FuZhou Mahjong

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Introduction
Mahjong is a 4 player game that you can gamble with. 4 Players play
through a game of strategy and chance. There are 144 pieces in the
game. There are a lot of variations based on where it was changed
like America, Japan, and Korea.
Set Up
First, shuffle the tiles Second, set up the wall. 4 Third, roll dice to determine
sides of 17x2. the dealer.
Set Up (cont.)
Fourth, make the dealer roll
a dice, the number will he
the start of the wall.
Fifth, once all the players
have received all 16 (17 for
the dealer) of their tiles, the
bonus tiles are exposed
The game starts when all
the bonus have been
replaced, the gold is
exposed at the end of
the wall and the dealer
discards a tile.
Actions
In order to create patterns from discarded tiles, you need to know what to say.
Know what to say alerts the other players of what is happening in the game

If you have a 1-1-1

When finishing a 1-1-1 pattern, you can get
When finishing a 1-2-3
Pattern, call out another one by calling
Pattern, call out (chi)
(peng) out (gang) Making
it 1-1-1-1
How to Win
In order to win, you need 5 tri patterns and 1 twin pattern. The tri patterns can be
made with tiles that are 1-1-1 or 1-2-3 (2-2-2 / 4-5-6). The twin pattern has to be 1-1.
The gold, when exposed, is a wild card that can be used to make any pattern.
Critical Comments
I really liked playing Mahjong. It was hard to set up and the rules
were confusing, but I really enjoyed playing it. Just knowing how to
play makes the playing field even equal to playing with teachers.
Though we didnt gamble anything, I was fun to learn and I really
enjoyed it.
Conclusion
I learned

That playing mahjong can help people who have memory problems
That mahjong was played as early as the Qing dynasty
When the game was introduced to the western countries they all made their
own version