Board Games with Scott 006 - Mah Jong In Depth

I'm trying a longer format this week, due to the amount of information I want to share about Mah Jong. In this video, I talk about Asian-style Mah Jong, purchasing a set, and compare Asian to American Mah Jong

Also, all BGWS episodes after 014 are over at http://boardgameswithscott.com and are not on YouTube.

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[snicholson]

@LydJaGillers This is a game - an activity for amusement. It is much more important for me to have fun than it is to care if you think I sound stupid. This is _play_.

[smg05]

i laughed my @ss off at "1 bam bird"...lol

[montblanc1]

Thanks for this. It is the only good Mahjong video tutorial I could find. Everything else listed as such are either DVD trailers or in another language. I really can't tell you how happy I was to find this.

[flashman7b]

I mean win. Sorry. . .

[flashman7b]

Oh, and if you really want to be Chinese about it, say "sic" when you when. I think it means "eat".

[flashman7b]

I grew up in San Francisco surrounded by Chinese people, and no one I knew played Mah Jong with this method of scoring. Rather, we used a system involving fan (pronounced like fawn). I believe that method of play is more common in China. Look it up for those interested in it. It's a lot simpler in my opinion. Also, throwing your tiles in the center is way more fun.

[YeroJeroHwaiting]

lol our family usually plays this on christmas and chinese new year till about 3 in the morning

[arkady714]

Excellent instruction. Very clear, very concise and easy to understand. Well done, Scott! And thank you.

[TrollOvGrimness]

Could someone please remind me of the rules variant with the flower wall and the seasons? I am not sure how this worked but when you broke the wall you could take from tiles placed on top.

[KrzyUnit]

So for the wind/dragon tiles, you CANNOT have a run of each and can only be used as pairs or triples of one wind/dragon tile?

[eternity899]

lol ghost mahjong pieces!