Does anybody know how to play Mah Jong?

My housemates recently returned from a trip to China with a Mah Jong set. There were no instructions in the box on how to play. Is anybody familiar with the game and could anybody send a link to a website which will explain the rules in English?|||Mahjong


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This article is about the four-player game of Chinese origin. For the two-player tile-matching game, see Mahjong solitaire.


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Mahjong





Players 3-4


Age range %26gt; Any


Setup time 2-30 minutes


Playing time 0-3 hours


Random chance Yes


Skills required Tactics, observation, memory





Mahjong (Traditional Chinese: 麻將; Simplified Chinese: 麻将; Pinyin: Májiàng; Cantonese: Màhjeung; or Chinese: 麻将; Pinyin: Májiàng; Cantonese: Màhjeuk; Japanese: 麻雀 (Mājan); other common English spellings include mahjongg, majiang, and hyphenated forms such as mah-jong or mah-jongg) is a game for four players that originated in China.





Mahjong involves skill, strategy, and calculation, as well as a certain degree of luck. Depending on the variation which is played, luck can be anything from a minor to a dominant factor in success. In Asia, mahjong is also popular as gambling or computer games.





The object of the game is to build complete suits - or melds - usually of threes, from either 13 or 16 tiles. The first person to achieve this goal wins the game. The winning tile completes the player's set of either 14 or 17 tiles.





Contents [hide]


1 History


1.1 Mahjong in China


1.2 Mahjong in the Western world


1.3 Current development


2 Variants


3 Competition rules


4 Equipment


4.1 Suits:


4.2 Honor:


4.3 Flower:


5 Setting up the board


5.1 Prevailing Wind and Game Wind


5.2 Dealing tiles


5.3 Charleston


6 Gameplay


6.1 Flower tiles


6.2 Joker tiles


6.3 Melds


6.4 Ready hands


6.5 Draws


6.6 Abortive draws


6.7 Winning


6.8 Turns and rounds


7 Scoring


8 See also


9 Further reading


9.1 Chinese classical


9.2 Chinese official


9.3 See also


10 Footnotes


11 External links





I hope this helps try this page for further information|||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahjong





Has all the info you need it is basically just getting same tiles but also things like seasons flowers and dragons which are good to collect. Its a really good game hope you have fun with it|||hi - I play a lot online so will attempt to give you a rundown of rules! You have to make matching pairs, BUT the tiles you match together have to have at least 1 side 'open', ie not butted up against another tile. Does that make sense?





I play on Yahoo games, so check out the gaming section, find MahJongg and read their rules. Have fun! Am v jealous, would love a real set :) xx|||Go to pogo.com and play a few online games to get the hang of it.|||find pairs








http://www.starnow.co.uk/allanhatucker|||You only have to find 2 that match - its like the easiest game in the world - like playing pairs!|||Hope thess help





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