4 it is a tabletop game that is played by four players, with each player having a hand which they must try and complete to win. A crucial condition for the player is that the winning hand must contain a yaku. Add the number of fan given by the yaku at least one, the number. The book is heavily focused on tile efficiency, with a highly digital. Certainly the valuable yakuman limit hands are incredibly rare. Japanese mahjong, mahjong, reach mahjong, riichi mahjong, shousangen, yaku permalink. Mahjong, a multiround tilebased game with imperfect information and. , or majan, also known as riichi mahjong, is a variation of mahjong. Yaku, riichi, and menzen tsumo riichi mahjong guide. From japanese mahjong wiki example on the one hand, contains many yaku. Riichi is one yaku, increasing the value of the hand and allowing the player to win even though his hand would otherwise not contain a yaku. A reference sheet for players playing doman mahjong in final fantasy xiv. Download wrc yaku ref sheet world riichi championship.
Mahjong første runde efter riichimelding riichi ippatsu +1. Riichi kan allowed as long as it doesnt change the wait. A player can claim the last discard for mahjong if he is waiting, has at least one yaku and is not furiten, no mat ter whether the tile finishes a pung, chow or pair. Official international rules and riichi competition. Hånden må godt færdiggøres på afspil ron melde riichi, tre ting. Riichi mahjong can be a fairly complex game for beginners to pick up. Japanese riichi yaku list hand composition yaku all simples tanyao 1 hand must not contain terminals, or 1s or s triplet of dragons, round wind. Japanese mahjong strategy riichi mahjong in singapore. Discard for mahjong if he is waiting, has at least one yaku and is not furiten, no matter whether the tile finishes a pung, chow or pair. Yaku are specific combinations of tiles or conditions that yield the value of.
The player declares riichi, discards their tile sideways, and places a 1,000point stick on the table as a deposit. Open pinfu does not mean you can get the yaku pinfu with an open hand. Mahjong sets often have markers for indicating the prevailing wind and sticks used for keeping score and used also for continuance counters and riichi bets. In addition, a complete hand must have at least one yaku double. Some tips on how to pursue several yaku in chapter 5. You can declare riichi as long as your hand is closed, not only does it ful. A chow is three consecutive tiles of the same suit. Ll the requirement of having at least one yaku but also allows you to. If your pdf reader software lacks that functionality it might instead let you open. Unofficial rules and rule variants in german for zung jung mahjong, version 0.
Riichi japanese mahjong european mahjong association. The intended use case was for on a phone during a game so you could look at the yaku during the hand then switch to the scoring table after. Instead, the mahjong article only has a sentence or two of it in its variations section. For 4player japanese mahjong riichi mahjong, which has one of the largest. Likely inspired by japans professional riichi players, the only mahjong pros in the world. When playing aggressive against a riichi, discard safest useless tiles first. A hand that lacks one tile until it is completed is called tenpai. Most of the ryu ga gotoku yakuza games feature playable mahjong minigames. Ultimately, it is up to the player to pick and choose tiles to attain the best result possible. Can you guys please just put up even an itsybitsy article about japanese mahjong and link this article to.
Any player who draws the winning tile with closed hands is awarded this yaku. A rule that allows a hand without a yaku to ron only. Two yakuman earned when wait is for the pair called kokushi musou shisanmen machi. Riichi mahjong scoring tables values shown are points given yaku hands and names conditionhand closed open riichi out after declaring ready 1 ippatsu out within 1 round of reach 1. President of the japan professional mahjong league. In this episode of riichi mahjong guide, we go over several different hands. Having declared riichi, you cant change the hand to get out of furiten, so your only hope is to. Riichi mahjong is a japanese variant of the ancient chinese game of mahjong. Riichi reeeachi win after declaring riichi to make a declaration. Riichi mahjong yaku list simple storage service amazon s3.
Jellicodes big list of riichi links page 4 jellicodes jansou. Japanese mahjong also has a lot of yakus that require closed hands, or. Dont aim for sanshoku doujun in sanma 3player mahjong. Mahjong first round after declaring riichi ippatsu. Speaking of which, a dragon triplet is another easy yaku, however a pair does not qualify. It is essential to know the yaku for game strategy, since a player must have a minimum of one yaku in their hand in order to legally win a hand. Our variant rules every japanese tournament, clubs, leagues and even parlors have their own set of rules. Triplet of dragons, round wind, or seat wind yakuhai 1 per triplet three color sequence sanshoku doujun 1 open, 2 closed same sequence in every suit. Riichi book 1 daina chiba ema riichi rulespdf pdf pdf.
A yaku is a certain pattern in a mahjong hand, or a special condition under which a win is declared. When there are 5 or more honba, ron and tsumo can only be declared with hands which have at least 2 yaku 18. 1 lægge 1000 point foran sig, 2 rotere den afspilte brik 0° og 3 sige riichi bonus ippatsu, +1 yaku for mahjong første runde efter meldt riichi, samt inden nogen har meldt chi, pong eller kang. Mahjong yaku pdf japanese riichi yaku list hand composition yaku all simples tanyao 1 hand must not contain terminals, or 1s or s triplet of dragons, round wind. Originally, this file was created in an attempt to learn building pdf files with latex. Instead, they are the main factor to determine hand values. Riichi mahjong, the ultimate guide to the japanese game taking the world by storm. Riichi one fan yaku iihan yaku riichi riichi waiting hand declared at 1000 points stake +1. Riichi meldt i første spillerunde daburu riichi fuldstændig skjult hånd menzen tsumo selvtræk på en skjult hånd pinfu pinfu fire chi og et ikkepointgivende par der skal meldes mahjong på en dobbeltendet chi. Likewise, there is no global authority regulating riichi mahjong. Mahjong club drs digital repository service northeastern. The first official riichi club in poland, created in 2015. Mahjong and strategic games society is a university of exeter students guild affiliated society.
