BASIC Riichi Mahjong Guide for Beginners (video games)

[@TheApache101]

This has got to be one of the most confusing games known to man.

[@marzblaq7267]

It’s a game that is easy to learn, definitely hard to master. Consider me an expert 😁

[@FowardShift]

try Shogi

[@judy3827]

@@FowardShift that's just spicy chess

[@doomdude69]

Shogi is chess with extra steps. Mahjong is poker with extra steps.

[@BriaZaku]

Mate, I could literally use every bullshit mahjong tactics known to mankind and the computer will still be like "Oh cool, anyways Tsumo"

[@jaydee6675]

Amirite!? It’s like , it has a knack for winning when it comes this type of games.

[@szeltovivarsydroxan9944]

Or, worse, "Ron"!

[@BeterBorker]

Its similar to a turkish game called "okay" which is actually easy to understand. you got numbers in four different colors and need sequences or pairs, triplets etc to win. oh you ALSO get jokers which can be used as any number (1-2-J-4 or 1-1-J). They should use this dumber version for video games

[@elpasa9308]

@@BeterBorker That's just plain old cards mate

[@JohnGraves1985]

@@BeterBorker Because these games are set in Japan, and Richii Mahjong is a Japanese variant of Mahjong.

[@zuxx00]

Me: I'll play this Mahjong mini game. How hard could it be... Tutorial: 1/30 pages. Me: Ah fuck...

[@moopymaster283]

This is a fantastic explanation, especially for beginners, as tutorials on the internet or in games frequently overcomplicate or minimize the knowledge required to play. Thank you for putting this together.

[@Vintagesonic1]

Ok... After watching this video like 7 times, and countless other videos, I think I finally know the bare minimum on how to play the game. I don't understand everything, but I think I get the very basics on how to win... I hope. Now, I can hopefully get the platinum trophy for Judgement.

[@windy4566]

Did you get it?

[@DEEBGaming-tu4dq]

@@windy4566 he probably didn’t he can’t even write the name of the game right it is judgment not judgEment

[@blueish5063]

@@DEEBGaming-tu4dq Damn bro, who hurt you?

[@CidGuerreiro1234]

@@DEEBGaming-tu4dq To be fair, judgEment is also an accepted spelling for the word in British English.

[@MrTheKamir]

puyo puyo tetris is way worse than mahjong in Judgment imo

[@paulalvinbuquiron5698]

Yakuza Kiwami 2 brought me here... but then I found the peerless tile

[@Scottsgamerlounge]

Where is the tile? I need it lol

[@Scottsgamerlounge]

Nvm found it :p

[@stampiboy1]

Good you need 30 of them to complete competition list and you given only 3 true playthrough and THEY DON'T STACK UP

[@Leo-hc9yd]

You‘re a legend thank you so much for everything

[@keith7261]

Omg, you actually helped me understand what tf ‘dora’ meant. I think Im starting to get a basic understanding of Mahjong finally, and now the judgement platinum trophy doesn’t took as daunting of a task. This game is actually really fun once you get a grasp on how to play.

[@a_blind_sniper]

I love that guided game at the end explaining your actions and thoughts! Exactly what i needed.

[@MR_Nickanator]

I watched so many videos but yours actually helped, thank you. Well done.

[@AbyxGaming]

Glad it helped! Good luck on the game :)

[@dzikidzikers4082]

Thank you so much. Now I understand what's going on in a game. After I watched your video i've got my first win on a first try on easy(With a dora and a red dragon).

[@AbyxGaming]

Glad I could help!

[@47ejecting2]

Excellent video. I understand that Yakuza/Judgment are Japanese games and that mahjong is complex, but terms like "dora" are criminally undefined in the 30pp. tutorial. It was good to follow along with your thought process in the end and see some of the strategy behind play.

