Although this is the Chinese version, this still has helped me a lot with the Japanese version in Yakuza/Judgement. I still don't know enough to win a game yet, even after watching countless different guides, but I feel my knowledge has increased greatly with this video in particular.
I am Spanish. Got my mahjong set in Malaysia about 40 over years ago and I am now trying to teach my family how to play. I think you are doing an incredible good job with this video, very easy to understand even though the game itself is quite complicated. Thank you very much. Looking forward to your next video
Looking forward for more videos, you’re really good at explaining and making it easy to understand. I’m 15 and I would love to learn how to play so I thought about buying a set and learning it, thank you for putting this video out (:
I really love this video so much. Very informative for beginners like myself. I appreciate this effort! Could you do a video on winning combinations or sorts?
I'm recently learning Mahjong from my friends and family. Chanced upon your video and found it a very good summary of the game. Could you please make the next video on scoring (Tai2 in mandarian). I am rather confused about that as there are so many possible winning hands. Thank you.
When I first learned Hong Kong mahjong some years ago, I was taught that if I can only play one suit at a time meaning I'm not allowed to mix the suits in one game. Also, once I've decided on which suit to play, I must decide on whether I want to chi or pong with that suit as I can only choose one or the other. This forces the player to stratagise from the start by observing the tiles discarded from the other players and also to mask their own moves and try to mislead others.
I don't know if you'll see my comment, but I truly appreciate the way you explained the game. Will you please make a video for Riichi and Cantonese Mahjong also? Im trying to learn as many versions as I can. I've already learned the American version.
I have only played one game of Chinese Mahjong, and the players went very fast, even though there were two beginners, myself being one of the beginners. Your video will help me at the next game! So clear! However, the set we played with did not have any animals. It had only 144 tiles, not 148.
Special hands in SG Mahjong I need to clear up. Is there Humanly Hand (天胡，地胡，人胡) in SG Mahjong and how to form? Is there Nine Gates in SG Mahjong, and can it still qualify for Nine Gates if open melds have been made?
@@Kirov4ever I've never seen anyone play Nine Gates (九连宝灯) before, but now that you said it I went to read up on it. You cannot have any exposed tiles (i.e. melded tiles) for Nine Gates. I referred to: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singaporean_Mahjong_scoring_rules Your 胡 questions can be found in the website as well.
Yes there are 天胡，地胡，人胡. They are very rare, so I will focus on other more common hands. Nine gates is the rarest of them all, this is a type of 一色 hand, where you will be waiting from 1 to 9 of the same suit!
Thanks! Usually a box of mahjong there could be 4 blanks, 4 clown and 4 red chinese character 'fei' tiles. They are used like a wild card, they can be any card. They can act as any card apart from animal and flower tiles. It is illegal to discard them while playing. Depending on the house rules, often these tiles are not included when playing.
1.What happnes when you “kang” and left with a last tile in your deck? 2. Can you only Kang when a player throw from the left of you or can you do it wherever like pong? 3. When is it aloud to pong, kang or chi from the discarded pile? Is it right after the leader throw his/her first tile at the start of the game or is it when every one has picked up their first tile from the first draw wall?
1. Then you will have the last draw! And if you win its +2 points (last tile + kong up) 2. Kong works like pong! 3. This is not monopoly so, right from the start!
Question: When someone makes a 'pong', they discard a tile so they have 13 again. Now, is it still their turn? Or is it the person on the right's turn now? Also, my set doesn't have animal tiles :/ do you need the animal tiles and flowers to play this style? Very nice video! Looking forward to seeing the scoring system video!
To answer your question, once a player calls a pong and throws his tile, it’s the next person’s turn (the one on his right). Animal tiles are only applicable for singaporean style mahjong; most mahjong styles do not have animal tiles, so unless you want to play singaporean rules, it is okay if your set does not have them.
