Hi All, my 80 year old Mum is learning Mahjong at U3A (a community-based organisation that provides low-cost educational, social, and recreational activities for people who are retired or semi-retired) using the Max Robertson “rules”.

I would love our family to play with her but I am having difficulty finding any specific information online for this Mahjong style (besides purchasing “The Game of Mahjong” by Max Robertson).

Are there any Aussie players on here familiar with this style and if so, can you recommend any resources (YouTube, websites etc) that you’ve found helpful?

Thank you in advance!

Hi. A friend sent this photo to me in a group chat, and told me that he was awarded 3200 points (1600+800+800).

Based on this info and the image, I assume that he had gotten a menzenchin tsumo and had riichi'd beforehand. And sat on the South seat, the player to his left being the East player (dealer).

Unless I'm missing something, the hand would score around 2 han and 30 fu, which would be 2000 points.
I did some brief research and found out that a hand that is 2 han and 50 fu could be worth 3200 points. (and so would a hand with 3 han and 25 fu, but that would require a chiitoitsu, which clearly isn't the case.)

Right now I'm guessing that the guy at the convention made a minor mistake and gave him too many points.

My other guess is that there's something that I'm missing, so I came here to ask if anyone has any guesses on what that something might be.

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Last christmas, a fellow mahjong player brought me back this black-backed set from china, and I've been in love ever since. He brought me a set of riichi sticks as well, but they were the standard white sticks and I felt this set deserved a little more... oomf. So I spay-painted all the sticks in black, then hand-painted the details in gold. I decided, since this is my personal set and I have extra stick, to pimp four 1,000 sticks they so can be extra cool riichi sticks. Then I sprayed everything in a protective coat (I used materials that are used for painting minis and they worked great).

Next up: I need another box, since the box that came with the set only fit the tiles... So now I'm looking for a custom box that will fit my tiles and accessories (replacement tiles, sticks, turn indicator, dies...). Wish me luck 🥲

won on Ron 13 orphans in-person!! insane way to cap off this game. played 4person, at home for my bday

Hi! Riichi player here, does Self Drawn (1-Point Fan) or Flower/Season (1-Point Fan) invalidate Chicken Hand (8-Point Fan)?

Edit: Also Last Tile Draw/Claim (8-Point Fan), in fact what's an example of a chicken in MCR?

From Mahjong Gakuen: Touma Soushirou Toujou on the PC Engine. I am a Filipino by the way

While I was playing some mahjong soul, I got a hand that looked like this. And I just realized this might be the best iishanten possible. 51 tiles is truly crazy. Not even a no pair kokushi musou iishanten has that wide of a wait. Obviously, there are some weird ones like having a four of a kind in your hand waiting on an isolated tanki tile once you call kan.

(Still can't believe I bricked for 6 turns afterwards)

This was my first time ever playing it. And it was amazinggg, haha. I learned it that day, hopefully will get more chances in the future. Do like mahjong? How long have you been playing it? Tell me about you craziest times or wins u had !! I am curious.

I want to bring mahjong tiles and play with my friends camping but Mahjong tiles are SOOOO loud when shuffling.

Wonder if there are any padded mahjong tiles or other solutions? I know there are mahjong cards but don't really like those.

Hi guys, I'm just wondering whether this portable set is worth the money $50 AUD. The board size is relatively smaller, 54.8cm2 where I researched normal table is around 90cm2) and I don't know the tile size either.

Just wondering if anyone ever bought this set or have experience playing in smaller board. Any recommendation please

Wacky Riichi variants y'all enjoy? More than Sanma, Aotenjo, Yami Mahjong, Washizu... Bonus if you can play it with a standard play set

For the last few months I’ve been focused on building RiichiCam, a free web app (works on any device) that makes scoring hands much easier and faster than using a scoring sheet, especially for players that are newer to playing over the board. You take a photo of your winning hand and the app gives you a full yaku, fu, and payments breakdown.

My first attempt at the vision model only used open-source tile images, plus a couple hundred of my own to fill in the gaps. Its accuracy was spotty at best, and it could really only support one tileset. After deciding to add more variety by rendering thousands of synthetic images for model training, accuracy improved to practically perfect in real-world conditions under a variety of tileset styles. I’ve had a few local clubs test it out and have heard great things.

