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Riichi is the fun one, where skill weights over luck.
by snvzz 8mo ago
Riichi is the fun one, where skill weights over luck.
- haunter 8mo agoI also prefer riichi. Furiten is such a game changer, all other rulesets feel a bit less after that
- whateveracct 8mo agoRiichi is a good candidate for a video game due to all the specific rules. It has a lot of room for QoL. I have an app on my phone [1] that has made it fun to play and learn thanks to the guidance it has with the rules [1] https://kemono.games/game/Kemono-Mahjong https://kemono.games/game/Kemono-Mahjong hunky furries aside, it's a really good single player Riichi app lol
- haunter 8mo ago>hunky furries Well the other options are the gooner gacha games like Mahjong Soul and Riichi City lol Personally I play on Mahjong Soul because apart from Tenhou that has the most populated PvP with enough players in each rank + it's a butter smooth experience with all the small features. And I love the special modes like Battle of Asura
- dugidugout 8mo agoI second Mahjong Soul!
- koolala 8mo agoI've been looking for a free one with really good helper UI to keep track of all the rules.
- haunter 8mo agoHelper UI per se won't exist because there are so many little things. If we talk about riichi then the best tutorial is probably in Kemono Mahjong https://cyberdog.ca/kemono-mahjong/ https://cyberdog.ca/kemono-mahjong/ Personally I'd say Mahjong Soul is the best riichi client out there, that's where I play https://mahjongsoul.yo-star.com/ https://mahjongsoul.yo-star.com/ Extremely streamlined, good QoL features like tile highlighting (dora too), showing waits and options when you are tenpai, custom lobbies (so you can play with friends), and a pretty robust online ranked system. There is a good tutorial too. The big downside is the gacha system which is purely cosmetic and doesn't affect gameplay at all but it can be a turn off for some people.
- snarf21 8mo agoI design games and have been working on a Red Riichi variant where one of each number is red and this drives scoring instead of all the myriad of Yaku. All the Yaku are hard for beginners to onboard and a lot of hands have to good path to an interesting Yaku and just depend on luck to be able to call Riichi. I'm still testing it but I find it more interesting. I also have a card game version that implements some of these ideas (although it doesn't have a Furiten concept).
- alexb_ 8mo agoRiichi is the most fun one, in my opinion, but I would not go so far as to say "skill weights over luck". The absolute best Riichi players win less than 25% of hands.