Very well explained! Though i have a few questions. 1. When the player on my left throws away a tile that i want (3 identical tiles), can i say "pong" to take that tile to match with my other 2 identical tiles? 2. When the player infront of me or on my right throws away a tile that i want (3 in sequence), can i take it? And what do i say? Thank you!
1. Yes you can! 'Pong' can be done when ANY player discard a tile that you want to match with. 2. Nope you cannot! Unless that is your winning tile, then yes.
@@mahjong1019 Continuing off his example in #1: After he calls 'Pong' and takes the tile, will the next turn be continuing counter-clockwise from his turn or will it continue counter-clockwise from the person he took the tile from? Thank you~
What happens if a person draws a flower during the game? Do they put it down and draw from the flower pile during the same turn or do they have to wait for their next turn to draw without discarding?
Question no1: I assume that there is none tiles left after building the wall as long as you don't have "animal" tiles Question no2: when breaking the wall you create both the dead wall (for drawing when having flowers/seasons/kongs) and alive wall (for drawing the tiles). How many tiles shall dead part contain?
Is this style the basic with modifications based on culture? Or is the game widely different if played elsewhere. I'm going to be playing with some Filipino family members and don't want to embarrass myself:)
No, the flower pile is determined by the number indicated by the dice rolled by the host. Players would draw flower tiles from the flower pile following the sequence and move on to the next wall when necessary in the opposite direction.
Question. You can only take a tile that has just been discarded by a player right? Can’t pong/chi any tile that was already there out on the table (discarded previously). Thanks!
If player at E discards a tile and player at West calls Pong, after he takes the tile and discards one, who plays next - does turn go back to South or to North?
So whats the purpose of the animal and flower tiles if you are just going to get rid of them every time you have them/drew them? and also what if both players says "Pong" at the same time?
1. The animal and flowers tile are for points (which will be explained further in future videos) 2. There is no way that could happen: When a player shouts 'pong' it means that the player has 2 identical tiles and a similar one has been discarded by another player. Since there are only 4 identical tiles of each tile in every deck, it is not possible to have 2 players shouting pong at the same time
@@mahjong1019 I see. makes sense haha. thanks a lot man! i learned a lot! well be playing mahjong this Christmas Eve haha!. ill check out that video about animals and flowers!
Yeap there are many variation out there, this is the Singaporean version (there are many variations within Singapore Mahjong as well). So I cant give you a definite answer whether this is the traditional classic chinese version
Is this the same as Hong Kong style Mah Jong? I am trying to learn the scoring. I know most how to play but scoring is the last thing I need to learn after 25 years of playing! My parent say words like 'chicken' score etc.. what are they all?
Sorry I am not very sure how Hong Kong style Mahjong works! There are 4 animals in a deck, chicken is one of them. You get a point for every animal you draw
The chicken hand is the lowest value hand you can get. It's usually worth zero 番 but on maque.games it's actually worth 1 番! It's a mixture of triplets and sequences of different suits with no pattern nor consistency.
What happens if I draw a flower tile during the gameplay ? Do I reveal it and draw another one from the flower pile or do I have to keep it in my hand??
Well, if you think of it from a logical perspective. If you throw a tile that can be anything, doesn't it mean that anyone can 'pong' and this will disrupt the game flow (as there is one additional tile on the floor). Furthermore, this go against "pong" rule which states that anyone can "pong" regardless of who threw it
so when the original host becomes 南, when he pong 南 he gets one tai rite? then the player on his right becomes 西？ oh yah, how many tiles shld be in the flower pile?
Because when you draw tiles you always begin from the head of the pile, which is from right to left. Except for flower pile, it goes in the reverse direction. Everytime you draw from either side of the pile, it has to be in sequence. So that’s why you can’t simply skip any tiles.
Kennedy O thank you. Also is there ever a situation where all the tiles have run out and nobody has won? I ask because what if during drawing and discarding tiles, players have forgot to cal pong or chow when they could’ve which could result in this?
