Mahjong (sometimes also spelled Mahjongg or Mah jong) is a very popular game that has its origins in Asia. It may sound complicated, but it is actually very easy to play with after a little practice! This article is based on the computer version, but if you prefer the tabletop version, it will assume that you have already laid out the tiles to play.
Steps
Step 1. Look at the game board and which tiles are visible
Look for couples. You can only remove tiles that have one side, left or right, completely free and that are not topped by other tiles.
Step 2. To begin, find a pair of tiles
These can be two tiles with a number, such as "7" and "7", or two tiles with an image, such as "North" and "South" (or "King" and "King", if you are playing with the tiles of the western version of the game). If the left or right sides and the top face are free, then you can remove the pair.
Step 3. Find another pair of free tiles and remove them
Step 4. As you remove tiles, new pairs should become available
Step 5. Continue removing pairs until you have run out of tiles (in this case, you won) or there are no more pairs available (in this case, you lost)
Advice
- Traditional game tiles include pairs of numbers from 1 to 9, the four seasons (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter) and the four winds (North, East, South, West).
- Focus on the horizontal lines from left to right, as these are the hardest to remove.
- The complete game has 144 tiles.
- There can also be other images, such as dragons, flowers or emperors. Remove them following the rules that apply to all other image tiles.
- The tiles of the western variant reproduce the figures of normal card games: numbers from 2 to 9, Jack, Queen, King and Ace.
- On the game board there will be more than two tiles with the same number, but not all of them can form a couple: we speak of a couple only if the number is represented in the same way (for example: "1" and "1", or ".”And“.”, But not“1”and“.”).
