Mahjong rules - sites for learning
Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 5:00 pm
Mini-glossary :
"Reach Mahjong", also called "Riichi Mahjong", "Riichi Dora", "(Modern) Japanese Mahjong" :
That's the rules used in Japan.
There is not one absolute Japanese rule, but many variations with a solid common core.
Japan have several professional organizations which don't use the same variant. The Japanese Professional Mahjong Ligue even have two official rules for tournaments.
A trained player can switch from one variant to another without trouble.
This rule evolved over half a century
"Riichi Competition Rules" :
It's the European version of Riichi Mahjong, edicted by the European Mahjong Assocition in 2008 and 2012.
"Chinese Official", also called "Mahjong Competition Rules" :
This rule have been edicted by the Chinese government in 1998 and 2006.
"Chinese Classical" :
This is the rule played around 1920 which spread all around the world.
We can reasonably say that every mahjong rules or so derivate from this rule.
There is so much variations between CC rules, that it's more a family of rules than a rule itself.
"Chinese Mahjong", "Traditional Mahjong":
Those names don't means much: an incalculable number of rules are used all over China. And even more are used over the world.
Sites for learning the rules / how to play :
Ryan Morris's site - This site contains step-by-step rules for Reach Mahjong.
Official European Mahjong Assocition rules - Both Chinese Official rules and Riichi Competition Rules.
Include French, Spanish and Polish translations for RCR, and a Spanish translation for CO.
Sloperama - The best site to identify a mahjong rule, finds out what an unusual tile is, and a lot more, ...
For example: Most Misunderstood Asian Rules
"Reach Mahjong", also called "Riichi Mahjong", "Riichi Dora", "(Modern) Japanese Mahjong" :
That's the rules used in Japan.
There is not one absolute Japanese rule, but many variations with a solid common core.
Japan have several professional organizations which don't use the same variant. The Japanese Professional Mahjong Ligue even have two official rules for tournaments.
A trained player can switch from one variant to another without trouble.
This rule evolved over half a century
"Riichi Competition Rules" :
It's the European version of Riichi Mahjong, edicted by the European Mahjong Assocition in 2008 and 2012.
"Chinese Official", also called "Mahjong Competition Rules" :
This rule have been edicted by the Chinese government in 1998 and 2006.
"Chinese Classical" :
This is the rule played around 1920 which spread all around the world.
We can reasonably say that every mahjong rules or so derivate from this rule.
There is so much variations between CC rules, that it's more a family of rules than a rule itself.
"Chinese Mahjong", "Traditional Mahjong":
Those names don't means much: an incalculable number of rules are used all over China. And even more are used over the world.
Sites for learning the rules / how to play :
Ryan Morris's site - This site contains step-by-step rules for Reach Mahjong.
Official European Mahjong Assocition rules - Both Chinese Official rules and Riichi Competition Rules.
Include French, Spanish and Polish translations for RCR, and a Spanish translation for CO.
Sloperama - The best site to identify a mahjong rule, finds out what an unusual tile is, and a lot more, ...
For example: Most Misunderstood Asian Rules