If this discard is claimed for mahjong, the riichideclaration doesnt take effect. If you have five or more yaku in your hand you must use the limit hands chart below. Other more suitable yaku have been substituted in these cases. Japanese mahjong is a multiplayer version of mahjong also known as riichi mahjong. Romance of the three kingdoms book pdf riichi modern japanese mahjong has been introduced. Standardize the riichi rules in the context of the european mahjong association. In japanese mahjong, you need to have a yaku a special scoring element, which.
Japanese riichi mahjong is arguably the most highly refined set of rules for mahjong, and is the only ruleset with an organized league of professional players. Han example hands yaku japanese mahjong riichi churen poto nine gates a hand composed of 1112345678999 of one suit plus one tile 19 of the same suit. The fourteenth tile can be any other terminal or honor tile. The format of this yaku does not count iipeikou when three pairs are in. Yaku are hand patterns andor luck situations in richi mahjong. It now includes point tables, and many exceptions and extra rules. If the wait is on all thirteen possible tiles, the hand is pure, otherwise, the hand is impure.
Many yaku are patternbased yaku comparable to poker hands. Japanese riichi yaku list hand composition yaku all simples tanyao 1 hand must not contain terminals, or 1s or 9s triplet of dragons, round wind. However, the game offers an even larger array of tile patterns. In terms of scoring, the number of yakuman in the hand serves as a multiplier to the base yakuman point value. The minipoints fu are then rounded up to the nearest multiple of 10. The rules were organized in the taisho to showa period as the game became popular. Unlike poker, yaku types do not supercede each other. When we decide to get really down, here is our cheat sheet for chinese international style mahjong, with all 81 hands. Japanese riichi mahjong set, white tiles with black vinyl. A player who has at least one yaku, can always declare mahjong, even if he is furiten. While the basic rules to the game are retained, the variation features a unique set of rules such as richi and the use of dora. The winner of the hand will also collect any riichi bets on the table. If a hand is worth more than 12 yaku only up to a yakuman. Japanese mahjong mahjong online free mahjong games.
Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. A yaku is a certain pattern in a mahjong hand, or a special condition under which a win is declared. Riichi, is a characteristic feature of japanese mahjong. Tae kims japanese guide to learning japanese grammar. It offers a real game of japanese mahjong against three other players led by the computer.
The 3 player sheet has some differences in the yaku compared to the 4 player version. Rarely seen in the united states, this game set is for the japanese version of mahjong. Riichi 1 fan when your hand is ready and fully concealed, you can call riichi. Riichi mahjong modern japanese mahjong is a game of skill and luck, sharing some similarities with rummy and poker. Past events melbourne mahjong meetup group melbourne. Meaning of yaku in japanese romajidesu japanese dictionary.
It is permissible to declare riichi when a player is furiten. If your pdf reader software lacks that functionality it might instead let you open. Riichi waitingonaconcealedhand,aplayer can declare riichi. Online games and discussions revolve around many different mahjong rule sets, but the japanese variant, riichi, always seemed to have a special status and particularly enthusiastic followers, likely inspired by japans professional riichi players, the only mahjong pros in the world. Originally, this file was created in an attempt to learn building pdf files with latex. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Yaku lists xgeos mahjong blog experiences with japanese. Dec 01, 2015 a short series of posts i am doing about all the commonstandard yaku in japanese mahjong since there are 25 yaku not including yakuman. I will go over scoring in depth in a future post, but take a look at these packets for now. This is because some yaku are simply impossible due to the reduced tile set. Hands yaku japanese mahjong riichi innovate infinitely.
This page was last edited on 20 october 2019, at 18. At mahjong flash, youll find mostly mahjong solitaire games, yet let us not forget that the chinese traditional mahjong is played with four players and the same for many asian variations like japanese mahjong. This is a very loose page for describing game play, the hands, or yaku, in mah jong or mah jongg as it is sometimes spelled. This modern variant is commonly played in europe and used with the european mahjong association. Instead, the mahjong article only has a sentence or two of it in its variations section. All tiles must be selfdrawn except for the last tile. Write a usage hint or an example and help to improve our dictionary. Japanese mahjong, yaku is a specific combination of tiles that increases the value of the players hand. They are by no means entirely complete, but anyone with some exposure to mahjong terminology and yaku should be able to understand them. The following text is largely based on the instruction manual for activisions. Koreanjapanese online mahjong challenge posted in events, tournament comments are closed the korean mahjong league reports that the april 24th competition between korea and japan was a success. In japanese mahjong, yaku is a condition that determines the value of the players hand. Dec 31, 2015 as a way to finish up the year, i am going to upload the yaku sheets that i have made in the last couple of years. A player must have a minimum of one yaku in their hand in order to legally win.
Multiple yakuman involve hands with more than one yakuman, as the name implies. I found this article through a link in the saki manga article about rinshan kaihou. To achieve that, the rulesets of the following organizations have been considered while writing the wrcr. Various house rules may opt to use some of these yaku on their own.
A player can claim the last discard for mahjong if he is waiting, has at least one yaku and is not furiten, no mat ter whether the tile finishes a pung, chow or pair. Two yakuman earned when wait for a 19 tile called junsei chuuren poutou. Essentially, what we need is a japanese guide to learning japanese grammar. It is on a convenient 8 12 x 11 doublesided sheet that can be folded and kept during the game for reference. While regular yaku may be stacked in one hand to raise value, the same can be done with different yakuman, where applicable. World riichi rules japanese riichi mahjong for all skill levels. Yaku conditions may be combined to produce hands of greater value. Riichi modern japanese mahjong was introduced independently in several european. Japanese riichi yaku list hand composition yaku all simples tanyao 1 hand must not contain terminals, or 1s or 9s triplet of dragons, round wind, or seat wind yakuhai 1 per triplet three color sequence sanshoku doujun 1 open, 2 closed same sequence in every suit two. A new player may find it easiest to avoid opening their hand and simply aim for riichi every time. Romajidesu japanese dictionary kanji dictionary japanese translator new. A japanese guide to learning japanese grammar this guide is an attempt to systematically build up the grammatical structures that make up the japanese language in a way that makes sense in japanese.
In light of the current covid19 situation the melbourne mahjong meetup organisers have made the difficult decision to suspend meetups at least until the end of april for the safety of our members. Mahjong on a discard ron aplayercanclaimthelastdiscardfor mahjong if he is waiting, has at least one yaku and is not furiten, no matter whether the tile. Yaku pai 1 fan triplet of dragon or round wind or position wind. I know ive just been watching the saki series of mahjong anime and it seems like memorizing yaku and scoring are like the baseline for that level of competetive play. Japanese mahjong makes use of riichi scoring rules, and a unique tile called the dora tile which throws an element of luck and uncertainty into the game. All comments, errors, additions, to philippe lamat. Japanese mahjong aka reach mahjong riichi pdf files for rules. After learning that riichi is quite popular in europe, i decided to write a book on riichi strategies for european players.
Instead, they are the main factor to determine hand values. Mahjong on selfdraw tsumo a player who has at least one yaku, can always declare mahjong, even if he is furiten. Japanese mahjong scoring rules are used for japanese mahjong, a game for four players common in japan. To win a hand, besides it being a complete hand, it must have at least one scoring element.
If there is more than one winner, the player closest to the discard collects the riichi bets. Thirteen orphans is a limit hand that consists of one of each terminal and honor tile. While im here i figured i should share my guides to japanese mahjong. Learn chinese mahjong rules and you can play against other players 247. World riichi championship rules 433 1 preface the world riichi championship rules cannot be called to be a worldwide rule if not based on competition rules used by major organizations around the world.
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