Hello everyone,

I have no idea where else can I post it to have an legit opinion.

I found mahjong in charity shop and it was so interesting that I decided to buy it. Problem is that I don't know anything about mahjong.

Did a tests suggested by Al and apparently it seems to be a porcelain/ceramic one. Tested it with red hot needle which didn't leave any mark on it and just slide on surface, also checked density which is 2,17g/cm³ (which also matches Chinese porcelain range).

Can anyone tell me anything more about it and also if anyone got an idea what would be the value.

Kindest regards

Why did I get this one wrong? My thinking is to get rid of the 9 of bamboo since it's an end tile and doesn't have a straight next to it where the eight and nine pin are one away from a straight. Why does Riichi City think it should be those two tiles?

Hello, does anyone have a link to an online copy of 四川麻将技术论? Last one linked by user BuckwheatECG on this sub is no longer working. Thanks!

I just purchased the beautiful vintage 1940s MJSA 2 Tone burgundy set. The tiles are in almost pristine condition but the case and racks need some help.

The case:
Good working condition except it has a mildew smell and paper inside is coming off. I’d like to restore it
The trays the tiles lay in also have a mildew smell

The racks:
For whatever reason, the previous owner applied masking tape to all of them and it’s literally cemented on there. The tape is probably as old as the set. I need to remove the tape but it’s almost impossible

Please help !! New collector and would love some advice to bring this set to its natural glory

Stay far far away from this company. The act they put on is almost believable…almost -till they get caught

Ordered a set of mahjong tiles from them. Upon delivery as I opened the box I knew something wasn’t right, packaging was not what you would expect from a new set. But I really wanted this set and it was my first big purchase so I was proud and happy.
Couple weeks later, my friends and I started playing with this “new” set and noticed major manufacturing defects and not just a couple tiles but multiples. So I contacted the company, explain the issue and next thing I know they’re gaslighting me!!! Yes you read correctly!
Long story short-they went through disturbing and insurmountable measures to find me at fault for their manufacturing defects. I did return the set, and demanded a refund. Never again will I purchase from this disgusting company or fall prey to their “mahjong community” agenda

I need advice since the only place I have played Mahjong ever was on my PC as a Teen, and when i was on Buyee (Japanese proxy) I bid on this set since it will be awesome to own a physical board game, BUT NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT HOW MUCH the final weight of the package was going to be 12.5 kilos (131 USD on international Shipping)

My main question is: should I pay or dispose it? and need help to know the Brand or anything about this set

Originally, I was thinking of giving one to my mom since she loves playing Domino and would be nice to teach her a new game

Also this is the only picture on the listing

Edit: I found a listing on Ebay very similar to the 2 sets on the bottom Maruichi Branding, still dont know the brand from the one top of the picture (And the listing says its a 3.2 Kilos each set) Damn

I don't have tiles anywhere near 9-man discarded, and my only man set is way far from it. I discarded the 9-man and got out of it. Next turn I drew 8-man which *also* put me in furiten, discarding it removed the status. Can anyone explain?

(Program is Mahjong Soul)

I'm building my own variant and one of the features would be to be playable from 2 to 4, without any significant changes (maybe an extra setup step but full tile set).

Since with two players the draws flow much slower the game can become a drag. My solution for that is a Fast Draw mode:

• you have the first available stack in the wall for drawing:
• if there are a single tile, you draw and discard as usual. The other player can claim it for everything.
• if there are two tiles, you look at the top tile, if you want it, finish the draw and discard a tile from the hand as above; if you don't want the top tile, discard it as dead, the opponent can't claim it for anything, not even for winning, and draw the bottom tile into the hand and proceed as above.

I've played many games varying the way dead discards work: no claim, claim for winning, claim for everything; discarding both times together, discarding one at a time and blocking the drawing turn if the opponent claim the dead tile, and so on. All were fun. Claiming everything lead to higher scoring hands obviously. Interrupting the player turn by claiming the dead tile had mixed feedback, specially because there is consideration for the delay between discard and drawing.

The simplest rule was: dead is dead, just the drawing player could use it, and discarding one at the time, since the other player can't claim it it doesn't interrupt the current turn.

After all that, all options were playable and fun in different ways. Have you tried anything similar? If so, which variant would you like more?