Netdownload mahjong world_riichi_championship_rules_2015. These slides were done for a 2hour workshop on riichi mahjong strategies and then altered to increase readability in the absence of a presenter. The content covered targets at skill level from 1dan to 6dan and assumes that readers have already read daina chibasriichi book 1. This chapter lists all the yaku names tenhou recognizes. Closed alone this is a special yaku applied to cover the hands of the tenpai, which requires the player to make a declaration and bet. Remember that cant open riichi when your hand is open. Using either command will produce pdf files called riichi refsheet. A winning hand yakuman having all 3 sets of dragon tiles red green and white. Part iii covers strategy principles, including score calculation methods chapter 6, riichi judgement chapter 7, defense judgement chapter 8, melding judgement chapter, and so called grand strategies to win a game chapter 10. V double riichi declare riichi on your first discard. Trifoldable yaku and score card for my own riichi 2. In japanese mahjong, you need to have a yaku a special scoring element, which could be a tile. Telecharger des livres par philip kemp date de sortie. Riichi modern japanese mahjong has been introduced independently in several euro.
There are some websites that write these theories in english for the nonjapanese riichi players community. It is potentially a second yaku, ippatsu, if the player wins within one turn of declaring riichi, provided nothing else is called during that turn. Teaches tile efficiency, defense strategies, yaku chasing and everything else to bring you to the level of an intermediate player. Mahjong yaku table wsimple scoring for 3p or 4p riichi by. Atozuke claim a winning tile that gives a yaku to a yakuless hand, yes, agari yame.
Yaku are hand patterns andor luck situations in richi mahjong. Pdf a slightly more restrictive version of the yaku in which some of the. The other smart way to stay close to 1 yaku is to avoid using any discards which, as someone else said, allows you to riichi. 51 worldwide classics on the nintendo switch in june. Riichi one fan yaku iihan yaku riichi riichi skjult fiskehånd meldt med 1000 points indsats +1. Closed alone this is used when the player calling riichi wins in 4 excitingthrow. Tile efficiency includes score efficiency, yaku composition techniques, whether to call riichi with a head start, calling judgment. Rst set of turns daburu riichi fully concealed hand menzen tsumo selfdraw on a concealed hand pinfu pinfu four chow and valueless pair must declare mahjong on a chow with twosided wait. Riichi is one of the four types of yaku in japanese mahjong and holds an. Many yaku are patternbased yaku comparable to poker hands. In this episode of riichi mahjong guide, we discuss the general idea of yaku, as well as the two most common yaku.
Contribute to toronto riichi clubreferencesheet development by creating an. Pdf 247 kb inoffizielle spielregeln und regelvarianten auf deutsch für zung jung mahjong, version 0. This article about yaku links to the mahjong article, but not vice versa. Was just wondering if anyone out there has already made a nice infographic or anything for possible handsyaku. Its early and your lead in the game isnt solid so you should declare riichi. Non yakuhai honor tiles, yakuhai honor tiles, terminals. The purpose of this guide is to give beginner players the most basic knowledge that would enable them to start the game, and to learn mahjong during the game.
1 important material is daina chibas riichi mahjong guide, it is the only english riichi mahjong book that talk about strategies. Draw after riichi you will get an extra yaku ippatsu. While luck is an element of the game, strategy is required to minimize the effects of luck. From this point onward, the player cannot change their hand and must discard every drawn tile except for the winning one. If you win the hand after declaring riichi you get your 1,000 points back and you get the. To make sure everybody share the same understanding of rules, we will be following the below rules. Some information on open riichi osamukos mahjong blog. Riichi mahjong strategy from japanese mahjong wikithe game complexity of japanese mahjong bears an equally complex set of tactics and strategies to consider. While the basic rules to the game are retained, the variation features a unique set of rules such as riichi and the use of dora.
The main mahjong article contains general terms, but only english and japanese terms are used here. The game had a good tutorial and ive fallen in love with riichi mahjong and even now mahjong soul. Riichi rules for japanese mahjong european mahjong. Riichi én yaku krav skjult hånd, man må ikke have meldt chi, pong eller kang, m. Dont make your emotions too obvious when playing in real life. Yaku conditions may be combined to produce hands of greater value. 4 additional equipment mahjong sets often have markers for indicating the prevailing wind and sticks used for keeping score and used also for counters and riichi bets.
In this episode of riichi mahjong guide, we cover a couple of yaku that are commonly used for open hands. The first edition of the ema riichi rules was established in preparation of the first european riichi. Using discards is best avoided most of the time in general. A yaku is a certain pattern of players tiles or a special condition. Reference sheets for japanese mahjong written in xetex. The only change in rule that we have is whether we.
A player who is furiten, is not allowed to win on a discard. 22nd january 2018 updated thanks to all those who gave feedback. Yaku are highlighted so the player can deal with most of the situations without. Riichi mahjong strategy korean adoptees of chicago. Riichi mahjong is a japanese version of mahjong, a 4player board game initially. A book by fukuchi makoto and constantly translated by a kind anon. Is a condition that determines the value of the players hand. World riichi championship rules rule book 2015 16062015.
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