Yesterday, Sue B, Hisako T. and I played Asian Mahjong at Churchill's Pub from 3:45 to 5 PM. It was fun. We played the Hong Kong Variations ( 13 tiles-no joker ) versus the Philippine variations ( 16 tiles with joker ). Asian Mahjong is much easier and flexible than American Mahjong.
The objective of the Hong Kong Mahjong game is to put together a complete set (or "hand"), which contains four sets of threes (either three of a kind of the same suit (or "pung") or a sequence of the same suit (or "chow") and a pair, for total of 14 pieces. Each player starts with 13 tiles. With each turn, a player picks up a 14th tile, and then discards one tile face up in the center of the table. At this point, other players can choose to pass, take the tile to complete a set or to declare a win ("mahjong"). The first player who completes the set of 14 tiles wins the hand.
Hong Kong Mahjong is easy, fast and no cards to purchase annually. But you can make it complicated with scoring variations and high level combinations of melds, such as 7 Pairs, Escalera, All Pung, all Chow, etc....
I am willing to teach anyone here at THD to play Asian Mahjong. Just sign in the Lobby and informed Joseph W. of your interest. It will be in the weekly activity schedule ( Every Thursday at 3:45PM at Churchills Pub).
Here are 2 articles from my blog on playing mahjong of the David B. Katague Clan here in the US. Mahjong is also very popular in the Philippines as a gambling and social event, just like Cock Fighting.
https://chateaudumer.blogspot.com/2021/12/playing-mahjong-one-of-my-favorite.html
https://chateaudumer.blogspot.com/2022/12/mahjong-as-part-socialization-and.html
Meanwhile, Exercise both Mind and Body-It will prolong your stay here at THD.
Also: The Family that Plays Together, Stays Together.
https://www.coololdgames.com/tile-games/mahjong/hong-kong/
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