Yeah, I dont get mahjong

[Degmograndfather]

I try to play but at some times the other players can just take a tile and whole round is over.
I dont get if its anything I can predict or its just random.
I only get Chi or pon, but they get Richii.
I am so confused.
Way top many things to keep track. Do I only get combos if other players drop the tile that is needed?

And it feels the rules doesnt explain everything so it leaves me confused.

[Metal Izanagi]

Mahjong is one of those games where if you want to be good at it you have to put time into learning it.

Which is why I've played mahjong in the Yakuza games exactly once and now run away screaming every time it pops up.

[fejota]

Originally posted by Sacrefice:

Okay i've done a "few" more games now and i understand it now. Mostly thanks to someoneproud's comment (dont know why but after reading it some sort of knot popped in my head) and a lot of trail and error, even won my first cup just now :) Actually really fun if you get the hang of it. Too bad that the rewards are complete axx ^^

My approach was basicly going for sequences and calling riichi the moment i get the chance, took a while to understand that you can't call it when you opened your hand in which case i had to go for ron (hoping the opponent gives you the tile you need) or tsumo (drawing the tile you need). 4 triplets or double sequence are really hard to go for same as gates ect.. I only kept dragons or winds when i already had 2 of a kind hoping the opponent drops the 3rd one. Also keeping your hand closed for as long as possible was a good tip too since it gives you more room to work with and more points if you win like that.

Be careful with the winds, they don't always give you a yaku when you have a triplet of them.
They must match either the round wind (every game begins with east) or your seat wind.

[♕ JingShen Wáng ♕]

Mahjong is the devil for Asians how Poker is for WestPersons. Once you are in, you will never leave.

But i will always go back too play Rommé, its my game of devil

[Stoibs]

Originally posted by ✺꧁Mimage꧂✺:

Mahjong is the devil for Asians how Poker is for WestPersons. Once you are in, you will never leave.

Hehe, that makes more sense why it's so common then I guess.
I tried one game out of the blue blind and had no clue what was going on, worse is that the game doesn't let you quit out and I had to sit through about 4+ matches of randomly clickin on tiles and sitting their in confusion

Poker on the other hand, I did spend about an hour or so playing straight as Kiryu and co.
Some decent gear rewards (at the time at that mid-level) and a great way to earn Party member bonds

[arronax06]

Ok, I gave it another try, it gets easier once you find out that you have to call Riichi manually, and that to do it, you have to press "R" on the keyboard. Honestly, I don't understand why it's explained nowhere in game, not even in the controls...

And you can press it every turn, it will tell you if you're one tile away from winning and what tiles and how many of each are available. If you're not one tile away, nothing happens.

[fejota]

Originally posted by arronax06:

Ok, I gave it another try, it gets easier once you find out that you have to call Riichi manually, and that to do it, you have to press "R" on the keyboard. Honestly, I don't understand why it's explained nowhere in game, not even in the controls...

And you can press it every turn, it will tell you if you're one tile away from winning and what tiles and how many of each are available. If you're not one tile away, nothing happens.

I guess since the game is Japanese people there don't want to be interrupted each time you are in tenpai (1 title away from wining) because they already know. But it should be explained in the rules / text tutorial at least.
The riichi button is also used when calling a closed kan (you have 4 copies of the same tile).

And yeah I also rely on pressing the riichi button instinctively in yakuza games.

[vadymsapron]

this mahjong is literally broken. im living in china for almost 10 years and playing 6 different kind of mahjong for 5 years. thgis is a simple mahjong without any specific chinese province rules. i tried for 30 min figured out what the point i didnt won any single time. very dissapointed

[Rocky McRockerson]

Originally posted by vadymsapron:

this mahjong is literally broken. im living in china for almost 10 years and playing 6 different kind of mahjong for 5 years. thgis is a simple mahjong without any specific chinese province rules. i tried for 30 min figured out what the point i didnt won any single time. very dissapointed

Honestly I recall winning a few games of mahjong on another game so it felt weird to suddenly suck at this one, maybe I'm not THAT bad at mahjong after all