[@weeaboojones2451]

I got the platinum for kiwami 2 by just using riichi without stealing tiles, this video will definitely help me with kiwami and 0 which are much harder, thanks man

[@abbas6075]

thank you for this video. this minigame is just something else

[@StardustCrusader18]

OH MY GOD MAN YOURE THE ONLY PERSON I ACTUALLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE HELL HE WAS TALKING ABOUT!!!Thank you so much bro. By the way your voice.. Are you okay? Not trying to be rude just genuinely concerned.

[@AbyxGaming]

Thanks man! Glad to help. Yes. I've got a damaged vocal chord, but everything is fine. Been like that since birth, so, kinda got used to it. :)

[@StardustCrusader18]

@@AbyxGaming I felt so hopeless and I was about to give up because I kept losing no matter what I did. But after I watched your video I actually won the whole match! Thank you again so much. Looks like I can still get the platinum. I hope the other minigames aren't as confusing and hard as this one.. I'll go crazy lol

[@jonarusso9768]

You saved my life bro!! Great explanation! I only have on question. Why don't you Chi that 1 Character? I didn't get the difference between that time and when you Pon of the Red Dragon. I know that the Red Dragon meld means more points, but how that double Chi of the 1's would affect your winning chance? It's another penalty like the firs time that banned the 1's and 9's?(Key Tip by the way 🤯). Thanks!!

[@DragonD_Dojima]

This game was created by evil spirits to torment Yakuza fans

[@whosewell6918]

*Get the starting hand* Hey, this looks very good! i can win this one! *Bot left of me calls riichi in the first discard* are you serious? *i discard* Bot: ron! -my game, way too often for my liking

[@TrilexMM]

Thank you very much mahjong became fun when I understood it

[@kintarusama]

awesome guide! time to apply it to kiwami!

[@kintarusama]

damn bro literally won my first ever mahjong game on kiwami after watching ur guide, thx

[@AbyxGaming]

Glad this helped ya!

[@dolevmazker736]

I reall like majhong i the yakuza series and saw your video on this, was very fun and educational

[@dragonriderjc9874]

ERROR ON OPEN AND CONSEALED HANDS CHAPTER: 8:04 Mixed Triple Chi, Pure Straight, Outside Hand, Half Flush Terminal in All Groups, and Full Flush are not blocked during an open hand, but their value will be cut by 1 when open

[@SmooviesTV]

This video was great! I almost didn't click it because neither 'Yakuza' or 'LAD' were in the title (I'm playing 7)

[@szeltovivarsydroxan9944]

I always have seat wind, when I get up from my couch after sitting for 3 hours. I often have to open the window after that.

[@bulletpunchh5549]

very good video!! thanks a lot

[@ILickPanda]

This minigame alone requires a full on scholarship just to understand it. No wonder the Asian people are so smart with their way too complicated board games

[@mikexbox1]

What a fantastic video! Thank you!

[@tylerperez4861]

Welp…. Guess I’m not fighting Shin Amon

[@gggood9958]

I CANT EVEN BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF MY ENEMY. HOLY FUCK

[@jaydee6675]

Thanks! This was very educational and very helpful a lot!

[@Shuaiguy13]

Theres something i dont understand in the gameplay at the end of the video. When it showed the score at 15:50, the Dora on the actual board was a green dragon. How did it change to red dragon all of a sudden?

[@sedfer411]

13:46 Can someone explain why he can’t win with 1s and 9s? If he goes for Tanyao, he isn’t allowed to have winds either. The only reason he had yaku is red dragon. Am I missing something?

[@MustObeyTheTacoMan]

You're right, he could win with ones and nines because he eventually gets the red dragon. Calling the norths when they are not the seat or round wind almost put that hand in a position to not have a yaku. The second red dragon bailed out the hand. Usually you wouldn't call the norths unless you had a plan like going for a half flush or all triplets. Or already having a Pon of dragons. Keeping them for a pair is usually ok as the rest of your hand develops and then later if they aren't useful as your pair they are usually relatively safe tiles to discard.

