How To Play Mahjong In Under 15 Minutes! (Basic Rules)

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Learn how to play Hong Kong style mahjong and be able to play in under 15 minutes! I go over the basic rules, learning the tiles, general game play, and what makes a winning hand.

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Timestamps for your convenience:
00:00 Video Start
00:21 Topics Covered in Video
01:16 Let's Mahjong App
02:37 Tile Basics (And Easy Chinese Lesson)
06:42 Game Flow (Direction of Play)
08:07 Differences Between Chow, Pong, and Kong
12:08 How To Win A Game

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[howarddental]

Best I have seen for a completely new player. Very clear definition of the different tile types and god overview of how a simple game proceeds. Great!

[SirGriefALot]

This is the only Mahjong tutorial I've seen that tells you what the characters are and give you ways to remember them. 👍

[scottcarpenter]

After watching several Mahjong videos, I attest that this one is the best and easiest to understand. I am a new learner. Great job, Tainted Mantis.

[reteraya]

I like how you gave mnemonics to remember the characters!

[AVspectre]

This is such a great overview - thank you! My wife and I have been quizzing each other and we were happy with how much we’d retained! Your memory aids were very useful. :)

[allisonmerz]

This is so helpful and easy to engage with, thanks a ton!

[_idylicrune_]

Thank you so much for this video! You made everything incredibly easy to follow and understand 👍

[tullioserafin]

a very good tutorial, thank you very much for sharing! The 70’s mahjong app is my favorite mahjong app👍👍👍

[sr]

Very good video. Thank you. Slow and simply explained.

[nerrorr]

Mr girlfriends parents don’t speak English well but they taught me how to play mahjong a bit and were so kind and happy to see me learning it so now I’m determined to become a master at this game for them lmao💀💀

[KimbaLorber]

This is excellent! I wish I didn't get hung up on the oddest things, though. Like building the walls. I got a set of tiles for the Holidays, and I can't figure out how to build the walls. It's the silliest thing to get hung up on. lol

[CasualHunterFelix]

Congrats on reaching 100 subs! your work deserves more recognition! 😊

[pjkrispin]

On your first winning hand example you have 2 character pair, 6-7-8 char, bird 2-3 bamboo, you have a dot pair but then random 7 dot and 6 and 7 bamboo. How does the 7 dot and 6 and 7 bamboo make this a winner? Sorry, I am a novice.

[e.s.alexander]

I've downloaded the Let's Mahhong app on my iphone but I can't work out how to exit the app when I no longer want to play, There appears to be no "exit" button I can press...or am I missing something?

[howardormsby]

Great intro easy to follow... well done!

[jekw]

I just played two games online. First game I won every round, second I lost every round and everyone else got perfect hands.

I have no idea what I’m doing

[ManBearGote]

Great tutorial. I know the app would calculate where the wall breaks, but it would be good to give a bit more explanation for this, for IRL players. Other than that, great video on the basics.

[munnak]

You did not mention how to use the flower tiles I think. In the last few minutes when you show winning hand the flower tile is there by itself. Why? Is it part of the hand ?

[michaelmiller]

What if it's my turn next and the player before me discards a tile to which I call Kong. Is this my turn or is this not my turn and I then take my turn after calling Kong?

[odessa]

Can you win with having a set of 4 ….. like Kong I guess ? And how many Kongs can you have ? Because if you have set of 4 then you won’t get your double at the end