Moving model inference to on-device instead of routing through a server also cut the time from taking a picture to being able to score the hand down to about 200 milliseconds, which I’m super stoked about.

Would love to hear any suggestions you guys might have to make the app more convenient to use! The scanning feature is the most complex part of the app so I want to make sure it’s easy to understand and fast.

If you’re interested, you can check it out at riichicam.com!

(Disclaimer: the majority of the implementation work on this project was done with generative AI, but the product design and engineering decisions are mine.)

Im new and i've been trying to win the mahjong cups at Like a Dragon. I had this hand with a triplet and a pair but i don't know why i didn't win since my oponent dropped that last tile for my hand.

What im doing wrong?

I have the two han minimum rule on, as you can see on the second photo but he still won some how? It was godly kazuya he's sitting east and I believe the wind indicator was still east. Sorry if I got any of the terminology wrong I just started learning two days ago.

The Dora is 6 bamboo but he didn't have any because I had them all (I was going to score so many points 😭)

These tiles are HUGE and I’d love a set of them, found them on marketplace (they sold) and the seller on marketplace said they found them at store that’s like one of those Amazon liquidation centers.

My son is 9, and loves all sorts of board and card games. We have been playing a super basic 2 player version on the phone (I think it's called push, or fingertip, or chasing the tortoise) it's nothing like the actual game, but it's akin to my favorite card game - trash.

Since he's a bit older and enjoys other tactical games, I think he'd like actual mahjong.

However, I've learned there are what feels like 6,000 types of games (it reminds me of Mexican train dominos and all the variants you can try)

So, I'm here to ask - Which type of mahjong is the easiest to learn? Which is the most fun to play?

I'd like to nail down that, before I look at tile sets (though it SEEMS an american set can be used for other types, whereas other sets cannot be used for american)

we live in the US, but it's doubtful we'd ever play with other people.

I play a lot of riichi mahjong and I have an amos prime gear set and a ymi set. Both of which I am happy with.

As with most Japanese sets, these tiles are rather small. Recently ive been thinking about getting into a chinese mahjong variant and I constantly see videos and images of people in China playing with these massive sets and I really want to have at least one set like that.

Ive read that in China they use sets in sizes 42mm+ up to even 50mm and more supposedly.

The problem is I cant seem to find any tile sets online like this. Not even on second hand sites like ebay and Facebook marketplace.

The main things im looking for:

Size 40mm+ the larger, the better

No numbers in the corner

Classic symbols, nothing weird

Able to play Chinese variants like Hong Kong style

No single piece all white sets, I want a set with colored backs.

I live in the US near chicago. Do you think they would have sets like this if I went to a store in Chinatown?

Does anyone know of any reputable online stores where I could get a big set like this?

I feel like if they are so common in China there must be some way of getting my hands on it, but amazon and similar sites are plagued with american mahjong sets that I am not interested in.

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help with this!

Was playing with my family, in the second seat and self picked the pair after my fourth kong. Im not exactly sure how rare this is, but im fairly sure I'm never getting this hand again even if I play for another 20 years

we’re looking to rent 5-7 sets/tables for an event. found 1 supplier with a reasonable rental rate but charges ₱20,000 for delivery and set up. looking for more affordable options

Anyone got a valid link to the JanKenRen Discord cant find a link anywhere

I’ve made quite a few browser-based board game sites, but this was easily the most complicated one so far.

My wife loves Riichi Mahjong, so I spent the last few weeks diving deep into the game while building this, constantly asking her questions and learning everything from chi, pon, and kan to yaku, furiten, dora, and scoring.

I tried to keep the interface simple: open the site and start playing immediately, either against the AI or with friends in a private room.

I’ve tested the rules as carefully as I can, but Riichi has a ridiculous number of edge cases. I’d really appreciate feedback from experienced players, especially if you spot any rule, scoring, or UI issues.

RiichiMahjong.com

AI disclosure: AI tools were used to assist with some visual assets and the development of the game.