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An invaluable handbook for Mah Jong newcomers and experienced players alike, with fifty-one fully-illustrated hands.
Although Mah Jong has been played by many nationalities through the ages, there are few books on the game. Some early books, translated from the Chinese, make hilarious reading and are virtually impossible to comprehend. Most books for beginners assume that the reader has some elementary knowledge of the game.
In this book, the player is introduced to every phase by a clear explanation accompanied by illustrations, which enable an easy step-by-step development of the game. Scoring is set out in simple tabulated form, with illustrations of scoring for specific hands.
The Game of Mah Jong Illustrated
by Maloney, Betty; Thompson, Patricia A.Edition: Illus.
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-10-01
Publisher(s): Simon & Schuster Australia
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Summary
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 5 |
| The tiles | p. 5 |
| The set | p. 6 |
| Number of tiles | |
| Suits | |
| Plain tiles | |
| Wind and dragon tiles | |
| Flower and season tiles | |
| Accessories | |
| Design variations | |
| The scoring groups | p. 14 |
| Pung | |
| Kong | |
| Chow | |
| Pair | |
| Background to the game | p. 16 |
| The objective | p. 16 |
| Let's play | p. 18 |
| Rules | |
| Courtesies | |
| Penalties | |
| Strategies | |
| A hand | |
| A round | |
| A game | |
| The wind of the round | |
| Counters | |
| Scoring | p. 24 |
| The ground score | |
| Doubling the ground score | |
| Versions of the game | |
| The Chinese game | p. 27 |
| The objective | |
| Scoring a Chinese hand | |
| Mah Jong terms | p. 30 |
| Teaching children | p. 31 |
| Special hands | p. 32 |
| How to use the illustrations | |
| Scoring for special hands | |
| Summary of scoring for special hands | p. 50 |
| Further variations of special hands | p. 51 |
| Two players | |
| Three players | |
| Five players | p. 59 |
| Synopsis of special hands | p. 60 |
| Suits only | |
| Winds, dragons and, suit | |
| Honours | |
| Winds | |
| Winds and dragons | |
| Dragons | |
| The game in brief | p. 62 |
| Tournament play | p. 63 |
| Bibliography | p. 63 |
| Index | p. 64 |
| Seating indicator | |
| Doubling table | |
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