The game will end when a player wins, or when there is 7 and a half stack left in the wall (there is a term for this, "qi tong ban". Or 15 tiles), the game will end in a draw
Although this is the Chinese version, this still has helped me a lot with the Japanese version in Yakuza/Judgement. I still don't know enough to win a game yet, even after watching countless different guides, but I feel my knowledge has increased greatly with this video in particular.
Video 4 parts
1:09 how to set up
7:06 different type of tiles
10:41 objective of game
11:41 game play
I am Spanish. Got my mahjong set in Malaysia about 40 over years ago and I am now trying to teach my family how to play. I think you are doing an incredible good job with this video, very easy to understand even though the game itself is quite complicated. Thank you very much. Looking forward to your next video
Great video! The others on youtube are lousy at explaining this game lol. This one is the most informative one so far!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I agree I finally feel like I have a basic understanding of the game
Had a hard time finding a tutorial that actually teaches you the game and shows how its played. Thank you dude!
this might be the best mahjong tutorial on the internet
I dunno the beginning was very confusing, kinda started to lose me at "Flower Pile"...
Finally, I can get 100% in Yakuza
Chinese rules and japanese rules are different tho.
th-cam.com/video/hlnC2rgIPrc/w-d-xo.html
Its 3 hours long, but this is the most comprehensive and thorough riichi mahjong guide on youtube
@@mikecoxlong4805 oh, thank you, then :)
@@mikecoxlong4805 riichi mahjong is the japanese version, right ?
@@zarakikenpachi7359 yes, it is
Thank you! Easiest way to learn, finally I understood how to play!
Please upload another video about scoring 🤗
Thank you, I will
Looking forward for more videos, you’re really good at explaining and making it easy to understand.
I’m 15 and I would love to learn how to play so I thought about buying a set and learning it, thank you for putting this video out (:
Great video and best explanation i have seen setting up the tiles and how to start the game. Well Done!!
Excellent instructural video! The best one I found that explains from putting the tiles on the table. Looking forward to the scoring video.
This has been the most helpful explanation by far. Thank you!
I really love this video so much. Very informative for beginners like myself. I appreciate this effort! Could you do a video on winning combinations or sorts?
Thankss really appreciate the comment! Yes new videos will be coming stay tuned :D
Finally a clear explanation of the game! Wish you made more videos!!
I'm recently learning Mahjong from my friends and family. Chanced upon your video and found it a very good summary of the game. Could you please make the next video on scoring (Tai2 in mandarian). I am rather confused about that as there are so many possible winning hands. Thank you.
Yess, the next video i will be talking about scoring (point system) please stay tune!
@@mahjong1019 Yes please! A video about scoring would be great
Thank you for the simple explanation, i can now start playing with my Grandchildren... Happy New Year!!
When I first learned Hong Kong mahjong some years ago, I was taught that if I can only play one suit at a time meaning I'm not allowed to mix the suits in one game. Also, once I've decided on which suit to play, I must decide on whether I want to chi or pong with that suit as I can only choose one or the other. This forces the player to stratagise from the start by observing the tiles discarded from the other players and also to mask their own moves and try to mislead others.
what i learnt is you can only mix if you have animals/flowers!
This is a great introduction! :)
I look forward to the new videos.
Thanks so much!
I don't know if you'll see my comment, but I truly appreciate the way you explained the game. Will you please make a video for Riichi and Cantonese Mahjong also? Im trying to learn as many versions as I can. I've already learned the American version.
Thanks a ton, this is absolutely the best mahjong video on youtube
I bought a set of mahjong , the instruments is too long didn’t want to read. Because of your demonstration I can play now, Lol. Thank you.
Helpful video. One question though, when you draw/discard can you discard the tile you just picked up?
Yes you can!
Very informative and easy to understand for new learners :) looking forward to your next videos!
Best video tutorial about mahjong on TH-cam!!!
