Chow is very similar to Pon/Bump although instead of groups this is for runs. There is one limitation to Chow when compared to Pon/Bump is that instead of being able to Chow off anyone else on the table you can only Chow off the player to your left.
Mahjong of Yesterday, Mahjong of Today, Mahjong of Tomorrow? So Mahjong has come a long…
So I took a look at my Fight Club stats the other day, and as…
when it comes to building the wall – that whole trick where you place a whole line of seventeen tiles on top of another row of seventeen tiles in one swift double pinky move.
Ok, I’ve been busy trying to get the calendar updated (it’s getting there!), preparing the…
Last week I began a theme on hands that go well together with other hands….
To be honest though at the moment I haven’t been worrying too much about hand points and still been practicing just making a hand in the first place.
I would like to use this week to talk about Mahjong Parlors (‘jansou’) in Japan….
Kazunori Takizawa Winner of the Japan Professional Mahjong League’s 32nd annual OUI (King’s) Tournament, at…
Last week, I introduced Value Tiles and Simples, two hands that are mutually exclusive. It…