[@greggknight8812]

Yes. It's totally random

[@Skreppatada]

the pic u show at 5:03 is not in description :madge:

[@AnomalyVoid]

I've played well over 30 games at this point while listening to guides. I feel like I should have won by accident at this point. Why is this game such bullshit.

[@CidGuerreiro1234]

Late response but it's pretty much impossible to win by accident. You need at least some notion of what you're doing.

[@AnomalyVoid]

@@CidGuerreiro1234 Late but wrong, I ended up winning all the Yakuza 0 achievements for Riichi Mahjong by brute force. It can be done, games of chance will eventually deal you overwhemling winning hands. Even if it takes....far more time than I'm willing to disclose.

[@CidGuerreiro1234]

@@AnomalyVoid I assume you eventually got the hang of it, at least to some extent, so it wasn't an accident.

[@pianodamecantabile]

Thanks for this video! I learned a different way of playing mahjong so I had to look up the Japanese way in Yakuza game. And thanks for the chart!!

[@AbyxGaming]

Hope this helps ya :)

[@TheMosquitoHunter]

Allright thanks to your video now I'm at least able to understand what to do and win. Problem is always go out with low scores, almost always 1000 points, which isn't enough to win the substory... guess I will have to look at the cheatsheet

[@stevenliang3213]

To increase the value of your hand, don’t call tiles and try to form a hand with multiple Yakus. For example, Richi, tanyao, and pinfu are a common combination. Add a few Doras and you got a good hand. You still have to win though. 😆 Or you can use the peerless cheat tile to get an auto win

[@yougottowinsometime7470]

Discarding 1 and 9 open hands big deal thank you seriously

[@frostycane5134]

What is the benefit of a pon or chi?

[@Sakura665]

There's a mistake in your hand guide part, you dont need to discard the 1s and 9s to win, You're confusing it with tanyao "All simples" Yaku, the moment you pon'd Norths to open your hand, your hand was already invalid for that yaku, whether you discarded the 1s or 9s afterwards or not. The reason your hand was qualified to win was because of the red dragon pon "Yakuhai", and in that case you can have whatever else in your hand to win regardless. The main reason people usually drop the 1s and 9s it's because it's one of the easiest open hand yakus to go for (Tanyao, a.k.a All Simples), but that means you cannot have Honor tiles either, this includes the North wind you pon'd at the start. But i'll re-iterate, you dont need to drop 1s and 9s to win with an open hand, they are just harder to use.

[@AbyxGaming]

Thank you for correcting this information! I appreciate it.

[@waves4009]

Anyway we can get the reference? When I click it gives me a 404 error.

[@AbyxGaming]

riichi.wiki/List_of_yaku

[@alexsuperpower1]

this is different from the one you showed in the video?@@AbyxGaming

[@AbyxGaming]

Different format, but They should have the same information.

[@fore6972]

Hi. I played a game without the red numbers atop the tiles. I cant find that game in my log...Please help.

[@blueish5063]

Thank you for this beginner friendly explanation, i feel like i have more of a basic understanding of how Riichi Mahjong works now and feel more confident to play it in Yakuza 2. Like i finally understand how Kan, Pon and Chi works. I wanted to know what is your opinion on stealing discarded tiles as a strategy to win? Alot of other people have said it's something you shouldn't do unless it's absolutely necessary, but i have found that that stealing tiles from early on in the game has always helped me. I am aware that this makes my hand visible to other players however.

[@brandonharrison7773]

Thank you.

[@JaiOnline]

Thank you for explaining everything clearly, but I still don't understand anything. I will try me best at the easy tables first though :)

[@NeiloNeil]

Great guide for anyone who wants to dive into the Mahjong minigame! For people like me on the other hand it nicely shows this game is not worth all the effort since you get literally no valuable reward for it.

[@jetstreamshun]

I remember being in Tenpai so many times but then opponent is like "Ron no matter what"

[@ToshiInu]

thank you

[@NotMikey437]

Cool video. So how do you actually win a game?

