Posts Tagged ‘Riichi’
Back in the Saddle
Dec 15th, 2009
by Gemma
A while back I wrote that I was finding it difficult to get excited about mahjong. That period of my life is over and I am playing everyday again!
I’m not sure exactly what changed. Perhaps it was while making my travel preperations for the Red 5s tournament and the Cherry Blossom tournament. Or perhaps it was my mother asking me to teach her mahjong over the Christmas period. Either way, there hasn’t been many days recently when I haven’t played some mahjong.
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Tags: Gemma Collinge, mahjong, reach mahjong, Riichi
Posted in Columns, Gemma's Journal |
The Chairman’s Opinion of Mahjong
Dec 11th, 2009
by Gemma
Diverting snippet for those of you with an interest in mahjong and/or China’s history.
Not the most exciting commentary you’ll ever read in your life but… I thought it curious.
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Tags: Gemma Collinge, mahjong, reach mahjong, Riichi
Posted in Columns, Gemma's Journal |
Riichi Reaches Guildford UK
Dec 9th, 2009
by Gemma
Earlier this week I asked Ian Fraser of the Guildford riichi club to write a short article introducing their club to the world and summing up their mahjong year. Ian kindly obliged so read on… According to the proverb – “Great oaks from tiny acorns grow.” A small Riichi ‘acorn’ was planted in Guildford in January 2009, in the form of around a dozen local players coming together for a club night. (more…)
Tags: EMA, Gemma Collinge, reach mahjong, Riichi, UK Mahjong
Posted in News, Regional News, Tournaments |
What We Got: Junk Mat
Dec 7th, 2009
by jenn
My favorite product on MahjongMart has to be the Junk Mat. In fact, it was one of the first products we stocked. I first purchased my own Junk Mat in Japan online the year that I graduated from university (we’ll leave that year out of this article) and I loved it from the instant I opened it.
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Tags: Junk Mat, mahjong, Mahjong Products, reach mahjong, Riichi
Posted in Mahjong Products |
Pro Sets are Back
Nov 30th, 2009
by jenn
MahjongMart.com products are so popular that we have to restock regularly, and we have. (Beware, this almost definitely sounds like an advertisement)
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Tags: mahjong, Mahjong Products, Mahjong Tiles, reach mahjong, Riichi
Posted in Mahjong Products |
Jaap Croeze Wins the Kinryu Mahjong Taikai
Sep 26th, 2009
by jenn
The results are in and Jaap Croeze is the champion!
We don’t have the final scores yet. Those will come with Gemma Collinge’s recap next week. Pictures will come then too, but we do know who the winners are!
Jaap Croeze won the tournament. Gerda van Oorschot came in second place and ReachMahjong.com’s own Gemma Collinge took 3rd place.
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Tags: EMA, reach mahjong, Riichi
Posted in Results |
Kinryu Majan Taikai
Sep 20th, 2009
by Gemma
September 26th the Netherlands is hosting the Kinryu Majan Taikai in Almere. Contrary to the tournament’s original intent, they will no longer be playing the yakitori rule.
Participants received an email earlier this week stating:
“The KMT used the yakitori as (optional) bonus element, but EMA requested all tournaments use the same additional elements, so at the KMT we will also play with red fives.”
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Tags: EMA, Gemma Collinge, mahjong, reach mahjong, Riichi
Posted in Reach Mahjong |
The Linguistics of Mahjong
Aug 4th, 2009
by Gemma
The world of mahjong is now multi-lingual. How do we face the problems that occur when players don’t share the same language?
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Tags: Gemma Collinge, mahjong, reach mahjong, Riichi
Posted in Columns, Gemma's Journal |
