Another day of pretending I understand this game :3
One could make a vague approximation to playing cards. As a gross oversimplification Mahjong is like a more complex round of Go Fish or smth.
Think of the different tiles (Pins, Bamboo, etc.) as the suits (Heart, Spades, etc). And yaku you need to win a round with are like the hands in poker, some higher value than others.
Everyone draws and discards a card in order, keeping the size of their hand the same. Players can fish the discards of others to help complete hands and everyone is trying to get a combinations of cards they can win the most points with.
A round ends either when someone completes a hand and wins with it or when the deck runs out of cards for a draw.
At its most basic, that's it really.
last edited at Sep 19, 2023 11:58AM