[@AbyxGaming]

Thanks! You need to put all your tiles on table.

[@UmbreonxUmbreon]

Here because of Watching The Way of Pon

[@mallorycainjr.1921]

Do you have a link to another site that does the combinations? The one you posted I believe the url doesn't work anymore

[@MrTheKamir]

I found it on the waybackmachine :)

[@theunbeatable6598]

You know the video is useless when the OP says "watch it from other video or other cheat sheet"

[@Tonys_Gabagool]

I am so god damn stupid, I just don't get it lol

[@tanblaidd6038]

Really great video! …but I got distracted twice watching because your voice is very soothing and I felt really relaxed and forgot my objective…which was learning about mahjong. 0(10)/5

[@AbyxGaming]

Lolol!! Thanks :)

[@kamilmarek8145]

Great guide! Even tho the game itself is unbearable in Judgment series (i have no problems to play it in any Yakuza)

[@Leon.S.Kennedy.SG-09]

Dude this game is so complicated for like no reason 😭

[@GallonBallon]

Young Rutger Hauer is teaching how to play mahjong, is it great?

[@derpderpderpPSN]

What does having an open hand have to do with 1s and 9s not winning? I don't get it.

[@ObsidianShinobi801]

14:07…what do u mean by YOUR HAND IS OPEN?

[@AbyxGaming]

Please check 7:40

[@ObsidianShinobi801]

@@AbyxGaming how do i activate riichi? Is there a button i need to press?

[@dinsdag6juli2010]

Great basic explanation. Now I just need to learn what the hell Mangan, Riichi Ippatsu and Full Straight before I hit the brick wall that is 950+ Otometal My Life

[@dinsdag6juli2010]

an instruction so good I could get the 5x Mangan, Riichi Ippatsu and Full Straight the day after, and I now actually understand this overwhelming game. Thanks again!

[@AbyxGaming]

So glad to read this!! :D

[@skinlesswalnut6259]

Lol just watched you’re whole video and I won with my first move! Turns out I already had got the cheating tile off someone lol I was like wtf! Cheers anyway lol

[@omrankadi2655]

Please can somebody help me with this i dont understand this

[@evaneself]

Hi! When your hand is open, why you can't win with 1 and 9?

[@epsilonxvi5675]

why not this thing in omlypic?

[@WillSmith-gz9eq]

Will you read me a bed time story. That voice is mesmerising

[@AbyxGaming]

I don't do ASMR, but I have more content with my voice on my 2nd channel here :) kzbin.info/door/a140jqdrEKB3lGT-K_tMDQ

[@mills-zk3nv]

This might be late but, if you have an open hand, do you 100 percent of the time can't make any yaku with 1s and 9s?

[@jameswolfstar]

I still don't understand this game and ive watch so many videos. I feel like such a moron. Definitely not getting the platinum for Judgment

[@BleuParfait]

hi try the video called "yakuza 6 mahjong demonstration" by CyricZ, that's the one that did the trick for me it doesn't go as much in depth as this video here, but it's slower and very easy to understand

[@blueish5063]

@@BleuParfait i found that video to be much more confusing because he uses his own terminology in an attempt to make it simplified

[@BleuParfait]

​@@blueish5063 it was long ago so my memories may not be very clear, but I remember having no problem understanding the words he used (maybe I looked up the words I didn't know on google and wikipedia)

[@thes.c.pfoundation7965]

Im fr still confused had to do this for a substory i somehow had a peerless tile and won i still dont get it and will never touch that game again😂

[@graviti4free]

Alright I learned the gist of it finally a make a Riichi, opponent calls Riichi too, huh what? Ok calm down...automatic tile discard. RON. GOD DAMN A.I FAVORED LUCK I'm done, just farming nine dragon tile for the medium to hard table 😂

[@anhtuchau3714]

Oh wow

[@onesinglefish7085]

still don't understand it, all the tutorials in the world can't make us understand it, so far we've been trying to copy everything everyone suggested and there's still like....... not explaining this in the way it needs to be explained. like the lack of consistency in what's actually happening is too much man. we make the combinations recommended, the opponents have what these tutorials is trying to convince me are losing hands, and then they win. man idk

[@HEMO-h7j]

I need help

[@Asylumfox]

I can't get three color straight

[@oTreeni]

My brain hurts.

