my family owns a $1500 ivory and bamboo mahjong set (stole it from a rich old dead guy) but none of us know how to play it. After watching this video I still have no idea how to play it
@fratercontenduntocculta8161 Жыл бұрын
I was first exposed to the game in a local Asian supermarket. I still use the exact same set I bought all those years ago! Super fun social game, met many good folks through a game or two.
@picklefriction81412 жыл бұрын
Thanks. The description of how to break the wall with the dice roll was very helpful.
@blackhatman81336 ай бұрын
roll the dice, lancer les dés… ?
@teagardencare530 Жыл бұрын
I wish the music wasn’t so loud so I could hear her more clearly
@FrauStrub9 ай бұрын
Very loud and very distracting, totally useless
@beth743 Жыл бұрын
Sorry but this is confusing with people putting tiles in and out several times in their one turn and narration not matching what is going on.
@Mommiaso Жыл бұрын
Really appreciate the video. Am off to watch the 2nd in the series. (Read the comments and appreciate that the music distraction is not just me.) Rest of video is really nice job for beginners!
@alanbanh Жыл бұрын
7:16 It should be by claiming the tile discarded by the person directly on your LEFT.
@circiter24118 ай бұрын
With all due respect, the players' turns, in the video, are going in the opposite direction the game's rules (in all variants known to me, including Western ones) establish quite clearly. You should be taking turns from left to right (E, S, N, W, in that order, keeping in mind the order of the directions is not the same as established by the compass; it is meant to follow the movement of the sun (in the northern hemisphere) from east, to south, to west, then (when not seen) to north. The wall itself is consumed in the *opposite* direction, from right to left (which in your video you are doing correctly). In brief, the turn of players goes counterclockwise, while the tiles are taken from the wall in a clockwise fashion. The directionality of the game is part of its deeper symbology and should be respected, since directions are such a crucial part of it. A lot of effort is put, in the rules, towards the assignation of positions to the players and the keeping of the cycles of rotation. These cycles, again, go in opposite directions: Players counterclockwise, and the wall clockwise.
@janetwheeler13128 ай бұрын
Whew! I’m so confused🙀 I’m a visual and hands on kinda person. I learn better by doing. So, not giving up . Just signed for Mahjong game night at a local restaurant. Wish me luck!
@aidawilson971 Жыл бұрын
I think every country has different play rules. Like in the Philippines, we start of at 16 tiles each. And 17th tile is your winning.
@sokielee37618 ай бұрын
fyi- the 'bird' in the bamboo suit is shown upside,.. though it doesn't matter how you orient the tiles when you are playing.
@veronicabernas85453 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@appleby300 Жыл бұрын
lose the music. It's distracting when trying to learn.
@argonwheatbelly637 Жыл бұрын
Why are you playing clockwise?
@alxabreu Жыл бұрын
6:00 I was under the impression that the dealer doesn't take the last 2 tiles from the same stack of 2. Shouldn't the dealer take the 1st and 5th tile from the edge (ie the top tile from the 1st and 3rd stacks)? Also, at 5:43, it's mentioned that south follows east but the sitting position is not the 'usual' geographic position. Clockwise, it should be E-N-W-S or am I wrong? (edit: the video mislead me - the game is played counter-clockwise which means E-N-W-S in mahjong sitting position. The needed correction is that the game is played anti-clockwise and not as shown in the video)
@argonwheatbelly637 Жыл бұрын
In China, the compass directions were read looking up at the sky from the ground. This would make it E-S-W-N when moving counterclockwise. This is the opposite of how it works in the West, where people looks down on the Earth from above, and would make it E-N-W-S when moving counterclockwise.
@alxabreu Жыл бұрын
@@argonwheatbelly637 Correct. Turns are taken counter-clockwise in MJ and I forgot about it. That means E-S-W-N. I am correct on the tile draw though :)
@julianaphang6534 Жыл бұрын
The music is so distracting. Difficult to hear and concentrate.
@agould1056 ай бұрын
I’m thinking this is probably Chinese mah-jongg and not American mah-jongg. Although Table games are different with every group this is not how we build walls. The numbers is different and determining east is different and we know immediately which wall is broken first.
@moruppert712310 ай бұрын
The background music was very distracting while trying to listen to the lesson.
@MrHighflyingclive Жыл бұрын
It is a shame that you chose to talk over such loud, distracting. music It made it very difficult to concentrate on what you were saying.
@Sw-sx7nw Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much
@misssaavy Жыл бұрын
Please advise which mahjong tiles are being used: Chinese or American???
@naperlib Жыл бұрын
In this video, the tiles and rules used are the Chinese version
@finnmoore14292 жыл бұрын
i dont get it
@woodychelton55902 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@bebegirl1207 Жыл бұрын
This the first comment I see and I’m just like well this video is not gonna help then 😂
@davidjohn9902 Жыл бұрын
Haha me too..
@anneahlert2997 Жыл бұрын
Think "Dominoes." (The game, not the pizza.)
@thatgirl9529 ай бұрын
It's kind of like poker, but with tiles instead of cards. Hope that helps!
@shortshrift8171 Жыл бұрын
How many tiles to start off, for each player?
@andrewpinedo1883 Жыл бұрын
13, but the dealer gets an extra tile in order to start the game.
@ruthkirk71348 ай бұрын
You are leaving gaps in the wall , never allowed as spirits can get in , basic knowledge
@lieblee30634 ай бұрын
Confusing and music makes matters worse!!
@winkieblink762511 ай бұрын
Easier to purchase an English set. Flowers, Jokers, Dots, Cracks, Bamboo (bams), Winds: N, S, E, W, Dragons: White, Red, Green. Now play!
@circiter24118 ай бұрын
By an English set, do you mean a set made in England? Or perhaps you mean a set with English indexes translating the Chinese characters? Anyway. Regardless of what you meant, it has always seemed (to me, of course) sheer laziness not to bother to learn the very few characters that playing mahjong with an untranslated set takes. 1, 2, 3 and 4 are obvious... so 5 numerals and 4 direction characters. NINE symbols. That's it. Why miss the chance to expand your cultural universe by this small bit?
@wits7yle Жыл бұрын
This video is so confusing
@ORcecilia Жыл бұрын
In spanisch PLEASE🙏🏼
@Ray4Ace Жыл бұрын
So complicated with all chinese symbol and how to arrange,why cant they make chinese poker style play.that will easy😂
@circiter24118 ай бұрын
🙄
@michaelvonhaven105 Жыл бұрын
What is she saying
@pamelaparsons9046 Жыл бұрын
Not a good description. I think this is Chinese Mahjong not American.
@andrewpinedo1883 Жыл бұрын
This is Chinese mahjong, it is even said in the video!