called triplet of three same tiles. The one that first gathers together four sequences or triplets and a couple of pairs (or special points) wins. The other three must give the winner money in different amounts according to points.
At the start of the game, the dealer discards the most useless tile, while all other three players are entitled to have the discarded tile. The dealer’s opponent on the right (player on the right) has the right to chow, pong or kong that tile, while the other two players can only pong or kong it. To chow means that if you want to gather together a sequence, and you already have two tiles of the sequence, for example, you already have Bamboo Four and Bamboo Five, while your opponent on the left happens to discard Bamboo Three, you can chow it to gather together a sequence. To pong means that if you want to gather together a triplet, and you already have two tiles of the triplet, for instance, you have had two tiles of Dot Nine, you can pong if anyone discards Dot Nine. To kong means that if you already have a closed triplet, say, you already have three tiles of Character Five, you can kong if anyone discards Character Five. If the players want to chow, pong and kong at the same time, the one wanting to pong or kong has the priority. Anyone that chows, pongs or kongs must expose the tiles chowed, ponged or konged without making any change. If one discards a tile, but nobody chows, pongs or kongs, the opponent on the right can withdraw a tile from the stack, which is called drawing. There is another situation of kong:if you have an triplet(exposed or closed), say, you already have three tiles of Dragon Green but you draw a tile of Dragon Green when drawing, you can also kong. The player konging tiles must withdraw a tile from the end of the stack. Of course, no matter whether you chow, pong or draw, you must discard a tile after the action to maintain 13 tiles.
After the tiles in your hand are all useful and you only need the fourteenth one to win, and now you are in the stage of ready hand. For example, you have gathered together three sequences, a triplet and a tile of East Wind, you can declare a win if anyone discards or you self-draw a tile of East Wind (you have to gather together special tiles in case of winning special points). In many cases, you can wait for more than one necessary tile, which will grant you more opportunities to win. For example, if you have gathered together two sequences, a triplet and a couple of pairs, and there remains an incomplete sequence of Character Two and Character Three, you may wait for Character One or Character Four to win.
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Reviews (30)
This is a great app. Good graphics, user friendly. Very easy to pick tiles and pung/ chow/Kong. Unfortunately the scoring system is unknown to the many Europeans that still play the original classical chinese. A list of all the points available with the option to switch them on or off individually would attract lots of new players. I would pay for an app as smooth running as this that used the scoring system outlined by Millington
Won't open after first time. Otherwise great. A pronunciation guide would be helpful
Fun to play, but two issues: 1-often resets to game beginning if you open another app & 2-suggested discards are questionable, which does not help beginners understand what tiles are best to discard. The game play is quick, fun, and not bad if you know the game well and have zero interruptions. Consider a "save game" option.
Easy to use controls and the instructions for the game are explained fairly well but is a bit overwhelming to read at first. The graphics are good, sound is good as well. The ads are non obtrusive which is great and makes for seamless gameplay.
To everyone who says it is difficult to win, it is actually very easy to win. In fact, my one criticism is that it seems too easy to win. This version is very fun and a bit addicting, but it would be nice if there was a difficulty setting, because right now, I'm winning >90% of the time... That is fun at first, but soon you will want more of a challenge. Thanks developers!
Great game.Easy to play and friendly.
I like it it is fun. I like the options to play in Mandarin (simplified and traditional) because I understand better in Mandarin. Has English option for English speakers too. Some discard options are questionable (like chosing not to win) but not really a problem if you know what you are doing.
Well made game. However, some bugs are nonetheless still present. For instance, when you can pong a tile, it does not check thereafter if you can chow that same tile. This double layer check is required to better improve the game.
I wanted to learn this game after seeing it played, and this app is great for that. As a beginner, I don't quite understand the scoring system yet, but I'm still enjoying my experience. The only ads are in a small bar on the top of the screen and I barely notice them.
Ad blocked game and could never play after 1 set. Too many bugs that flip tiles so you barely ever get a good hand. I know how to play, but the algorithm for drawing tiles is against you and gives your opponents the better tiles.
Perfect app to play MCR. Challenging but fair AI. Great way to learn the rules of the game. Encoutered only 1 case where it misscounts scores slightly. Add loading sometimes messes up the playing field.
Although there are alot of examples, someone who is not familiar with this style of mahjong are always unsure if they already have 4 points to game. Each flower is a point, but we cannot see how many flowers we have. A close kong is shown with 4 covered tiles. Imagine we have a 1 and 3 bamboo to chow and the covered kong is a 2 bamboo, we will wait forever.
Excellent game. some bugs: (1) with one open quad and one closed quad, we only get 3 points (Open Quad and Closed Quad), where we should get 6 points (Closed Quad and Two Open Quads). (2) when our hand is like [123789p 123789s WW], two of [Edge Sequences] and two of [Two Suits Sequences] are counted and we get 4 points, where one of them should be omitted and only 3 points be counted. Same bugs when [234567p 234567m WW] etc.
I'm just learning Mahjong, and I found this app very easy to use, and extremely helpful. It's well designed, and the small ads aren't obtrusive or annoying.
It's a simple mahjong game, but fun. Wish it came with more explanation on the scoring and calculations Also excellent when you want to practice your mahjong skill
Most user-friendly Mahjong app out here. Only disappointing that it's restricted to a single rule, you can't play HK style or Rīchi style. If you could then this could be the best Mahjong app found on mobile
The app doesn't let me decide my own move. Even the cards are already arranged when you start the game. It will suggest you what your next move is. It's like playing like a robot. I love the game but I don't like this version.
Best Mahjong qnd best App ever. The game is straight forward, fun, accurate, informative, orthodox, user frienly, beautifuly designed, and best of all, ads are refrained and not obnoxious.
Great offline game to past time. I don't usually give 5 stars but this game is quite fun with the Chinese audio and English word.
Very good for practice 👍
Love the app except for the adds. Happy to pay to get rid of them. Then I would give 5 stars.
Clean layout, large format easy to learn and play. Best app!
best mahjong app ever played. too bad it only plays on android 7 device. no luck for 5.1 or lower.
pretty fun, i wish it had the option to choose what style of mahjong we played but its still very fun nonetheless
Fun game. Please show the flower tiles. Can't view it during the game.
I wish it didn't show ads while playing. Otherwise a fine game!
Nice game. Having fun without worry about playing online with others. Paly n stop whenever I want.
Awesome game. Since adding the "Resume" option this game is the best! Great practice for Mahjong night! Thanks Posey!
This game is very bad.it s have so many bugs and can't play even 1 second!!!!!!
As far as the overall experience, it's the best four player mahjong I've found yet. However, the bots are incredibly easy to beat and I see no way to change the difficulty. I am a beginner player so it was quite a surprise. I would absolutely change to five stars if there was an option to change difficulty.