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AMY LO
TUTTLE PUBLISHING
Tokyo • Rutland, Vermont • Singapore
Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd., with editorial offices at 364 Innovation Drive, North Clarendon, VT 05759 and 61 Tai Seng Avenue, #02-12 Singapore 534167.
Copyright © 2001 Amy Lo
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Contents
| INTRODUCTION | |
| CHAPTER ONE | The Game of Mahjong |
| 1.1 | The Tiles |
| 1.2 | Accessories |
| 1.3 | A Hand of Tiles |
| 1.4 | A Few Examples of Winning Hands |
| 1.5 | Players and Their Respective Playing Positions |
| 1.6 | Playing Directions |
| 1.7 | Different Rules of Mahjong Game |
| CHAPTER TWO | The Cantonese Game |
| 2.1 | Seat Allocation |
| 2.2 | Building the Walls |
| 2.3 | Designating the First Dealer |
| 2.4 | Breaking the Walls |
| 2.4.1 Leaping the Tiles | |
| 2.5 | Matching the Tiles |
| 2.6 | Claiming a Discarded Tile |
| 2.6.1 Sheung — To Match a Sequence | |
| 2.6.2 Pung — To Match a Triplet | |
| 2.6.3 Revealed and Concealed Sets | |
| 2.6.4 Gong | |
| 2.6.5 Priority in Claiming Discards | |
| 2.7 | When to Declare a Win |
| 2.8 | Failing to Claim a Discard to Declare Pung or a Win |
| 2.9 | The Dealer and the Duration of a Game |
| 2.10 | Scoring |
| 2.11 | Computing the Fans |
| 2.12 | Awarding the Winner |
| 2.12.1 Jit Woo — To Intercept a Winning Hand | |
| 2.12.2 Table of Awards | |
| 2.13 | Payine the Winner |
| 2.14 | Bao — Penalty to the Risk Taker |
| 2.15 | Penalties |
| 2.15.1 Falsely Declaring a Win | |
| 2.15.2 Long or Short Hand | |
| 2.16 | Fortune Hand — a Draw |
| 2.17 | Playing with Flower Tiles |
| 2.17.1 Scoring for Flower Tiles | |
| 2.18 | Five-Player Game — Dreaming |
| 2.19 | Three-Player Game |
| CHAPTER THREE | Basic Strategy |
| 3.1 | Speed |
| 3.2 | Taking Advantage of Opportunities |
| 3.3 | Keeping Alert |
| 3.4 | Safe Discards |
| 3.5 | Improving Your Winning Chance |
| 3.6 | Improving Your Hand for a Higher Score |
| 3.7 | Winning Probabilities |
| CHAPTER FOUR | Courtesies |
| CHAPTER FIVE | The Shanghai Game |
| 5.1 | Terminology |
| 5.2 | Designating the Chair of the First Dealer |
| 5.3 | Choosing the First Dealer |
| 5.4 | Building the Walls |
| 5.5 | Discards |
| 5.6 | Displaying Revealed Sequences |
| 5.7 | Fortune Hand |
| 5.8 | Assembling a Revealed 13-Terminal Tile Hand |
| 5.9 | Scoring |
| 5.10 | Computing the Fans |
| 5.11 | Awarding the Winner |
| CHAPTER SIX | The 12-Tile Game |
| 6.1 | Winning Probabilities |
| CHAPTER SEVEN | The 16-Tile or Taiwanese Game |
| 7.1 | Seat Allocation |
| 7.2 | Building the Walls |
| 7.3 | Designating the First Dealer, Breaking the Walls, Revealing Flower Tiles, and Drawing Make-up Tiles |
| 7.4 | Shuh |
| 7.5 | Garng |
| 7.6 | Winners |
| 7.7 | Scoring |
INTRODUCTION
The Mahjong Game
Mahjong is called "Mahjek," which means