Calling all undergrad and grad students! We’re excited to announce an upcoming intercollegiate mahjong tournament open to anyone currently enrolled at a post-secondary institution. This tournament is proudly sponsored by Riichi City and Mahjong Stars!!!

Tournament Format is as follows: It will be held on Riichi City from October 21st-25th 2026 and participants are encouraged to join our discord linked below. The main bracket will be divided into qualifiers and elimination rounds. Qualifiers are scored based on your best 5 consecutive games over the course of 3 days. Elimination rounds will narrow down the field (Top 32 → Top 16 → Top 8 → Top 4), with scores resetting and being adjusted as the rounds progress. The winner will be the player with the best cumulative score after Hanchan 4 on October 25th.

Prizes: Over $600 USD in cash prizes and a Mahjong Set, along with exciting in-game rewards and more!

Requirements: This tournament is completely free and there is no cost of entry, just show up and play at least 5 hanchans over 3 days to have a chance of qualifying. You have to be currently enrolled in a post-secondary institution anywhere in the world either as an undergrad or graduate student and will be required to provide proof of this if you happen to win a prize. The tournament is uncapped, so the more the merrier but note that registration closes October 20th 2026.

If you’ve ever wanted to represent your school and play for some awesome prizes, this is the perfect opportunity for you. Gather your friends, rep your school, and may the best tiles be with you! The signup sheet, discord and more specific details like times are linked below.

TLDR: Free online Riichi Mahjong tournament for college students sponsored by Riichi City and Mahjong Stars with prizes with signups open until Oct 20th. Happy to answer all questions!

Sign Up Form
Discord Server

Player to my right fed me three straight times lol. Thank you for bringing me my 4th yakuman!

I have a question for those of you who play with friends who follow different Mahjong rule sets.

If some of your friends play HKOS and others play MCR, can you realistically have them all play together in the same group?

I’m asking because I have friends from both camps, and apparently, the differences in rules and scoring are causing some friction. After every session, they call me separately to vent about each other, and my head is starting to hurt.

I just want everyone to enjoy Mahjong without turning it into a debate about whose rules are better.

For those of you who’ve dealt with this, how do you handle it? Do you stick to one rule set for the whole group, alternate between HKOS and MCR sessions or is there a way to make both work?

Please tell me I’m not the only one dealing with Mahjong politics. 🀄

I feel I probably forced it a bit tho.

Found this while looking on the internet while looking for cool mahjong sets. Only found two instagram videos by different creators showing them. mo other evidence of them online.

I'm working on a variant that assumes modern boardgame principles and is accessible (meaning easy to remember and to notice in the hand) and intuitive.

In the values section of scoring I have the following possibilities in increasing order of scoring:

• All Simples (2345678)
• All Terminals + Honors (19DW)
• ????
• All Generals (258)
• All Terminals (19)

I need something for a middle scoring value (+4, the scoring progression is 1,2,4,10,15, with the last two being limit hands). For reference a Full Flush or Seven Pairs scores +4 and a Half Flush or All Pungs score +2.

Note: All terminals + Honors actually score as +4 due to the All Pungs.

My current possibilities are:

• All Evens 2468 (combines with all pungs to score min +6, looks like a subset of All Simples, but so is All Generals).
• All Linked (all sets contains the same number, I'm avoiding the "contains" patterns, like outside hand, I've seen people getting confused by then)
• Upper/Middle/Lower (789/456/123, somewhat easy to see, a good middle ground in terms of available tiles, 9 different tiles, allows chows). An alternative would be 3 adjacent values, but I would rather have the 3 subsets.

What would you suggest?

All Linked is common in many variants, but uses the "contains" pattern that I'm avoiding. All Evens and Upper/Middle/Lower aren't universal, but All Evens is used in American Mahjong and MCR at least.

Got this set from hobby lobby because I’m a beginner. can’t figure out what these tiles are supposed to represent? Can I just put them away if they’re unrelated to American Mahjong? Other tiles are shown for reference.

Once again my amazing wife made a compass! This time for sanma (shaped like a pizza) since we play a lot with my sister in law.

Ps: the last pic was my winning hand from our last game hehe

One wall of my mahjong table is always empty.