Thanks :D
Loved this, but where is part two? I need to learn how to keep score now 😊😊😊
The best tutorial regaring mahjong. Looking forward to your next video on "kong" and the scoring system. Thank you,
Hi pretty woman, how are you?
Thanks! I only play online because the program gives us new tiles, and figures out whose turn it is. Now I'll know how to play with my mahjong set!
This was so helpful thank you so much for taking the time to make this video
super helpful. Do you have a 2nd video with more details of dragon tiles and how to score?
Yes, soon
I have only played one game of Chinese Mahjong, and the players went very fast, even though there were two beginners, myself being one of the beginners. Your video will help me at the next game! So clear! However, the set we played with did not have any animals. It had only 144 tiles, not 148.
Thank you so much I have been meaning to learn for a while but now I finally did. 谢谢你！新年快乐！🤗🤗🤗
I have the same SIA mahjong set as you! Good on you to do a video series! I've been teaching mahjong to peers and anyone who is willing to play! :)
Special hands in SG Mahjong I need to clear up. Is there Humanly Hand (天胡，地胡，人胡) in SG Mahjong and how to form? Is there Nine Gates in SG Mahjong, and can it still qualify for Nine Gates if open melds have been made?
@@Kirov4ever I've never seen anyone play Nine Gates (九连宝灯) before, but now that you said it I went to read up on it. You cannot have any exposed tiles (i.e. melded tiles) for Nine Gates. I referred to: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singaporean_Mahjong_scoring_rules
Your 胡 questions can be found in the website as well.
Yes there are 天胡，地胡，人胡. They are very rare, so I will focus on other more common hands. Nine gates is the rarest of them all, this is a type of 一色 hand, where you will be waiting from 1 to 9 of the same suit!
Excellent for a new player. Thanks. Good explanation.
you explained it very clearly. i have in my box some blank tiles, 4 of them. also have 4 clowns tiles. what are they for?
Thanks! Usually a box of mahjong there could be 4 blanks, 4 clown and 4 red chinese character 'fei' tiles. They are used like a wild card, they can be any card. They can act as any card apart from animal and flower tiles. It is illegal to discard them while playing. Depending on the house rules, often these tiles are not included when playing.
🃏Jokers🃏
Sounds like you have an 🇺🇸 set.
cant wait for next video!
I have questions about concealed kong and "Rob the Kong"
also learning about counting points! :D
thats qiang kong, which will add one point (i will do it in future video)
Very good video. I am trying to learn and this helped me a lot!
1.What happnes when you “kang” and left with a last tile in your deck?
2. Can you only Kang when a player throw from the left of you or can you do it wherever like pong?
3. When is it aloud to pong, kang or chi from the discarded pile? Is it right after the leader throw his/her first tile at the start of the game or is it when every one has picked up their first tile from the first draw wall?
1. Then you will have the last draw! And if you win its +2 points (last tile + kong up)
2. Kong works like pong!
3. This is not monopoly so, right from the start!
Thank you! This is a great video.
Can you upload more videos on counting, strategies, etc?
I was looking for a video with detailed explanation! Other videos are just 2-3 minutes long which I didn't want to watch!!!!! I hope this will help!
Question: When someone makes a 'pong', they discard a tile so they have 13 again. Now, is it still their turn? Or is it the person on the right's turn now?
Also, my set doesn't have animal tiles :/ do you need the animal tiles and flowers to play this style?
Very nice video! Looking forward to seeing the scoring system video!
To answer your question, once a player calls a pong and throws his tile, it’s the next person’s turn (the one on his right). Animal tiles are only applicable for singaporean style mahjong; most mahjong styles do not have animal tiles, so unless you want to play singaporean rules, it is okay if your set does not have them.
Thank you for this video! Could you teach about using and/or winning with gong?
Where the next part.. please make it soon 😍😍
I like you explanation a lot.
