The Game of Mah Jong Illustrated

by Maloney, Betty; Thompson, Patricia A.

• ISBN13: 9780684868431
• ISBN10: 0684868431
• Edition: Illus.
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia

Summary

An invaluable handbook for Mah Jong newcomers and experienced players alike, with fifty-one fully-illustrated hands.

Although Mah Jong has been played by many nationalities through the ages, there are few books on the game. Some early books, translated from the Chinese, make hilarious reading and are virtually impossible to comprehend. Most books for beginners assume that the reader has some elementary knowledge of the game.
     In this book, the player is introduced to every phase by a clear explanation accompanied by illustrations, which enable an easy step-by-step development of the game. Scoring is set out in simple tabulated form, with illustrations of scoring for specific hands.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 5
The tiles	p. 5
The set	p. 6
Number of tiles
Suits
Plain tiles
Wind and dragon tiles
Flower and season tiles
Accessories
Design variations
The scoring groups	p. 14
Pung
Kong
Chow
Pair
Background to the game	p. 16
The objective	p. 16
Let's play	p. 18
Rules
Courtesies
Penalties
Strategies
A hand
A round
A game
The wind of the round
Counters
Scoring	p. 24
The ground score
Doubling the ground score
Versions of the game
The Chinese game	p. 27
The objective
Scoring a Chinese hand
Mah Jong terms	p. 30
Teaching children	p. 31
Special hands	p. 32
How to use the illustrations
Scoring for special hands
Summary of scoring for special hands	p. 50
Further variations of special hands	p. 51
Two players
Three players
Five players	p. 59
Synopsis of special hands	p. 60
Suits only
Winds, dragons and, suit
Honours
Winds
Winds and dragons
Dragons
The game in brief	p. 62
Tournament play	p. 63
Bibliography	p. 63
Index	p. 64
Seating indicator
Doubling table
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