A Mahjong Roguelike Played by Someone who has NO CLUE How to Play Mahjong

[@PruneauYT]

Hats off for jumping blindly into this rich universe, with a very humble approach!

[@OlexaYT]

Into a riich universe?

[@PruneauYT]

@@OlexaYT Mahjong in general.

[@CharlesDeuschle]

@@OlexaYT I appreciate the pun here.

[@ABC218_]

Tyler tries to figure out how to play Mahjong and it’s a rougelike. This is going to be a wild ride isn’t it

[@johnandrews9433]

Guy rewrites the title slightly into the comments section. Thinks it’s genius. Wow quite the ride indeed

[@bemmie6097]

I cant wait for the bleulike update

[@jakecristina54]

As a fan of Mahjong, I've been loving this demo for a while. Also your pairs don't matter until your hand is complete.

[@chrisfong8929]

I'm 45 and I've been playing Mahjong since I was 12. I would have thought Mahjong is way too complicated to implement as a roguelite. Having said that, you did a great job learning and playing this game. Your pronounciation was good too.

[@Spikeba11]

Wall means deck. Terminals are 1s and 9s. Honors are non-number tiles(winds and dragons). Chow is one suit run/straight(ONLY 3 long). Pung is one suit 3 of a kind. kong is one suit 4 of a kind. The two winds in the top left corner are worth more(they cycle, one changes every hand the other every 4) (no honors or terminals is just as rare as all honors. these are restrictions people often go for, there seems to be a trick about previously played pairs don't count for getting the ) It probably had 16 hands, see the note on the winds, every wind combination played once. I imagine not having the +5 discards every round from the Green Mahjong would make getting your preferred patterns lot harder. The pair on every play is added by the roguelike, normally only the last play has a pair. I think a lot of these patters are added by the roguelike Note: I am going off of the University of Michigan Mahjong Club rules as those are the rules I grew up with.

[@EpsilonRosePersonal]

In my, very limited experience, leaning mahjong is a lot more tractable once you realize it's using a lot of the same base mechanics as Poker, just very different names.

[@kellymicheal7256]

Not really sure what variation of mahjong rules the University of Michigan Mahjong Club uses, but a lot of the patterns are inspired by the "chinese official" mahjong rules, which have more than 80 patterns

[@Spikeba11]

@@EpsilonRosePersonal I learned Mahjong first so it is the other way around for me. I don't care for poker, Mahjong is ok.

[@doompotty]

This game slaps even if you don’t know mahjong. It’s pretty quick to pick up if you at least know poker.

[@adekox]

Been waiting for someone to play that game. Btw turn on the visible numbers (on tiles) in the settings makes it easier

[@flabort]

Yay! You took my recommendation. Glad to hear that I wasn't the only one to recommend it.

[@MotionlessApathy]

Bros pure rogue like skill and experience in other games helped him successfully stumble through it.

[@PPunktAlex]

Ah-Oh-Ten-Joe. Also Mahjong Soul has its own timed Mahjong-themed Balatro-y event thing.

[@real_arktic_foxxy]

Honestly that gamemode has to be a thing on its own. A Suika Mahjong game? I'll pay food money for a game like that. We are blessed to have Aotenjo and Sky's The Limit so far

[@PPunktAlex]

@@real_arktic_foxxy Can't forget Ultimahjong. Might've been solely because of that game that I found Aotenjo's music kinda lacking.

[@AreimaYT]

Honestly, it was really fun watching you learn mahjong. I knew nothing about mahjong before this video, but it definitely seemed like you learned pretty fast. Beating the allegations, Olexa. XD

[@roseravus4908]

Two of my favourite words in one title. Mahjong and roguelite

[@donnydmoney1055]

I love to play Hong kong Mahjong with my friends. Gotta love you suddenly covering something in my circle of interests!!! Thanks great vid!❤

[@StarchieHalo]

"Can i copy your homework balatro?"

[@Chozo1993]

Immediately downloaded the demo. Thanks for showcasing this one!

[@ItsTripleAGaming]

I love Riichi Mahjong so I'm looking forward to having a second stroke watching thus

[@WD_Gaster66]

Let's go, learning Mahjong with Tyler!

[@CalvinChikelue]

HIGHLY recommend Ultimahjong as well! Both are Day One purchases for me

[@Mooshi_Mooshi]

i love mahjong, i’m sad no one i’ve met knows it

[@Kraus-]

Olexa really juiced and squeezed those pungs.

[@dyretna681]

wow came in from learning how to code all day... brain melted a bit at intro haha

[@Kite]

Looking forward to your inevitable Majong content creator arc!

[@mcaelm]

It was kinda funny how he changed his deck to build around the three dots item and then he sold it next turn

[@joek0620]

I love rummy type games and mahjong is one of the best in this board game genre.

[@jayecornell3280]

As someone who recently learned Mahjong, I feel the struggle, so much!

[@redzeckx]

@OlexaYT most of the set names chow pung and Kong are basically pronounced without the last letter. at least in animes by the native speakers it was Pon, like pond without a d, kon like con artist, and cho, it's a long o. Also for later if there is richi it's reach ee. Hope that's a little helpful.