[@AbyxGaming]

It is very complicated in the beginning!

[@ssultan_nn]

I spent around 30 minutes reading the in game tutorial and watching this video, just to ended up winning becauae maybe i used peerless tile... I didn't know you instantly win with that item...

[@backugai007]

While this is a pretty good beginner guide, the gameplay example is really bad. You open your hand on the first possible pon without a yaku. If you didn't draw into dragons you'd be forced to pray for chanta because you've already melded honour tiles. You say you discard the 1-pin because you can no longer win with terminals, but that's not the case because you ALREADY have honours/terminals in an open hand, you can no longer win with tanyao. In fact in that case the correct play was keeping them and hoping for chanta or toitoi. North isn't seat or round wind, opening your hand there is a terrible idea. Idk what level the AI is but discarding a red dragon dora like that is pretty stupid of them to do. You really should have kept your hand closed there. Also you got kinda lucky to not deal into the riichi.

[@IgorCosta1995]

Platinum this game is for few, crazy maybe. I quit. 😑

[@muku2720]

Mahjong really irritated me because no matter how simple you explain everything I lose anyway

[@027maino]

Did why I can't beat yakuza 2

[@dherokbattleborn]

I watched this thinking it would help me win more often and get an ipatsu but no luck. I genuinely don’t think there’s any real skill involved it’s all just luck once you know how to play. Sigh time for another 40 hours of mahjong. Thanks though haha

[@stevenliang3213]

Ippatsu is really just luck. Your best bet is to form a hand with multiple waits like a 258 characters. That would increase your chance for an ippatsu

[@alithemaster8756]

I still do not understand this game

[@joey.cs2]

Who here is watching Saki

[@AbyxGaming]

Is that an anime?

[@YeYe-wz1wi]

👍👍👍

[@JustChill_1031]

Fuck man, I still don’t understand it 😭

[@samuel2198]

Yeah after watching this video 5 times i still don't get it

[@greggknight8812]

Seriously this is not a game. The rules contradict all the other rules. This is the joke where everyone else is in on it except you - whatever they do is right but when you do the same it's wrong. Randomness

[@CidGuerreiro1234]

The winning hands are not random whatsoever. That being said, yes, the RNG is pretty bullshit.

[@cotesia7931]

Uhh my head

[@Andrewgonzalez510]

Crack a corona for me

[@Calinks]

This game seems so unceesarily complicated. So Dora isn't just what seems the obvious answer, the actual damn tile shown. Nooooo it is 1 value more than what is shown. So its bad enough we have a hard time understand the characters, now we need to know which characters of the same family have more value because the damn red dragon dora means its really a green dragon dora LMAO. Eff this game.

[@nameless900]

I still understand nothing and cannot call riichi, or even win any hands.... Mahjong has to be the worst frigging mini game besides Puyo Puyo....

[@thebaconpancake4818]

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[@platformingames2967]

Yakuza 2 worst side quest ever

[@polpogiovanna1558]

I didn't understand even slightly. This stupid game is too frickin hard. How you play it? Tell me how?! I'm trying to play it for 2 hours and I didn't win even ones even after that guide

[@TheProcess235]

I hate this game so much

[@TheAriesac]

Shit is just rigged.

[@UngusBungus]

Got it, mahjong is bullshit

[@disguyovaheere8140]

doesn't help

[@darkfire8463]

I watched 20 different videos and I still don't understand this game, I give up, gonna skip the trophy, don't understand why the developers thought it was a good idea to implement an obscure game that requires hours of practice in a video game as a trophy.