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Let's get straight into it:
Playing the Game The winner of our Speed Mahjong game is decided after 1 round of Mahjong only. Firstly, you will be randomly seated. Then, the tiles are randomly shuffled and a 4 sided 'wall' is built, 17 tiles long and 2 high. Each player is dealt 13 tiles, with 1 extra for the dealer East wind). After the dealer discards, each player takes it in turn to take tiles from the remainder of the wall and to discard a tile from their hand. · A player may pick up the previous players discard to make a Chow - a 3 tile straight in the same suit · A player may pick up any player's discarded tile to make a Pong - 3 of a kind of the same suit. · A player may pick up any player's discarded tile to make a Kong - 4 of a kind of the same suit. If you get a Kong, you will be dealt another tile as a Kong is treated as 3 tiles. · A player may pick up any player's discarded tile to go Mahjong! And win the game! Note! The game software will automatically inform you if you are able to Chow, Pong, Kong or go Mahjong!. You can also decline the choice of course.
Priority Rule Should more than one player be able to pick up a discarded tile then which player gets it is decided by the effect that the tile will have; If it brings a Mahjong! that player always get the tile, followed in priority by a Pong or Kong and then finally a Chow. If after this rule is applied, two or more players claim a win, then the player closest in playing order to the discarder takes priority and wins.
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 Did You Know?During the 1920's the game was introduced into the United States and became mainstream and very popular.
Indeed, such was the demand for Mahjong sets, they became the 6th most valuable export commodity from Shanghai. Amongst others Parker Brothers and Milton Bradley also began production of Mahjong sets and it is said that the demand for the production actually saved Milton Bradley from bankruptcy. Just think of a world without Scrabble! |