As for selfstudy material in english, ive read through e. The content covered targets at skill level from 1dan to 6dan and assumes that readers have already read daina chibasriichi book 1 and is rather familiar with block method. Uspml players have also participated in numerous international championships including multiple european riichi championships, the international online riichi mahjong championship and the world riichi championship of 2014 in paris. It is permissible to chow a tile and discard an identical tile from the hand. Riichi in particular is an incredibly complex yaku, so i. Zusatzlich muss eine vollstandige hand mindestens ein yaku siehe 4.
Play sporcle s virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on. An extra yaku, ippatsu, is awarded for winning within the first uninterrupted set of turns after declaring riichi, including the next draw by the riichi declarer. It is potentially a second yaku, ippatsu, if the player wins within one turn of declaring riichi, provided nothing else is called during that turn. A yaku is a certain pattern in a mahjong hand, or a special condition under which a win is declared. The rules were organized in the taisho to showa period as the game became popular. Washington riichi mahjong meetup washington, dc meetup. A player who wins in the first set of turns after the riichi declaration including the players next draw can claim an additional yaku for ippatsu. Riichi waitingonaconcealedhand,aplayer can declare riichi. In addition, a complete hand must have at least one yaku scoring pattern. We welcome players of all levels and we are willing to teach newcomers.
Mahjong sets often have markers for indicating the prevailing wind and sticks used for keeping score and used also for continuance counters and riichi bets. If youre interested in playing riichi mahjong or learning how to play riichi mahjong this meetup is perfect. Video of watching three player mahjong on software. Yaku, riichi, and menzen tsumo riichi mahjong guide. If this discard is claimed for mahjong, the riichi declaration doesnt take effect. Riichi mahjong is the official name for japanese style mahjong and is. When your hand is ready and fully concealed, you can call riichi. Download the latest world riichi championship rules.
R mahjong has fast rulebased artificial intelligence ai. Note that even though it is a claimed tile that finishes the pure straight, it still scores an extra yaku because the hand is concealed. Add the number of fan given by the yaku at least one, the number of dora tiles, kan dora tiles and, in case of a riichi hand, the number of ura dora in the hand. Our variant rules every japanese tournament, clubs, leagues and even parlors have their own set of rules. The riichi competition rules rcr of the european mahjong association ema are used for many japanese mahjong tournaments. Riichi mahjong 4 player scoring and yaku sheet 11x17 size document wdmc 4playerruleguide 2018 edition. It is permissible to declare riichi when a player is furiten. The uspml is one of the first riichi mahjong organizations in north america, running riichi meetups in nyc since 2010. After learning that riichi is quite popular in europe, i decided to write a book on riichi strategies for european players. Many yaku are patternbased yaku comparable to poker hands. A short series of posts i am doing about all the commonstandard yaku in japanese mahjong since there are 25 yaku not including yakuman. A player who has at least one yaku, can always declare mahjong, even if he is furiten.
Japanese mahjong scoring rules are used for japanese mahjong, a game for four players common in japan. The only change in rule that we have is whether we play with akadora or not so please check with organiser. A new player may find it easiest to avoid opening their hand and simply aim for riichi every time. A reference sheet for players playing doman mahjong in final fantasy xiv. Japanese riichi yaku list hand composition yaku all simples tanyao 1 hand must not contain terminals, or 1s or 9s triplet of dragons, round wind, or seat wind yakuhai 1 per triplet three color sequence sanshoku doujun 1 open, 2 closed. So, i started playing on tenhou some months ago and soon realized that, though im not totally incompetent, i have much more room for improvement than id first thought. An introduction to the game of mahjong no strategies, and not even all the rules, really, but hopefully a flavor of what the game is.
Although he offers some good tips for all mahjong variants, i didnt find anything especially helpful since the books seemed to be more concentrated on the american and chinese official versions. Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. It has been adopted either wholly or with minor variations by international organizations including the japan professional mahjong league and the european mahjong association. Unlike poker, yaku types do not supercede each other. I got some of them from imported japanese mahjong games ive played maybe a couple of dozen different titles and some of those options only appeared in one or two games. A riichi mahjong study book kindle edition by barr, jenn, nelson, garthe, collinge, gemma. But ive been able to reach rank 7 on tenhou without having to memorize as much and i can definately tell my mahjongg is improving so i just need to give it time and practice. I know ive just been watching the saki series of mahjong anime and it seems like memorizing yaku and scoring are like the baseline for that level of competetive play. If the discarded tile is claimed for a chow, pung, or kong the player rotates his next. Riichi mahjong modern japanese mahjong is a game of skill and luck, sharing some similarities with rummy and poker. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
My japanese mahjong guides full pdf guide and primer for yakuza players. The hand scores 1 yaku for riichi, 1 yaku for pinfu, 2 yaku for pure straight because the hand is concealed. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading a riichi mahjong study book. Riichi, is a characteristic feature of japanese mahjong.
If the discarded tile was claimed for mahjong the riichi declaration does not count. The first edition of the ema riichi rules was established in preparation of the first european riichi. The rules will come into effect on april 1, motivation for the rule changes is to be in line with modern. The rules are basically identical to the standard japanese rules used on with open tanyao, red fives. Us professional mahjong league new york, ny meetup. It reuses some text from the ema riichi rule book by tina christensen. A beginner friendly japanese mahjong calculator with english and japanese support. These slides were done for a 2hour workshop on riichi mahjong strategies and then altered to increase readability in the absence of a presenter. World riichi rules conform to commonlyaccepted modern riichi rules. In this episode of riichi mahjong guide, we discuss the general idea of yaku, as well as the two most common yaku. Instead, they are the main factor to determine hand values. A player who is furiten, is not allowed to win on a discard. The minipoints fu are then rounded up to the nearest multiple of 10.
If this discard is claimed for mahjong, the riichideclaration doesnt take effect. It is essential to know the yaku for game strategy, since a player must have a minimum of one yaku in their hand in order to legally win a hand. Japanese riichi yaku list hand composition yaku all simples tanyao 1 hand must not contain terminals, or 1s or 9s triplet of dragons, round wind. To make sure everybody share the same understanding of rules, we will be following the below rules. Yaku are hand patterns andor luck situations in richi mahjong. A lot of the options there are very uncommon though. Part iii covers strategy principles, including score calculation methods chapter 6, riichi judgement chapter 7, defense judgement chapter 8, melding judgement chapter 9, and so called grand strategies to win a game chapter 10. The world riichi championship rules cannot be called to be a worldwide rule if not based. Riichi strategy intermediate to advanced riichi mahjong. Wdmc official riichi 2019 mahjong rule guide for nonbeginner players wdmc 3 player mahjong cheat sheet ver. Yaku conditions may be combined to produce hands of greater value.
The first book, though well written, is completely useless for learning or studying riichi mahjong. My japanese mahjong guides full pdf guide and primer for. If your pdf reader software lacks that functionality it might instead let you open. The ippatsu chance is lost if the set of turns is broken by claims for kong, pung or chow, including concealed kongs. To win a hand, besides it being a complete hand, it must have at least one scoring element. If this tile completes your hand and you declare a win you can claim the yaku. Mahjong was brought to japan in 1904, but the riichi form that is used in modern times. Riichi is one yaku, increasing the value of the hand and allowing the player to win even though his hand would otherwise not contain a yaku.