From what i see the belt keeps spinning backwards and the lever keeps pushing when theres no mahjong pieces in the slot to trigger it.

Ive tried to clean and even swap the sensors around but it still has the same issue on the same side.

Ive also tried swapping around the capacitors but same result. The issue was still on the same side.

As seen in the video the side that does not work. The sensor itself still "works" but the lever auto triggeres when theres nothing there...

Counting the triggers. after 18 lever triggers the broken side just stops and does not proceed futher. From what i can tell this is just how the table itself automates the build of the wall. After there are 36 tiles (18x2) tiles triggered it will stop building the wall.

Any help would be very much appreciated!

I'm working on a variant for the use of flowers in game and this is something that got me worried. I know some old mahjong sets don't have numbers on them, and not even the standard Unicode tiles, but in modern mass market sets are flowers always numbered or do some sets resort to just a drawing or maybe a Chinese character of the flower name (and not the number)?

If so, which types of sets don't number their flowers and how common do you estimate they are?

I'm playing riichi, hk, sichuan and tw, BTW.

I've always been ultracompetitive, even if I'm an AuDHD mess, who has really bad motor skills in general, and bad at most games in general. Because of that, I avoided most games online, only going for specifc games I really liked playing against bots, and having terrible results overall.

Mahjong was finally the one that broke the "curse". It's good to be not terrible at something online (by that I mean to at least feel at home in the lower ranks, and be able to win at a normal rate).

Unrelated, but weird and interesting. I play Riichi City and Amatsuki Mahjong. I'm being able to climb in riichi playing riichi city (b2 silver atm), and the other three in Amatsuki (Jade 1 in those three). I cannot do anything in Amatsuki riichi. I thing I got last all but 1 time. I have absolutely no idea what's going on. Super weird. People in the Amatsuki discord say it might be people smurfing, which would make sense, but I can't ever be sure, of course.

Without riichi i would get second easily and possibly first if ron west. If i riichi i gurantee first if i win no matter what.

Spoiler: i riichied and stayed 3rd place. But ofc if i can go for first why second? 😄

This was a tough watch, NGL. I don't think I've seen Sakurai Shouichi at a lower point than this throughout his entire 20-year career. I know we all have our bad days, but for someone of his calibre, this must have been rough.

October 19, 2026 – Beta Update Notes

1. Added Offline Mode: Play against Easy or Normal AI opponents without an internet connection.
2. UI & Interaction Improvements: Improved the user interface and overall experience.
3. Added Feedback Feature: You can now send us feedback directly in the game. We'd love to hear your thoughts and suggestions!

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Hi everyone!

I'm a solo indie developer working on Riichi Parlor VR, a multiplayer Riichi Mahjong game for Meta Quest.

The game currently supports:

• 4-player online East-only matches
• Hand tracking and controllers
• VR and mixed reality modes

I'm looking for Quest players familiar with Riichi Mahjong to help test the game, especially to identify bugs in the rules, scoring, and gameplay.

Join the free alpha test:
https://www.meta.com/s/k2wt9sgSe

AI disclosure: I'm using OpenAI Codex extensively throughout development, including coding, game logic implementation, debugging, and automated testing. Generative AI is also used to create some of the game's art assets.

This is still an early version, so your feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

I built a custom box for my YMI 34mm mahjong set. I took inspiration from the early 1900's antique mahjong box designs. It's solid poplar (other than birch plywood drawer bottoms) with a mixed stain of cabernet and red oak. It has four drawers for the tiles and a fifth drawer for accessories. The front slides up to reveal the drawers which keeps them secure for transport. It has two sturdy handles on top which are needed because fully loaded it weighs 14 pounds! Overall dimensions are 10 3/4" wide by 8" tall and 8" deep.

I recently got a mahjong set and have been playing riichi with friends in pubs, various places.

But because these tiles have curved backs, often the edges of our walls fall over during play. Does anyone have tips on avoiding this or will this just be something I need to deal with on these types of tiles? They're 25mm tiles if that makes a difference. Ideally I'd like to keep playing on these tiles as they look quite nice.

Thanks

It looks handmade, the material might be marble and Araucarioxylon arizonicum, but I'm not entirely sure on the latter.