Greetings from Indonesia
Thank you! You made it easier for me to understand the game
Glad to hear that! :D
you know its a quality set when it yellows like that. what brand is that?
Very well explained! Though i have a few questions.
1. When the player on my left throws away a tile that i want (3 identical tiles), can i say "pong" to take that tile to match with my other 2 identical tiles?
2. When the player infront of me or on my right throws away a tile that i want (3 in sequence), can i take it? And what do i say?
Thank you!
1. Yes you can! 'Pong' can be done when ANY player discard a tile that you want to match with.
2. Nope you cannot! Unless that is your winning tile, then yes.
@@mahjong1019 Continuing off his example in #1: After he calls 'Pong' and takes the tile, will the next turn be continuing counter-clockwise from his turn or will it continue counter-clockwise from the person he took the tile from? Thank you~
@@yunthug The player that calls PONG must then discard a tile. This means the next player is the player to his right.
Thank you for your video. My question is: if the initial host continues to win say 5 times, does that mean not a single round was played?
Wow very impressive explanation thank you so much
A good start, thanks
Appreciate your effort creating the tutorial
Excellent explanation! Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it! :D
can u make a video about the prevailing wind indicator ?
Excellent video
thanks from TAIWAN
You said few things you will discuss in another video but I don’t see any other videos in your channel. Where is the other videos?
What is the point system for the games? Like how to calculate dragon? Pong? And sequence? Score
very clear! thank you
Thanks, finally I understand how it works. What about the Wind dice?
What happens if a person draws a flower during the game? Do they put it down and draw from the flower pile during the same turn or do they have to wait for their next turn to draw without discarding?
Hi srry a little late but if someone draws a flower during a game, they will have to take another tile from the flower pile
Question no1: I assume that there is none tiles left after building the wall as long as you don't have "animal" tiles
Question no2: when breaking the wall you create both the dead wall (for drawing when having flowers/seasons/kongs) and alive wall (for drawing the tiles). How many tiles shall dead part contain?
1. yep
2. It depends on the roll! So lets say you row 5, which will be yourself. The 'dead' pile will be 5 and the 'alive' pile will be 14 (19-5)!
@@mahjong1019 I think i missed it but what happens to teh dead pile when play begins? Doe sit rejoin the wall/alive pile? cheers
@@kudosbudo The dead wall is out of the game.
How do I score points? Like based on the hand you won with, how many points would you have won?
Thank you!!! ❤🎉
Thanks, it’s help a lot
Thank you!
this is the best one every
I love mahajong
Is this style the basic with modifications based on culture? Or is the game widely different if played elsewhere. I'm going to be playing with some Filipino family members and don't want to embarrass myself:)
The basic game play should be very similar, if not completely the same. Normally it will start differing when it comes to the point system and rules
@@mahjong1019 Thanks, I played with them and got a couple wins! It was a little different, but they helped me understand! Thanks for the vid!
Thank you !!
The flower pile must always be 5 stacks?
No, the flower pile is determined by the number indicated by the dice rolled by the host. Players would draw flower tiles from the flower pile following the sequence and move on to the next wall when necessary in the opposite direction.
What do u do with the cat and mouse?
Question. You can only take a tile that has just been discarded by a player right? Can’t pong/chi any tile that was already there out on the table (discarded previously). Thanks!
Yepp thats correct!
When and where is your next lesson for beginners?
coming!
When you gona make another video to teach us how to count points
coming soon!
excellent
thumbs up. easy to understand. :)
thanks, I was really confused about the game
Am here cause my friend invite me to play Mahjong and Idk how HAHAHA
If player at E discards a tile and player at West calls Pong, after he takes the tile and discards one, who plays next - does turn go back to South or to North?
South!
Do you subsequent videos?
coming!
So whats the purpose of the animal and flower tiles if you are just going to get rid of them every time you have them/drew them? and also what if both players says "Pong" at the same time?
