Japanese Mahjong Guide Translation: beginners.biz Guide (Index Page)
Part I: Basics of Mahjong 1. What is Mahjong 2. Mahjong and Probability 3. Tenpai and Shanten 4. Mentsu and Taatsu 5. Number Tiles and Word Tiles 6. Toitsu (Part 1) 7. Toitsu (Part 2) 8. Basic Forms and Complex Forms 9. Complex Forms (Part 1: Three-Tile-Forms) 10. Complex Forms (Part 2: Four-Tile-Forms) 11. Machi (Part 1) 12. Machi (Part 2) Part II: Tile Efficiency 1. Playing with Tile Logic 2. Effective Tiles and Tile Numbers 3. Isolated Tile Theories Due to the lack of resources for Japanese mahjong in English, I decided to translate one of the Japanese guides that I found to be comprehensive and helpful. The original guide can be found here: http://beginners.biz/ Despite of the "beginners" in its URL, this guide is meant for people who at least know the rules of Japanese mahjong already and want to improve into intermediate level. Therefore, the basic rules of Japanese mahjong will NOT be covered extensively in this guide. You can easily find th
