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Riichi Mahjong Strategy Books
- snvzz 7y agoA wonderful game that's mostly unknown in the west. People often confuse it with the solitaire game that uses the same or similar pieces.
- aasasd 7y agoI occasionally get vaguely intrigued by the sight of a mahjong game in a movie. And occasionally embark on a not-too-thorough search for a computer-powered AI-endowed approximation of the experience to entertain myself without burdening other humans. Which search ends in encountering a number of solitaire applications, but not a four-player version. Meanwhile, I could play hearts, bridge or even something local such as durak, since the 90s.
- j0ta 7y agoBeen through that as well :) http://www.unbalance.co.jp/honkaku/smahjong3d/ http://www.unbalance.co.jp/honkaku/smahjong3d/ https://www.4windsmj.com/ https://www.4windsmj.com/
- UsernameProxy 7y agoIf you're on Android, Kemono Mahjong, by CyberDog Software, is a fantastic way to learn Riichi Mahjong.
- whateveracct 7y agoIt's on iOS too :)
- Anon1096 7y agoMahjong Soul has recently been gaining popularity and has 4 player riichi mahjong with computers.
- umanwizard 7y agoYakuza Kiwami 2 (an incredibly fun open-world RPG chock full of things to do) has a Mahjong minigame that you could just sit and play for hours against AI even if you don't care about anything else in the game.
- sosborn 7y agoThe first Kiwami has it too and I was hooked for quite a while.
- KON_Air 7y agoI think every modern iteration has Mahjong, but Kiwami 2 also has a pretty good Shogi minigame.
- umanwizard 7y agoAnd limit Hold-'em, although I found it pretty easy to beat consistently.
- aasasd 7y agoA bit too expensive and hardware-hungry for a mahjong game. > 42 GB available space
- umanwizard 7y agoWell, as I said, it contains a lot of stuff other than Mahjong ;)
- Hamuko 7y agoNote that there are multiple variations of the four-player version.
- the-tomster 7y agoRiichi definitely hits a sweet spot in the game design space. Just the right amount of complexity, always something to think about in game, but still fun to play fairly casually. There are many clever little risk/reward tradeoffs built into the rules, and lots of interesting small asymmetries and feedback loops. MahjongSoul was recently translated to English (https://mahjongsoul.game.yo-star.com/ https://mahjongsoul.game.yo-star.com/). The heavy anime-girl theming can be a bit unfortunate but it's an excellent implementation of the game and allows you to play matches against bots to learn the game. Tenhou is the more classic and staid online implementation, and there are browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox to translate it to english. (http://tenhou.net/ http://tenhou.net/)
- eemil 7y agoThe amount of luck involved definitely helps with casual play. You can face much stronger players without being completely obliterated. But that also means, for tournament play, that you need a sufficient number of games for statistically better players to come out on top. So tournaments typically last 2–3 days, totaling 8–12 90 minute games.
- meruru 7y agoIs this correct? I don't have a pair: https://files.catbox.moe/p651pq.png https://files.catbox.moe/p651pq.png
- olalonde 7y agoAnyone knows how well the strategies would translate to Guangdong mahjong?
- Yizahi 7y agoHuh, that was unexpected here :) If anyone is interested to play a bit against bots you can try here: http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/mahjong/mahjong_e.html http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/mahjong/mahjong_e.html Tenhou is better but it has a timer.
- Hamuko 7y agoMy strategy is to RIICHI EVERY TIME. Works all of the time, some of the time.
- Anon1096 7y agoAs a beginner going for Riichi every time isn't terrible, especially when you can't yet read discards or evaluate how close others are to Ron. And it is certainly exciting.
- Hamuko 7y agoDoesn't help that Tenhou makes the Riichi button enticing as hell, as illustrated by this classic comic: https://img.fireden.net/a/image/1446/00/1446006365604.png https://img.fireden.net/a/image/1446/00/1446006365604.png
- dnlrn 7y agoIn the west, Riichi Mahjong seems to be the most well-known form of Mahjong. After living in China, I started to notice that the most popular form of Mahjong here is called "Sichuan Bloody Rules". It is completely different from other forms of Mahjong: 1. The game doesn't end after the first person finishes 2. Many tiles like flowers and wind directions are removed from the game 3. At the start of the game you have to decide one color which you ban from your hand. Your final hand isn't allowed to have a tile of this color inside. 4. You are not allowed to 吃 chi from players 5. There is a pretty complex scoring system I have the impression that this form of Mahjong is the most unique one. The rules are very different than most other forms of Mahjong, including Riichi Mahjong, and make for really interesting games. So if you're interested in Mahjong feel free to try it out.
- lae 7y agoI think your sample might be a bit skewed. In the west, I find people typically associate "mahjong" with mahjong solitaire.