1. The animal and flowers tile are for points (which will be explained further in future videos)
2. There is no way that could happen: When a player shouts 'pong' it means that the player has 2 identical tiles and a similar one has been discarded by another player. Since there are only 4 identical tiles of each tile in every deck, it is not possible to have 2 players shouting pong at the same time
@@mahjong1019 I see. makes sense haha. thanks a lot man! i learned a lot! well be playing mahjong this Christmas Eve haha!. ill check out that video about animals and flowers!
Is the traditional classic Chinese Mahjong? There seem to be so many variations. Is this the standard Chinese traditional version?
Yeap there are many variation out there, this is the Singaporean version (there are many variations within Singapore Mahjong as well). So I cant give you a definite answer whether this is the traditional classic chinese version
@@mahjong1019 fair play! And thank you for your reply.
I wish you left the comments on a screen a few moments longer so I could finish reading them.
Pause button helps.
I have a question,Does pong prioritise over a hu?
hu has the highest priority.
What about the animal tiles?
If someone said chi or pong, so the player will continue taking tiles. So the player between them will get skip???
Chi can only be done if the person on the left discard the tile. If it is pong, the player between them will get skipped
Is this the same as Hong Kong style Mah Jong? I am trying to learn the scoring. I know most how to play but scoring is the last thing I need to learn after 25 years of playing! My parent say words like 'chicken' score etc.. what are they all?
Sorry I am not very sure how Hong Kong style Mahjong works!
There are 4 animals in a deck, chicken is one of them. You get a point for every animal you draw
The chicken hand is the lowest value hand you can get. It's usually worth zero 番 but on maque.games it's actually worth 1 番! It's a mixture of triplets and sequences of different suits with no pattern nor consistency.
What if 2 players say pong/kang or win... who has the priority?
Nice
Thanks! :D
can i play mahjong without the animal tiles?
Its better to have the animal tiles. But without them is fine too, all the players will have to build 18 stacks in their wall instead of 19-18-19-18
want to learn
What happens if I draw a flower tile during the gameplay ?
Do I reveal it and draw another one from the flower pile or do I have to keep it in my hand??
You have to reveal and place it in front of your hand.
How would I know how much to pay
Question, if blank tiles can be any characters then why is it illegal to throw or desricard in the game?
Well, if you think of it from a logical perspective. If you throw a tile that can be anything, doesn't it mean that anyone can 'pong' and this will disrupt the game flow (as there is one additional tile on the floor). Furthermore, this go against "pong" rule which states that anyone can "pong" regardless of who threw it
@@mahjong1019 thank you for answering. But why do we have a blank tile what for and does it even have points too?
@@jawseasharkypilapil2265 that depends. Some mahjong set use blank tile as the white dragon (bai ban), while some use it as a joker
Finally a good fucking video!!
What happens if you get a kong? (Four of the same suit)
You will replace a tile from the flower pile and then discard a tile! A kong works the same way as Pong
How to count how much to pay
What are those flowers for?
My next video i will be talking about them! They are for points
I now know how to win in yakuza
Kiryu chan!!
so when the original host becomes 南, when he pong 南 he gets one tai rite? then the player on his right becomes 西？
oh yah, how many tiles shld be in the flower pile?
I’m confused at 4:25 the host was drawing 4 tiles from your wall after running out of tiles on his wall. Why your wall and not anyone else?
Because when you draw tiles you always begin from the head of the pile, which is from right to left. Except for flower pile, it goes in the reverse direction. Everytime you draw from either side of the pile, it has to be in sequence. So that’s why you can’t simply skip any tiles.
Kennedy O thank you. Also is there ever a situation where all the tiles have run out and nobody has won? I ask because what if during drawing and discarding tiles, players have forgot to cal pong or chow when they could’ve which could result in this?
The game will end when a player wins, or when there is 7 and a half stack left in the wall (there is a term for this, "qi tong ban". Or 15 tiles), the game will end in a draw