[@nuno1327]

Has a qingque star rail main my whole life i have been waiting for this

[@Ol.Cheese]

Man if I knew how easy it was to defeat my inner demons I wouldn't have spend all this money on therapy. Really Mahjong, you're telling me this now? What the Fu man.

[@sounkade41]

Olenki driving us insane with this one XD

[@aaronoziel409]

Punged up and mahjong pilled, he's so cracked

[@THExPOPEXIX]

at 7 mins you had me worried but caught on quick but then by 12 I am talking out loud at the screen...might not make it all the way thru this

[@Hiatuslacuna]

There are days where I think that Tyler needs a notebook when he plays games like these. Watching him suffer is also equally entertaining.

[@PhoenixNL72-DEGA-]

Mahjong = Basically a much more complex version of Rummikub or Rummy.

[@SilverionX]

Fun fact: Pung means small sack in Swedish, and in modern times it only has one use, which I'm sure you can guess.

[@redzeckx]

@OlexaYT your wall is basically your draw pile. You can't see it in this game but it's there. If you watched like 2 episodes of akagi you will understand so much more of the game and it's a great anime 😅 good luck.

[@duckner]

Can't you see it though? by clicking on the 110/137 numbers bottom right?

[@redzeckx]

@@duckner oh I have no clue I never played this game only actual mahjong ... That would be good to see the wall for trying to "count cards"

[@grynte1]

Finally a game i know as much as olexa xD

[@Phrostbitex]

Holy hell, I wouldn't have even made it out of the reading section of the tutorial.

[@nathantaylor4942]

Nothing better than a fresh Olexa Struggles.

[@Rakenama]

I’m crying in more ways than one right now

[@ryanwayne4737]

Earned a like for not knowing how to say the title in the intro. Keep it up!

[@iunacosta6620]

Its Balatro with extra steps, i like it

[@Sir-Taco]

I also don’t know how to play mahjong so I’m excited for the journey. You should play a lot of this then try to play normal mahjong would probably be funny

[@iconoclastic23]

You gotta get the Mahjong terminology right. When you play a set of bamboo tiles it's called a bamboozle. When you play the flowers set, it's called a floozie.

[@SorwestChannel]

Wait this was incredibly fun to watch? And its not Lingo? Julio is based 🔥

[@OlexaYT]

It’s almost like we play all kinds of cool games!

[@irExron]

Average Yakuza 100% experience

[@DocHogan]

To simplify Mahjong for us Westerners….basic Mahjong = gin rummy; add complications later.

[@Linkquest344]

He’s kinda cracked at Majong though

[@Bullraid]

Pung is 3 of a kind and kong 4 of kind so same number. But still need a pair as side

[@peterlyons5355]

When you order balatro from Temu 😂

[@DoubleBassX2]

7:39 Olexa speaking Chinese

[@hu5ky755]

looks kinda similar to balatro... which is not a bad thing

[@Mussicafunny]

I love this game :O

[@kkololp]

tyler, turn on numbers in setting!! love ya content

[@shadowofdeath8000]

Would love to see the end of the run of there is one... also... the hell is a mahjong?😅

[@real_arktic_foxxy]

When I first saw this i was very excited. Then when I played it i was a little disappointed because it uses Chinese rules instead of the Japanese Riichi rules. Its still a great game when I'm a beginner. There's another rogulike mahjong game called Sky's The Limit but it's more...it requires some knowledge of the game

[@Mbrazzers]

When you play a new game it makes me want to play it aswell, im so glad there are demo's or else i would be bankrupt haha

[@dahelliwill6699]

He's cracked

[@LasseKroner]

As someone whos played mahjong this hurts to watch...

[@Mr.Carrot]

Yo that's awesome

[@williamstaples8964]

How was this video 50 minutes I swear it ended in like five minutes how was I able to watch this with my attention span?

[@riccardomosena4162]

i only know the type of mahjong where you take off couple pieces from the board xD so, for me, this has only the tiles from the game ahahah

[@WCGamesOfficial]

Wait. Considering Mahjongg is just chinese poker... ...is this Chinese Balatro?

[@Erothaur]

As someone who actually does play mahjong, I found the idea of mahjong balatro pretty cool. Unfortunately the translation is pretty bad, and its difficult to figure out what some of the items are suppose to do.

[@hanifarroisimukhlis5989]

To be frank, translating poker idioms are also hard.

[@AresMartial]

It's literally Balatro

[@DocHogan]

“Crack”, “soap”, “news”, “pung”, “Kong”, “chow”….if there were such a thing as “comfort words” (also, verbal Tourette’s to the uninitiated)

[@jonduke4472]

I haven't played since my grandmother passed. This video unlocked an entire vocabulary that had laid dormant.

[@RealPeoplePerson]

Kong my pung, bro! 😵

[@L0g0Z0g0]

I see it tries to copy Balatro, but it doesn't make it any more understandable, what the hell is going on...

[@dicepudding]

Say pung again

[@LexiLex421]

Balatro but china

[@3emad.305]

5 minutes of the tutorial and i still not getting the game. That’s not good…

[@Igorious92]

After 50 minutes, I still don't understand what's going on 😅

[@silverwindfive757]

Not my game