DS4's L7447 mahjong commentary, ep. 3
Channel: BlazeOfWar60
Date: 2017-01-21

D.Sierra commentating for a 7447 game on 2017/01/20 13:39 CST

Players: bk202, Spencer, spinesheath, yazphier

Japanese mahjong "麻雀、 麻将、 or マージャン "is the Japanese varation to the 4-player table card game of mahjong, whose objective can be best described as a combination of gin rummy and poker. Even though tiles are primarily used to play the game, the game is available online and can be played with regular mahjong playing cards. It's a four player game that combines the elements of calculation and strategy that is found in chess with the elements of risk assessment, observation skills, and luck. --taken from http://arcturus.su/wiki/Japanese_mahjong


A hand consists of 13 tiles, each player's objective is to aim for a complete hand that consists of 4 melds and a pair, where a meld can be any of the following:
-Sequence, or "shuntsu", of three: 1-2-3, 6-7-8 / 9-1-2 or E-S-W is NOT a shuntsu
-Triplet, or "minkou / ankou": 1-1-1, 7-7-7, E-E-E
-Quad, or "minkan / ankan": 3-3-3-3, 9-9-9-9, W-W-W-W. Must declare "Kan" to form a quad.

Tiles used in the game: http://arcturus.su/wiki/Rules_overview#Tiles_and_suits

On top of the above requirement, a hand must meet certain criteria known as "yaku", or "hands" to win. A list of all valid yakus are shown here: http://arcturus.su/wiki/List_of_yaku

More rules are outlined in this page: http://arcturus.su/wiki/Rules_overview


Mahjong terminology used in the commentary: http://pastebin.com/WRPLBLZs


More terminology can be found here:
Glossary of mahjong terminology on osamuko's blog: http://osamuko.com/big-list-of-japanese-mahjong-terminology/

Glossary of mahjong terminology on the mahjong wiki: http://arcturus.su/wiki/List_of_terminology_by_alphabetical_order

List of yaku in Japanese mahjong: http://arcturus.su/wiki/List_of_yaku