Misc. Board Games

Mahjong is VERY fun, and has tons of rulesets and variants that make it more challenging/varied. I just recently got a local mahjong group together (we're meeting tomorrow night actually). It's a nice fix for me since I can't seem to get anyone to play bridge or pinochle anymore.

I will say, though, when I tried playing it in Hong Kong with a friend's family I got hustled hard. Mahjong is serious business over there.

youtube.com/watch?v=EBR1xFje0Ds

pretty fuckin' cool. Makes me wish I had a lathe still...

I've been playing riichi with some of my friends aND it's good fun. Haven't tried any other type of mahjong.

Try Hong Kong rules if you like aiming for particular hands/yaku. Try Chinese Classic rules if you want a more simplified game. Taiwanese style has 16-tile hands instead of 13. American Mahjong is batshit crazy.

I've been playing riichi on and off now for years at this point, I'd be up for playing some games with Veeky Forums. I haven't been playing much lately because I hate the feeling of almost always being a loss away from losing a dan rank even if I don't really care about the thing.

I'd be up for playing games with Veeky Forums, too. Does anyone know a good website that isn't sketchy as fuck, or maybe a good multiplatform client?

I didn't even know Mahjong had dan ranks, though it seems obvious now that you mention it.

For riichi the go-to is always Tenhou which an user linked here If I remember right the standard Veeky Forums lobby is tenhou.net/0/?L7447 and both /a/ and /jp/ use it.

No idea if there's a multiplatform client for it, the only things I've ever actually played mahjong on are Tenhou and Janryumon.

Get kajongg. It was written for linux, but has a windows version available here: kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=103206 (at the bottom of the description).

It's honestly the best client I've found, and it's open source. Chinese classic rules, though.

Richii does, at least.

I'll check out tenhou, but I do awfully like kajongg.

playgo.to/iwtg/en/

this will show you the ropes, after that all you have to do is play as much as you can and occasionally watch other people play (e.g. on KGS) as well as reading stuff up on senseis library or any books you can get your hands on

wow, great site, thank you. I'm learning a lot about go. I've tried to read sensei's library articles before, but they are often too advanced for me.

>tfw asian boyfriend
>he refuses to play mahjong with me because there are too many rules

I respect his decision, but I want to plaaaaaaay

I taught my wife to play Riichi Mahjong, and we brought in another couple and we have Mahjong nights every couple weeks.

As ridiculous as this looks, what worked for me is actually playing the game traditional cards. Here's how I did it:

>Four decks, four copies of each card
>Removed Diamonds 2-10
>Removed all face cards except J-Spade, Q-Club and K-Heart
>Added Wind directions to the Aces (Heart-East, Club-South, Diamond-West, Spade-North) with marker
>Poker chips for scoring

Suits go from 2-10 instead of 1-9, and the JQKs act as Dragons/Colors.

I managed to teach my wife to play in two hands, and our friends, who play Canasta regularly, got it just as fast.

I'd love to get an actual set of tiles, but cards work just as well, and are somewhat easier for westerners to grasp.

whats the most fun mahjong version?

its sure as hell aint richi with its fast play, low hands and hope you hit doras.

That's pretty subjective, since it depends on what aspects you like and what you dislike. I like classical Chinese and Hong Kong. If you like things to be straightforward and methodical, play Classical Chinese. If you like a game that provides opportunities to take big risks, play Hong Kong.

yes, senseis library is something I'd recommend once you've reached 15kyu maybe

there is a beginner study sections, though
senseis.xmp.net/?BeginnerStudySection
you'll probably find much useful information there

if you want to play a few rounds on KGS hit me up, I haven't played for quite some time but I should still be able to explain you a thing or two

Sure, I'd be happy to play a game or two. My username is parzifal

senseis.xmp.net/?BeginnerExercises
youtube.com/user/nicksibicky/playlists

And lately I've been watching
youtube.com/user/cinemabaroque/videos

Nope, we xiangqi here.

but why?

Cannons.

I miss playing some Sichuan Mahjong. I am so angry I can not find a digital version of Mahjong in English that is not "western" Mahjong. I don't want to play a puzzle game for fucks sake.

what are the rules particular to sichuan mahjong?

I only played Mahjong in Sichuan so I don't know how Riichi or Mahjong are played normally. Since I haven't played in two years I kinda forgot the rules. Finding any 'proper' Mahjong rules in English has been hard for me.

How annoying is the hand size? I've contemplated doing this for cost/accessibility but it always seemed to me that having 13 card hands at nearly all times would be annoying. BS is barely playable as anything more than a joke game and that's the only thing I can think of where massive hands are a regularity.

I'm online but I don't know how to start a chat on KGS, what rooms are you in?

Oh, I signed out since it was taking a while. I'll get back on in just a sec. What's your username?

>mfw playing with a electronic Mahjong table.
>'shuffling' by hand

influenza

>tfw 1st turn ron

Hand size has never been a problem for my group.

Shogi looks fun but I've never had the chance to play it.

Who Tarocco here?

what exactly is it?

Fuck I want an auto tsble

Anyone played any shogi variant?

I've played chushogi a few times, but I was pretty confused, since I'm not even that good at regular shogi.

why is the knight T?

Does anyone want to play a beginner at Go on KGS?

bump

Probably because "K" is taken by kings? Same reason knaves are "J", when you think about it.

Then wouldn't ' N ' be a better choice? I think that's what is used in chess notation.