Body: Hey all. I recently learned how to play American Mahjong and I absolutely love the strategy of it. However, I’m 27, and right now the only people I can find to play with are local groups where the average age is 65+.

I have nothing against playing with older generations (I learn a lot from them!), but I'm trying to figure out if there's a younger crowd picking this up.

How old are the people in your regular Mahjong groups? Are you seeing more millennials or Gen Z getting into it, or is it strictly a retirement hobby in your area? Would love to know the age breakdown of who you usually play with!

SBR has a rule that a player can’t discard tiles of other suits when he still has tiles of voided suit in hand.

How is this enforced in a physical game?

Couldn't a player break this rule any time? The hand is concealed, so how would other players know if a non-void tile was discarded before all void suit tiles?

If called on it by another player when they do eventually discard the void suit tile... couldn't the cheating player just claim it was a drawn tile?

I wrote an article about Zung Jung's game design and what about it is so compelling to me. Hopefully others enjoy it

The controller in the middle, are there instructions on how to use it? Are the tables all different in relation to how it is used?

So once i finish all the tutorial/mahjong 101 stuff in riichi city im actually going tonstart playing.

Im really nervous though. Mostly about playing slow cause i take a long time analyzing my own hand.

Ive also seen a bunch of other posts about reading other peoples discards and not dealing into other hands. Which is really confusing to me. I dont know how to know whats a safe discard and whats not.

Any help with these topics and other just general advice?

Riichi Tracker

Github (AGPL-3.0)

Hey everyone! I first posted this 3 years ago (wow time flies) and there's been a bunch of updates since then. If you've been using it or sending in bug reports or feature requests, thank you!

Features

• Works on desktop and mobile as an offline-usable progressive web app!
• Place your phone at the center of your table and use it as a compass:
  • Round tracking
  • Score transferring
  • Handle draws and chombo
  • Score by inputting your hand or input han & fu directly
• Lots of customizable settings:
  • Sanma
  • Local yaku
  • Yaku variations
  • Scoring variations
• Standalone score calculator.
• Contains a reference for tiles, yaku, and scoring.

For those who have been using it, some new features include:

• Option to show tile indicators in the corner if you haven't learned the characters yet.
• Tiles you input in the calculator are now easier to work with on mobile screens. Melds are also rotated so it's easier to tell them apart!
• The calculator now tells you a breakdown of how fu was counted.
• The compass can now be displayed as a list if you don't want to put it in the middle of the table.
• A bunch of bug fixes!
• Localization support! Currently, you can switch between English and English with Japanese names for yaku. If you'd like, please help out translating to other languages!

Enjoy!
Let me know if you have any suggestions!

I am a riichi mahjong player and currently learning how to play Hong Kong mahjong. When will a game of Hong Kong Mahjong ends? Is it the north round? And is there dealer repeat in Hong Kong mahjong? Currently I am learning Hong Kong mahjong based on the rules in Hong Kong Mahjong Association.

When I search most of the recommendations are for US/Canada. I'm in Finland.

I think I'd prefer a set thats easy to handle, not the smallest, and has some weight. Otherwise just be whatever is cheapest. Don't care between riichi / chinese.

Here's some things I've come across, I really don't know how these would compare to each other. Any guidance?

Yellow Mountain Imports from Amazon germany: https://www.amazon.de/Yellow-Mountain-Imports-Professional-Happiness/dp/B006R0DJOG/ref=sr_1_6?sr=8-6

Amos Masters from Amazon Japan (expensive shipping but cheap set): https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/AMOS-masters-Mahjong-Tiles-Masters/dp/B09MLZBNF1/ref=sr_1_2?s=toys&sr=1-2

Engelhart set from Finnish game store: https://www.puolenkuunpelit.com/kauppa/product_info.php?products_id=234727

Black set from Aliexpress: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005011825394739.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.15.43f47UPm7UPmDf&algo_pvid=3c40727d-c42b-486e-8c00-7bc9cd05385d&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22order%22%3A%2210%22%2C%22eval%22%3A%221%22%2C%22fromPage%22%3A%22search%22%7D&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch%7Cquery_from%3A%7Cx_object_id%3A1005011825394739%7C_p_origin_prod%3A

https://preview.redd.it/ezpy6nytdw1h1.png?width=1574&format=png&auto=webp&s=81a771816c0c704ed8d65720ec94472244208766

Could someone explain this passage in Riichi Book 1 (p. 181)? I understand why players are likely to discard the 6 sticks, but why does that mean you should keep dama? Thanks!

And quote:

"Suddenly feel like trying mahjong again….(still doesn’t grasp the rules)"

If anyone here is from Ventura County, California and wants to play some riichi in person, send me a DM. I got a set but no one to play with rn.

What's a good brand or a place to buy a set? All I see on Amazon are I assume Chinese retailers.

I like my Yellow Mountain Riichi set but their American Sets are expensive. I'm also a dude so none of the pink pastel alternative art ones usually for retiree mahjong night lol