Taiwan Mahjong is a popular mahjong gameplay in Taiwan and other places in my country. It was introduced to Taiwan from the mainland in the early years of the Republic of China. It gradually evolved from 13 gameplays in Guangdong to 16 gameplays in Taiwan. After years of development, Taiwan’s mahjong has become unique in terms of rules, layout, number calculation, etc. So what exactly is it?
The most important feature of Taiwan’s mahjong rules is that you need to have an extra set of cards when mixing cards. Therefore, each player has 16 cards instead of 13 cards when matching cards. When playing cards, there must be five sets of straight or truncated , bar and a pair of truncated . The difference between
and other Chinese mahjong versions is that there are 16 cards at the end of the card, not 14 cards.
In terms of choosing card combinations, Taiwanese mahjong still uses very classic card types, although some card types have been added or deleted due to an additional set of cards.
1. Mahjong card
The whole set of mahjong has 144 cards, of which 136 are basic cards, and 8 are reward cards, namely flower card and four seasons card. Reward cards are optional, but are often used in Taiwanese mahjong. Basic cards are divided into two categories: ordinal cards and character cards.
ordinal cards have three suits, each suit from one to nine, and there are 36 cards. There are 108 cards in the three suits.
characters include Sanyuan cards and Feng cards. Sanyuan cards are middle-fast white, and Feng cards are southeast, west and northwest.
flower cards and four seasons cards are usually used as reward cards. Flower cards and Four Seasons cards cannot be used in card combinations. After getting the flower cards, they must be displayed immediately and then placed aside to make up for 1 card.
2. Game preparation
A complete game of mahjong usually has sixteen games. If the dealer and the card or the card is deserted, the dealer will be connected and the number of games will increase. Each plate starts with building a card, then opening and matching cards. Before the game begins, the player rolls dice several times to determine the seat order, the dealer and where to open the door on the card wall.
has many important variants in terms of game preparation rules, so how to determine the location depends on the specific rules.
Before each game starts, you must place the cards face down on the table, and the idle player fully shuffles the cards. Knowing that the dealer says it starts, each player takes 36 cards into a row, stacks 2 cards into a pier, and makes eighteen piers. Then, each player pushes the card to the front to form a hollow square, which is the card wall.
To determine the opening point of the card wall, the dealer must roll the dice and count counterclockwise along the card wall, starting from the right end.
3.Handcards
The goal of the game is to form a complete set of cards, including five sets of cards, each set of 3 cards and a pair, with a total of 17 cards. In addition, each set of cards can also be composed of 4 cards, and the total number of cards will be added to each time there is such a combination.
There must be a pair in a complete card, and there can only be one pair. Any hand that contains five sets of straights or truncated and bars and a pair is valid.
is similar to Japanese mahjong. If the player can match the cards in this round but fails, he will not match the cards in this round. The player must first play a card to use the missed card again. This rule also applies to self-touching, but self-touching in Japanese mahjong is not restricted.
