Thursday, 9 June 2011

Tiles needed for Mahjong!

Generally, the rules of playing Mahjong in Singapore is similar to that played in other countries such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, US, Japan, China. However, the 2 main differences are in the scoring method and the extra animals tiles. The extra animal tiles of Cat, Rat, Rooster, and Centipede add to the local flavour of the game and provide extra opportunities for a bigger win.

There are three main subgroup of tiles; Suited tiles, Honour tiles and Flower tiles.

Suited Tiles
Suited tiles can be arranged in running order from 1 to 9. This is similar to normal playing cards, where there is ace to ten. However, there are only three suits in Mahjong: circle, bamboo, and character. While in normal playing cards, there four suits: clubs, diamonds, hearts and spaces. There are 4 repetition of each tiles, similar to the normal playing cards.




Honour Tiles
Unlike the suited tiles, the honour tiles cannot be arranged in running order. They consist of wind and dragon tiles.




Flower Tiles
Flower tiles can enhance the winnings collected when the player successfully gamed (HU or calling mah-jong!)




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