Mahjong India

What I  have noticed of late, specially while playing Goulash, is that once a player throws a tile, and the next person picks from the wall;  then another player wants to claim the throw.  Here comes the importance of "Racking", and  "Window of Opportunity" rule. Normally, when a discard has been made by the player at your left and it is your turn, you follow these steps: 1. Pause and count 3. This is so that anyone at the table can have a chance to call for the current live discard. 2. Take the tile from the live end of the wall, and bring it towards yourself. Some people look at the tile while doing so, but this is a bad idea because other players can see the tile, too. 3. Some people just look at the tile without racking it. This is acceptable; but just know that the window of opportunity on the live discard remains open while you're looking at your new tile. You might have to put it back. Some people, in the interest of closing the window so as to...

Mahjong is an ancient game, popular throughout the world. It's a fun game, and fosters friendship and bonds for a lifetime. It makes an excellent social activity and prevents isolation for people of all ages. It teaches patience; while sitting for long hours, waiting for your turn, and waiting on your tile, patience is a significant factor in the game. Mah Jongg also helps improve a person’s memory and sharpens the mind. It helps people to make faster decisions and better observations, and also forces players to think on different spectrums. In order to make a winning hand, players need to stay mentally alert throughout the game. But every game comes with a set of rules and etiquettes. Mah Jongg is a versatile game and it has a whole lot of variations.  It is said that, “the day after mah-jongg was created; it was played at a second table, with a second set of rules”! So, each table can have their own rules as long as they are agreeable by all the four players. Therefore, i...

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 ...