What's the Mahjong rules??

[Elias Vieira]

I tried looking for tutorials on the internet but nothing works in the game, what are the rules of this mahjong game?

[Souldrake]

They're definitely... weird. They're probably closer to Chinese rules than Japanese rules. They don't seem to be the same as the rules played here in Taiwan either... but I'm more familiar with Japanese rules and it's my wife that plays Mahjong here.

[Elias Vieira]

Originally posted by Souldrake:

They're definitely... weird. They're probably closer to Chinese rules than Japanese rules. They don't seem to be the same as the rules played here in Taiwan either... but I'm more familiar with Japanese rules and it's my wife that plays Mahjong here.

I really want to understand how to play it but I can't find out how to lol

[[OTG] Aelirenn]

There was a whole thread about this when the update first came out. Someone there tried to explain the rules which helped somewhat. I found videos on YT that really explained some things. Granted the version in Sandrock uses some different rules, but the gist is similar. After that, I played a couple of hands (not sure what they are called when it's tiles instead of cards) and realized that the game is mostly self playing, you just have to pick which tiles to discard or if you want to grab someone else's discard (the little icons that pop up to the right of your set of tiles). It moves fast though so it's hard to keep up with what the other players are discarding. Also the Sandrock version has a rule that your first discarded suit means you can't ever play that suit in that particular game.

So the gist of all that (if I'm wrong, someone who knows correct me please) is that: Everybody gets 13 tiles to start with. You select a suit and discard that entire suit at the start. Then presumably the game gives you random tiles to replace the discards? Somehow you have 13 anyway. lol After that, you can't use that particular discarded suit. They will be sort of grayed out or whatever. The goal of the game is to end up with 4 sets of 3 tiles, plus 1 pair. The sets can be 3 of the same number of the same suit or 3 in sequence of the same suit (ex. 4, 5, and 6 of dots). Each turn, you draw one tile and discard one tile, unless you meet the goal. If someone has discarded a tile you can use to finish a set, you can click on the little icons that pop up on the right side to take that tile. They have to be able to be immediately used to form a set though. That set will then be placed face up on the table. You can keep up with how the other players are doing by seeing what sets they have face up. There is scoring involved and I have absolutely no idea how it works. I won the first hand and got some amount of points. Everybody else was slightly negative. The second hand Unsuur won and got a boatload of points. So no idea there.

One other thing, the suits are circles, bamboo, and characters. Circles and bamboo are easy to count, but characters have the numbers in chinese so you'll want to google something like "Chinese numbers 1-9 mahjong" so you can copy down what they look like. If I can figure out how to post a screenshot of them I will, but I am terrible at stuff like that. lol

[Elias Vieira]

Originally posted by OTG Aelirenn:

There was a whole thread about this when the update first came out. Someone there tried to explain the rules which helped somewhat. I found videos on YT that really explained some things. Granted the version in Sandrock uses some different rules, but the gist is similar. After that, I played a couple of hands (not sure what they are called when it's tiles instead of cards) and realized that the game is mostly self playing, you just have to pick which tiles to discard or if you want to grab someone else's discard (the little icons that pop up to the right of your set of tiles). It moves fast though so it's hard to keep up with what the other players are discarding. Also the Sandrock version has a rule that your first discarded suit means you can't ever play that suit in that particular game.

So the gist of all that (if I'm wrong, someone who knows correct me please) is that: Everybody gets 13 tiles to start with. You select a suit and discard that entire suit at the start. Then presumably the game gives you random tiles to replace the discards? Somehow you have 13 anyway. lol After that, you can't use that particular discarded suit. They will be sort of grayed out or whatever. The goal of the game is to end up with 4 sets of 3 tiles, plus 1 pair. The sets can be 3 of the same number of the same suit or 3 in sequence of the same suit (ex. 4, 5, and 6 of dots). Each turn, you draw one tile and discard one tile, unless you meet the goal. If someone has discarded a tile you can use to finish a set, you can click on the little icons that pop up on the right side to take that tile. They have to be able to be immediately used to form a set though. That set will then be placed face up on the table. You can keep up with how the other players are doing by seeing what sets they have face up. There is scoring involved and I have absolutely no idea how it works. I won the first hand and got some amount of points. Everybody else was slightly negative. The second hand Unsuur won and got a boatload of points. So no idea there.

One other thing, the suits are circles, bamboo, and characters. Circles and bamboo are easy to count, but characters have the numbers in chinese so you'll want to google something like "Chinese numbers 1-9 mahjong" so you can copy down what they look like. If I can figure out how to post a screenshot of them I will, but I am terrible at stuff like that. lol

That's where I'm lost too lol, can't figure out how the points thing work, they just pop out of nowhere, that's why I never know if I'm doing right or not, even having 3 sets of 3 and still 0 points at the end.

[[OTG] Aelirenn]

You need a pair (two of a kind, same number same suit) as well to win. I'm hoping they'll give us some more detailed rules down the road, or maybe someone will figure it out and write us a nice simple tutorial. lol

[Elias Vieira]

Originally posted by OTG Aelirenn:

You need a pair (two of a kind, same number same suit) as well to win. I'm hoping they'll give us some more detailed rules down the road, or maybe someone will figure it out and write us a nice simple tutorial. lol

Yeah I noticed if someone discards a piece you have already set up as a trio, your trio becomes a four of a kind and you gain points over that person.

Sorry for the weird english, not a native.

[Elias Vieira]

Originally posted by OTG Aelirenn:

You need a pair (two of a kind, same number same suit) as well to win. I'm hoping they'll give us some more detailed rules down the road, or maybe someone will figure it out and write us a nice simple tutorial. lol

Same thing if you discards a piece that someone has a trio, they score and you lose points too.

[Coltrek]

I found this guide on how to play My Time at Sandrock's Mahjong
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18E_s_ahhAyf2sBcDDofmxiiLsi2WsnIYOVQO8mo-X80/edit?pli=1

[Raynarh Andelar]

Originally posted by Elias Vieira:

I tried looking for tutorials on the internet but nothing works in the game, what are the rules of this mahjong game?

It was hilarious) I searched for information and even talked to the GPT chat room, played a lot of this mahjong game but didn't get to the bottom of it either... When I decided to play with Miguel, he became the dealer in the game (we have a romantic relationship with him, we have an M/M couple.) the universe decided that I should not fall in the mud in front of him, and so I won the game, ahaha. Before that, all I did was lose. Unfortunately all I've learned is that those suits that turn gray, it's better to choose tiles that are outnumbered. Unfortunately I can't help you with anything else....