How To Play American Mahjong

[@solitairehomedesign]

This is the first time I heard about American mahjong! The gameplay seems to be more complicated than solitaire👍👍👍

[@EmilyGoodin]

THANK YOU! This is the first video I watched to give me a general idea of the complete game. SUPER helpful! This video makes the rest of the (lengthy!) rules and conventions less intimidating. 🥇

[@AN-rk4jl]

Wonderful video. Thank you so much and great job!!

[@eduardoxenofonte4004]

good tutorial, despite american mahjong not being my cup of tea (mainly because you pretty much have to pay a subscription fee to stay "up to date" in a board game). i'm used to the japanese version of mahjong (riichi mahjong), which involves of combining multiple scoring patterns into a standard hand of four melds and a pair (with some exceptions such as 7 pairs and 13 orphans). it's also more focused on defense, since you have to pay the entire value of the winner's hand if you toss a tile that completes it.

[@agrayday7816]

Hong Kong, Zung Jung, and MCR are perfectly acceptable and applicable rulesets to play Mahjong other than American/European score card madness or Riichi.

[@eduardoxenofonte4004]

@@agrayday7816 yes, i'm aware. i like learning other variants of mahjong, but i'm too busy to actually go play in person. riichi has a very present online community and is therefore my preferred choice.

[@mikel4510]

Not only do you have to buy a new card every year, it is always the same card with a new year printed on the front. Then there is the outlandish shipping charges for an item that weighs less than an ounce ($ 0.66 first class shipping). Leave it to Americans to find a way to rip people off. And to Americans to be taken in by the scam.

[@aureliastrosnider9896]

Too. negative...I. gathered that's this board game isn't your "cup of tea?". Why ,,then ,spoil it to others that. are willing to learn,,,explore and enjoy the game?!!!

[@mikel4510]

@@aureliastrosnider9896 So, only your opinion or those you approve should be voiced? Likr you said, why spoil it for other by trying to censor any you don't agree with? Go back to North Korea.

[@bettybetty6308]

Your instructions were the best.

[@Bsnsobscuregames]

New video!!!! Been discussing mahjong on the traditional card games discord, but I can’t bring myself to buy it.

[@nome_cognome]

Nice video, good job guys! 👍 What about Riichi Mahjong? It could be a good idea for a next video tutorial about Mahjong, it's just a little deeper than "regular" Mahjong but not so complicated.

[@Chazer5]

I might just be hungry because I cant stop thinking that the tiles look kind of like they're made of marzipan.

[@enacrt]

The are originally made of cow bones (or ivory, for a more luxurious version)

[@UnprofessionalProfessor]

I don't even like marzipan, but now I want to buy majong molds and make a set of marzipan tiles.

[@elbrown1011]

That is hysterical. I think you are right.

[@r.i7654]

I agree!

[@SolutionsSolved]

This game is insane

[@lizndale]

6:56 you used a joker in 2023. This is not allowed as 2 0 2 3 is a series of single tiles.

[@GarrisonMorton]

This is so hilariously different from Hong-Kong or Riichi 😂

[@MAHJLIFE]

You cannot use a joker in a block with single tiles so your example 202J was invalid.

[@1105pitbull]

Very confusing. After the "draw" do you form another wall?

[@TonyValcarcel]

I feel like there's missing info. For example, after the dealer rolls to split their wall, when everyone else does it, do they roll to determine their own split number or do they base it on the same number the dealer rolled?

[@glory2christcmj702]

I had no idea there was an American variation of mahjong, I'm used to playing riichi mahjong

[@mr.stubborn7017]

You should try Filipino Mahjong! Easier to understand and easier to win!

[@enochliu8316]

If you, as the East Player, manages to get one of the hands on the card from the first draw, the Charleston is waived and you win.

[@YourPropertyAngel]

What's the difference between American Mahjong and Original Mahjong?

[@andrewpinedo1883]

I cannot confidently say anything about Chinese classical mahjong, so I will be referring to Japanese (Riichi) mahjong and its traits it has in common with nearly all other forms of mahjong. 6. The art for the dragons is completely different. Riichi uses Han characters to represent the dragons (中 for the red, 發 for the green, white is blank). 5. Tile racks only exists in American. Riichi employs thick tiles that can stand on their own. 4. Riichi has no equivalent of the Charleston. 3. Riichi does not have joker tiles, and does not allow for quints or sextets. 2. Riichi allows for a set of three tiles in numeric sequence (known as shuntsu). American only allows for n-of-a-kind. 1. American has a score card with winning combinations that change every year. Riichi has no such score card and legal winning combinations are constant across time.

[@mazinger69cabuto]

...que los americanos, cambian el juego base y el original del país de origen, cambian las reglas y... Ya es un juego U.S.A !!! típico juego americano.

[@bettybetty6308]

hmm just thinking about the steal?

[@zoeanngreen5650]

I don’t think this teacher knows exactly how to play American Mah Jongg. We don’t use the word circles or characters, we call those suits dots and cracks,and we don’t push the walls to the center. The video does give you the idea.

[@mrpeel3239]

Bravo to the blue-haired, Mahjong ladies who keep these rules straight!

[@h.5632]

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