How To Play Mahjong For 2 Players

A basic video on how to play Mah Jong/Mah Jongg Game For 2 Players.

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[terrysheppard]

Just purchased my first set and since there is only the wife and me this was a great help thanks.

[hvuvtjs]

For scoring, I recommend this: 2pts for a melded Pung (or triplet) of simples (numbered tiles 2-8); 4pts for a melded Pung of terminals or Honors (numbered tiles 1 or 9, or any of the winds or dragons); 8pts for a melded Kong of simples; and 16pts for a Kong of terminals or Honors. If a set is not melded (sets that are formed by drawing face-down tiles), it gets double (e.g. a melded Pung of green dragons is 4pts, but a concealed (still in your hand) Pung of Green dragons would be 8pts). Pairs don't score points unless they are a pair of honor tiles, in which case they get 2pts. The reason I recommend this is because if you end up playing Traditional Chinese, Traditional Japanese (22-Mahjong), or Riichi Mahjong, you'll know how to properly count up the base score of your sets.

[andreayaya]

Thank you for such succinct and clear instructions, great for beginners!

[jayvalentine]

Awesome I bought a set last year and been meaning to look up how to play

[kevinvinton]

Just received my first set for Christmas, and this helps a lot. Thanks!

[GarrisonMorton]

I bought a Mahjong set a while back and haven't used it yet.
I play Japanese Riichi Mahjong on Clubhouse Games 51 Worldwide Classics on Nintendo Switch but the rules of that are too complicated to explain to my family.
(And I don't even know all the rules either, the computer helps along.)
Plus we're only a household of 3. So we do need a 2 player version of the game.

[ryanthomas]

I love this. Its essentially a different version of the cardgame gin!

[domeshtan]

I own over a dozen Super Famicom Mah Jong cartridges and from what I saw was that after a certain amount of tiles are discarded on the 2 player versions the round ends with no winnner as is done over. Bishoujo Janshi Suchie-Pai and Super Mahjong (IMAX) ends the round after 40 discards (20 per player). The Mahjong Touhaiden ended after 36 discards (18 per player). All of the cartridges play the Japanese Riichi style Mahjong but I wanted to check if there was an official number as I just bought a nicer Mahjong set and would probably be playing 2 players. Also, shouldn't there be walls built? (17 each side 2 high, or 18 if using flower and season tiles). My book has the non-riichi style rules but all of the games I have played have a dead wall of 14 tiles at the end for picking from if you get a Kong. I know the game stops at 14 tiles left in the wall for a 4 player game.

[davidwales]

Thanks for your video. In your example, when a pong is created and laid down, shouldn't you also discard one tile?

Also, when making a Kong, should the player draw another tile before discarding a tile - in the same way as the normal 4 handed game?

[patrickj.pilardiaz]

I should've seen this video before reading the whole Part 3 of Kaiji
it was literally THAT easy (I've played some online games so now I know how it works personally) and I read 90+ without knowing what was going on because I didn't take the time to look it up, guess I gotta read it again :(

[mykennacepek]

One of the scoring examples at the end seems wrong. The pung of red dragons seems like it should be an honors pung.

[debbiehellyer]

But you demonstrated with 12 tiles is that correct? Or is it 13 to win without throwing out ?

[Admirable-Enchantment]

Learning this for the game sleeping dogs on ps3

[AntiTheory]

I like the simplified scoring, but why no points for chi/chow?

[DavidLuchetti]

When drawing a face-up tile, can it be any previously discarded tile or just the last discarded tile?

[nancyscoresystems]

Thanks my sister and i wanted to learn but its just the 2 of us. Thank you for getting the ball rolling for us. Quick 1. Is the person with the most points the winner and is it over multiple hands?

[RenRenRan]

Question, if I lay down a set that matches together, the other player cannot take those right?

[seus]

I like this better than with 4 players

[hoobajoob]

after you’ve played a set of 3 or 4, do you draw 3 or 4 new tiles on your next turn? if not, how would it be possible to ever win since you need at least 3 more combos PLUS a pair to close out?

[iloomnade]

So did you have to take any suits out for two players or do you just use the full set?