Types of Tiles - Riichi Mahjong Guide

In this first episode of Riichi Mahjong Guide, I discuss the different types of tiles. There are 34 tiles, three suits of numbers 1 through 9, and 7 suitless tiles.
Please feel free to leave comments and ask questions.

[@grafrubenreiner2253]

Thx I needed this for Yakuza 0

[@Syng777]

With Mahjong being now out in FFXIV, your videos are precious to a whole community of gamers! Thanks!!

[@dwarven_dad]

Doman Mahjong!

[@edcellwarrior]

FFXIV & Yakuza players are now brothers in arms

[@crowstakingoff]

You are really good at explaining just the right amount. You know when to mention details like discrepancies between regional variants of the game, and when to just keep things simple. Well done

[@jowilson5581]

coming back here after making 1dan on tenhou to say, your guide started me on the path to learning this wonderful game and it's by FAR the best guide on youtube still in 2022. thank you very much for taking the time to lay everything out so clearly and break it down into manageable chunks like this.

[@cranda3700]

Mahjong is such a hard game to learn... Thanks for the videos makes it a lot easier

[@SakanaKogane]

Awesome of you to tell the Japanese names of everything as well (and write it on screen too!)

[@OPCI_2501_IV_VOID]

Ryu Ga Gotoku got me to take the time to learn this. Thank you for your videos!

[@Glockodile]

Hello I am now watching these. Thank you.

[@mintyjesus980]

Thank you it was very very well explained👍

[@NMranchhand]

Good summary.

[@gregoryhorwitz7373]

Thank you for helping new guys like me understand this game. As I pursue this, I'd like to find a set similar to what you have been using, Where did you buy yours? Do you have a recommendation of where to buy them?

[@LightGrunty]

Thank you for the kind words. As for the mahjong set I used in these videos, it was a top-notch modern set from Japan that my friend got for me. Apparently the one I use isn't sold anymore. It's really too bad, since it's such a high quality set and includes color tenbou. If you're looking for a mahjong set, you should be able to find some decent ones online. I know one of my friends got a nice Japanese-style set from Yellow Mountain Imports and a "Junk Mat" mahjong mat through Amazon. I've also heard that mahjongmart.com has a few different brands of Japanese mahjong sets, but I have not purchased anything from there, so I cannot vouch for them.

[@youngreezy2005]

Thankfully I know enough Japanese to recognize some of these. Thanks!

[@bitchlasagna8232]

Thank you omg

[@sagenavlis]

how tf Kaiji manage all of that

[@Darazanjoll]

As alot of people I got interested in Riichi Mahjong after watching Akagi. Ever since then I've been trying to find a Mahjong set that contains the same color scheme that is used in Akagi and almost all digital games of Riichi Mahjong. That is: Man Tiles: Red/Black Pin Tiles: Blue/Red or Black/Red Sou Tiles: Green/Red Wind Tiles: Black Dragon Tiles: Haku: Plain white, Hatsu: Green, Chun: Red. Normal Sized tiles. This seems to be impossible to find anywhere on the internet. The only set that is even close to this is the washizu mahjong set and I would have to buy 4 or them to get a complete set with opaque tiles. What seems to be the standard color scheme in digital games and anime doesn't seem to exist in the real world. If you got any suggestions on where I could find this, please let me know.

[@LightGrunty]

Any Japanese-style mahjong set should fit your needs. The Japanese mahjong set by Yellow Mountain Imports is a pretty decent quality for the price and availability. Any AMOS-brand set from Japan would also be good quality, but they might be difficult to find and/or expensive depending on where you live.

[@1invalids067]

The 8 bamboo is called mindabell when I play it

[@dramasense0000]

I'm here for solving detective conan's movie mystery

[@JacobKinsley]

I always thought the peacock was a thing with loads of eyes lol

[@felipeleaobandeira8680]

Mano parabéns

[@Koldh340]

Where did you buy your mahjong set?

[@LightGrunty]

The set I have is actually discontinued. Depending on where you live, you can probably find a mahjong set online. Perhaps the most well-known Japanese-style set in the US could be purchased from Yellow Mountain Imports. But if you want a higher-quality mahjong set, I would recommend importing an AMOS brand set from Japan.

[@Koldh340]

@@LightGrunty thank you for your seudjustion :) i wanted to let you know i appreciate all the videos on learning mahjong and the fact that after so many yrs your still commenting to peoples questions. Your truly one of a kind! 😁

[@davidchalon5466]

Hi, we are 3 at home, is there a way to play at 3, or at 2 ?

[@LightGrunty]

The short answer is yes, there are variants of riichi mahjong you can play with only 2 or 3 players, but they differ from the 4-player game a great deal. I won't be able to cover them in detail, but for 2-player, you could look up "minefield mahjong," and 3-player riichi is often called "sanma."

[@losangelesprideofmahjong6595]

Nice Video!! is this the guy we know???

[@LightGrunty]

Thank you! And yes, I've been to LAPoM a couple of times so far. I didn't really mention that I had made this video series when I was there, though.

[@losangelesprideofmahjong6595]

Light Grunty very good video!!! Keep it up!! Maybe we can work together???

[@LightGrunty]

Thank you for the kind words. I actually finished this video series a little while ago, and everything is already uploaded. I have no more videos planned, but I would be happy to help if you had something else in mind.

[@number1trainnut]

My mahjong game has 148 tiles. What is the reason?

[@LightGrunty]

Most mahjong sets come with 144 tiles. Depending on what version you play, you may not use all of the tiles. In Japanese riichi mahjong, you only use 136 tiles, but sets will come with extra optional tiles, like red fives or flower tiles.

[@SnowyGingerAle]

Mahjong lore

[@magicpaul24]

Why a french situation?

[@magicpaul24]

French case ? I've never heard it....

[@enecofan888]

Fringe

[@JacobKinsley]

Here's my tip to you... 8 looks like the pizza hut logo. Pizzas are sometimes cut into 8 slices. Do with that knowledge what you will...

[@Vinclum]

It was 2017 at the time of the video, why record in 480p.

[@LightGrunty]

Please check your video quality settings; these videos are all 1080p.

[@Vinclum]

@@LightGrunty I said recording quality not video quality, doesn't matter when video quality is set to 1080p when the recording is low quality.

[@LightGrunty]

@@Vinclum I did record in 1080p and also exported the video files in 1080p. I'm not really sure what else to say.

[@vespertinnee]

what, japanese? i thought mahjong was a chinese game

[@LightGrunty]

Mahjong originated in China but it has since spread all over the world, and different cultures formed their own ways of playing.

[@vespertinnee]

@@LightGrunty oh, so this is a japanese variant ? ok got it

[@baronss7499]

mahjong is chinese, no japanese

[@d-c1236]

Riichi mahjong is the Japanese version.