Board Games with Scott 006 – Mah Jong In Depth
I’m trying a longer format this week, due to the amount of information I want to share about Mah Jong. In this video, I talk about Asian-style Mah Jong, purchasing a set, and compare Asian to American Mah Jong Also, all BGWS episodes after 014 are over at boardgameswithscott.com and are not on YouTube.
Video posted by: snicholson
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September 2nd, 2009 at 2:17 pm
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haha i love this guy! 😛
September 3rd, 2009 at 2:43 pm
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September 5th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
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was a great video.
had no idea how to play before i watched this.
now fairly confident it wont take long to pick up because of this.
thank you
September 6th, 2009 at 10:14 am
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sounds like hes sayin my dong
September 9th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
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This is a very good introduction to the game, with very clear instruction. When I went to my first game of (sorry, Scott) American Mah Jong, I had a solid understanding of the basics and terminology.
Thanks.
September 12th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
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Scott, the angry asians are complaining about your terminology of their dumb ass domino game, better edit it! Seriously though, thanks for the intro to this awesome game. DOTS!
September 15th, 2009 at 3:05 am
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Leave it to the Americans to make joker tiles for Mahjong. Seriously?
September 16th, 2009 at 3:08 am
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And please don’t say “mine mine mine!” You’re going to sound stupid. Say the right words: chow, pung, kong, mahjong.
September 18th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
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Whenever I play with my filipino friends, they say “balls” instead. Hehehe…:-P But I agree, at least call it circles. Leave it up to us Americans to mess up an ancient game.
September 21st, 2009 at 11:57 am
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Cheers Scott for an in-depth & informative video. I’m still picking up the details but you’ve cleared up a lot of things for me so thanks again.
September 23rd, 2009 at 11:27 am
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MINE! MINE! MINE!
September 26th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
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hong kong scientsts say playing too much can cause seizures
September 29th, 2009 at 6:19 am
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Thank you SO much for making this video! Back when I was 17 or so, I went on vacation with my family and visited Chinatown, where I bought my first mahjong set. The rules were so poorly translated they were incomprehensible and I put the whole thing out of mind. After finding this video, though, I brushed off the dust, tried out a few games, and got my friends all hooked on it. We played it every day for a MONTH and we all still love it.
Thanks again!
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:17 am
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it’s called tokens, not dots and the “characters” are called man-zi, which goes ten-thousand to ninety thousand.
October 4th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
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i’m going to see if Kong88 can add an auto table to the winning of a tournament since they have new mahjong tourneys.
October 4th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
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Damn Americans. Its not dots. Technically its Tong Zi. But at least call them CIRCLES!
October 6th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
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The scoring system is not right.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
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While talking about “Kongs”, one part that was missing, where if someone has collected a 3 of a kind, and if they happen to collect the 4th piece on their own.
In that instance, that person can declare “Kong” and reveal the 4-of-a-kind which allows them to take a tile from the “dead pile”.
Another way it’s done is if they have previously done a pong and their 3-of-a-kind is face up and draw the 4th piece later, this can also be declared a “kong” to lay down, and draw from the “dead pile” too.
October 9th, 2009 at 8:37 am
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I prefer the style he mentioned of discarding everything in the middle into a big mess. It forces players to pay closer attention to what they’re discarding to make it more challenging to figure out what they need rather than having it out organized making it easier for people to just look rather than remember.
October 12th, 2009 at 12:24 am
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/b/fail
Really desperate for trollfood if you’re bothering with this.
Good luck with that.
October 15th, 2009 at 2:55 am
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“hey i like anime and i am white, i am a huge weeaboo faggot which is why i want to learn mahjong”
-99% of the people here
October 17th, 2009 at 10:14 am
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Thanks for the clear explanation! I have always been interested in Mahjong but when I found out it was just matching pairs I lost interest. Now I see why adult Chinese like to play it.. as you say.. it resembles playing cards! Thanks again!
October 19th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
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Thats why i’m here too.
October 20th, 2009 at 6:15 am
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what he is teaching is chinese mj, not the jap mj, total diff play styles
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:22 am
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I’m watching Saki too, looks quite interesting but a bit girly. x_x
Another anime about Mahjong that I’d recommend is Akagi, it’s a bit old, but i really enjoyed that anime!
Thanks snicholson, nice explanation!