Hi there,
does anybody know where I can find Mahjongg-rules for two or three players?
thanx, MaStEr ChAoS
Mark Heitmann writes:
>Hi there,
>does anybody know where I can find Mahjongg-rules
>for two or three players?
For three players: leave the chair to the left of the first East empty.
Skip those hands where the empty chair would be east. Otherwise play as usual. The empty
chair does not get a turn, or any tiles.
Two other methods I have not tried:
Remove the north tiles and the bamboo and winter bonus tiles. Build a triangular wall, each side 23 tiles long and two tiles high.
Use the dragons as winds and the winds as dragons.
Klaus O K
It is easier to find a couple of friends and teach them on regular rules :-D
At least that what I did.
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>Hi there,
>
>does anybody know where I can find Mahjongg-rules
>for two or three players?
>
>thanx, MaStEr ChAoS
Mark Heitmann wrote in article
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> Hi there,
>
> does anybody know where I can find Mahjongg-rules
> for two or three players?
>
> thanx, MaStEr ChAoS
Hi MaStEr Mark,
Rules for 2- or 3-player MJ are found in just about every MJ book. You can also do an
Internet Search (you might turn up the rules that way, too). Here's a list of Mah-Jongg
books currently available at many bookstores, with my take on the books:
MAH JONG, ANYONE? 1964 by K. Strauser & L. Evans, Charles E. Tuttle Co., ISBN
0-8048-0390-0
This book describes the Western/American rules (NOT the NMJL rules, and not the WPAFB
rules) of Mah-Jongg.
A MAH JONG HANDBOOK 1964 by E. Whitney, Charles E. Tuttle Co., ISBN 0-8048-0392-7
This book describes Western/American (not the NMJL rules, and not the WPAFB rules) and
Japanese rules as they were 30 years ago. The Japanese rules have changed since then.
THE GAME OF MAH JONG ILLUSTRATED 1990 by P. Thompson & B. Maloney, Kangaroo Press,
ISBN 0-86417-302-4
This book is fairly up to date, and describes Western MJ as it is played in Australia.
Mentions the Chinese rules.
IMPROVE YOUR MAH JONG 1991 by P. Thompson & B. Maloney, Kangaroo Press, ISBN
0-86417-398-9
This book is fairly up-to-date; Australian (Western) rules. Mentions the Chinese rules.
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF MAH-JONGG 1977 by A.D. Millington, Arthur Barker Ltd., ISBN
0-213-16622-4
I've never seen this book -- and I want it!! Describes Western/European rules?
THE CHINESE GAME OF MAHJONG by Samuel K. Perlmen and Mark Kai-Chi Chan, Book Marketing Ltd., ISBN 962-211-0169 Describes modern Hong Kong style and Shanghai "New Style" rules. Available for purchase over the Internet.
LET'S PLAY MAHJONG! by Benny Constantino, 1990, Federal Publications, ISBN
962-302-129-1
I haven't seen this one, but I hear it's a small little book that seems to be designed for
the ex-pat living in HK who wants to learn to play mahjong socially. There's a good
section on mahjong etiquette and a nice little glossary that gives terms in Chinese
characters along with their Cantonese pronunciations. Write to Federal Publications Ltd.,
Units 903-905, Tower B, 9/F, Hunghom Commercial Centre, 37 Ma Tau Wai Road, Hung Hom,
Kowloon, Hong Kong. Tel 334-2421.
MAH JONG FOR BEGINNERS 1952 by S. Kanai & M. Farrell, Charles E. Tuttle Co., ISBN
0-8048-0391-9
This book describes the Japanese rules as they were 45 years ago. The Japanese rules have
changed since then.
The following two booklets are not available at bookstores but are ordered directly from the MJ organizations that publish them (and so they do not have ISBN #s):
MAH JONGG MADE EASY 1984 by National Mah Jongg League (No ISBN #) This uniquely American MJ game is widely played. Write to 250 W. 57th St., New York, NY 10107
MAH JONGG; WRIGHT-PATTERSON RULES 1963-1996 by Wright-Patterson Mah Jongg Group. (No
ISBN #)
This American game is the one played on military bases. Write to WPAFB Officers' Club, OWC
- Mah Jongg, Bldg. 800, Area A, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433
I need an ISBN for the Max Robertson (Western/European) rules for Mah-Jongg -- anybody know title or ISBN?
There's a book on divination with an article on using MJ tiles for divination, by a Mr. Walters -- anybody know title or ISBN?
Tom Sloper, Activision
Senior Producer, Shanghai
tsloper@activision.com
Coming in December: SHANGHAI: DYNASTY (includes four Shanghai tile-matching modes, plus
the actual game of Mah-Jongg, playable against any combination of human and A.I.
opponents, in both Chinese and Western rules). http://www.activision.com
"Tom Sloper" writes:
>THE COMPLETE BOOK OF MAH-JONGG 1977 by A.D. Millington, Arthur Barker Ltd.,
>ISBN 0-213-16622-4
>I've never seen this book -- and I want it!! Describes Western/European
>rules?
It describes classical mah-jongg, which the author defines as the game as played in China in the second decade of this century.
Some features of this game:
144 tiles
Settlement between those who don't go out Everybody pays for himself except when a
dangerous tile is discarded Doubles double
No lower limit on mah-jongg hand (well, the least you can have is 12 points, 10 for
mah-jongg and 2 for a pong or pair (to avoid a no score double) but you don't need any
doubles or one suit or anything)
The book also discusses the history of the game, and some variants.
Klaus O K