And due to how Mahjong is styled, those rules don’t even always apply. The ruleset I play with in Yinchuan doesn’t allow for completing runs, for example. Scoring is also insanely simple, possibly the same as what Haoran Un’s are. Regional and house rules are so important a part of Mahjong play that it can be a bit…

The life lesson I learned is that it is fun to play games with a person’s mind through bluffing and intimidation. Not to mention that you can also drag people down with you. i.e. if I can’t win, no one can. You can totally read what the other players need just by watching what they discard. If you don’t see your…

This was beautiful, thank you for sharing it.

One of the best articles I’ve read on Kotaku for quite awhile.

It’s always nice to come across deep articles are are close with the authors. I’ve always wished that my family had some sort of game that maintained a nice routine and order amongst us, I guess we had Monopoly and Yahtzee to fall back on but that doesn’t compare with this one bit.