| Can you play mahjong? And how much do you know about the game? It’s an amazing game to play with friends, family, and strangers alike. What is Mahjong? 麻将 (májiàng) is a Chinese tile-based game that was invented about 150 years ago. There are 36 different tiles in 麻将 (májiàng), and each tile has 4 duplicates. So, the game is played with a set of 144 tiles 麻将牌 (májiàng pái). There are usually 4 players in the game. Everyone shuffles the tiles together and forms 4 decks of tiles. The goal of the game is to create order out of chaos and form matching sets of tiles. The first player to complete all the sets wins.  How to Play Chinese Mahjong The are many variations and rules. Today, let’s look at the basic rules and lead you through the game step by step. Step 01: A group of 4 people shuffles the tiles together with their hands. Step 02: Everyone rolls the dice to choose the dealer (庄家 zhuāngjiā) by the biggest number of the dice. Then the dealer rolls the dice again to choose how many tiles to put aside. Step 03: The players create 4 walls. Every wall is formed with 34 tiles in 2 rows. Once the walls are ready, everyone (starting from the dealer) starts drawing their tiles clockwise, grabbing 4 tiles at a time, 3 times. After that everyone grabs 1 more tile. Step 04: Every player gets 13 tiles. The dealer gets 14 tiles and starts the game by throwing 1 tile out. Step 05: The next player takes 1 tile from the deck. He/she can choose to 1) keep the tile to form a set of 3 tiles or, 2) if it’s not a good match, to throw the tile out. Step 06: Then the next player takes his/her turn. How do you win? In order to win the game, you need to collect all sets ahead of other players. There are 2 ways to win: 1. You can steal the last tile you need from someone who throws it out; 2. You can draw it from the deck. Once you draw the final tile and win, shout: 胡啦！Hú la! I won! |
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