Mahjong in India

GOULASH The aim of the goulash hand is to make all pungs (or kongs) and a pair in one suit only. a) Count minimum of 20, which is 160 when multiplied by 8 and for east it is doubled to 320 b) In case of honours, 3 doubles must be complete with a pair/pung in suit and count must be aminimum of 20. Counting for Goulash 4 for every garden 2 for ordinary pung open 4 for ordinary pung closed 8 for ordinary kong open 16 for ordinary kong closed 4 for honour pung open 8 for honour pung closed 16 for honour kong open 32 for honour kong closed Counting for Doubles: Your own garden gives you a double in honour hands or doubles your count in non-honour hands Pung of wind/ wind of the round gives you a double. Pungs of 3 winds give one double. Pung of each of the dragons give a double.  Pungs of 3 dragons gives another double. 3 hidden pungs give 1 double. 3 kongs give a double. All honours with pung in suit of only 1/9 of any one suit gives a double. Goul...

Mahjong is a game of both skill and luck that originated in China many centuries ago and was brought to rest of the world  in  early 20th century. Mahjong is played with four players seated around a table. Tiles are shuffled, die are cast, and rituals involving the allocation of tiles and then the exchange of tiles begin. The first person to match a hand of 14 tiles and thus "call mahjong" ends the game, whereupon tiles are scored and a winner is declared. 16 games are to be played for a single round of Mahjong, so that each player in each round gets to be East, South, West and North. One round of 16 games should take ideally 3-4 hours. The 144 tiles of the set are placed in double decker rows along the wooden wall, 18 tiles on each row. So 18 below and 18 on them. (The 4 joker tiles are thrown in only during the North round.) The highest throw becomes East and right of her is South, front is West and left is North. (Every Silly Woman Nags or Every Sensible Woman ...