If you stripped the theatrics out Mahjong you would lose something. Its rather complex and has little impact on the games strategy, but does set the atmosphere in a big way. You roll off to decide who deals, count backwards around the table, roll again to decide where to cut in the 4 walls that make up the deal etc. I always relied on those I was playing with the remind me of the ceremony rules, usually anime fans in a pub somewhere in Leeds. If you took 4 player rummy, a tea ceremony, but with blocks rather than tea, and a 3 page long scoring system and glued them together you’d end up somewhere near Riichi Mahjong. Mahjong is a popular Manga and Anime topic In Japan Mahjong is Yakuza gambling parlours and emotional anime cartoons. In China, Mahjong is a family game, very similar to rummy, played by families whilst they await New Year dinner. Best shouted REEECCHH like a squirrel in mortal danger. I want to talk about specifically Japanese ‘Riichi’ Mahjong. Traditionally they are made of bone, these days often plastic and they come with three main suits bamboo, coins, and characters, then some special tiles dragons, and winds. It’s a 4 player set collection game played across East Asia with awesome chunky tiles that are so satisfying to clack together. Mahjong is not the solatre game that used to be installed on windows.
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