Do they explain the game? I'm 2 episodes in and it barely

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>he doesn't instinctively understand and photographically memorise games instantly
stand still brainlet

>>161452832
Play it, it's the best way to understand
www.gamedesign.jp/flash/mahjong/mahjong_e.html

>>161452832
Learn the rules you fucking retard.

They explain the rules in the first two episodes, dude.

>>161452832
I watched Akagi with only a 5 minute understanding of the rules

you really don't need to know what all the combinations are in order to enjoy the anime.

the timing, atmosphere, direction all make it amazig anyway.

how much more do you really get out of the anime if you know what all the different winning hands are?

you always know from the situation that he's waiting on 1 or 2 or 3 different tiles anyway

>>161452832
You don't need to know the rules
[Spoiler] he wins all the time

Don't bother trying to learn Akagi's mahjong, nobody knows what he's doing anyway.

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>>161452937
how am i supposed to declare ron here?
been clicking ron only to have that popping up every time

>>161454734
You done fucked up and have no yaku. At this point just hang on and hope it comes to a draw so you get some points that way.

Usually, taking tiles from others' discards is a shit idea unless you have a wind/dragon triplet (which doesn't apply here, since south is not your position, nor the round) or go for all pon/all chii hands. If you're not going for any of these, stay fully concealed. Self-drawn 4-tiles (kan) don't count

>>161454905
I got it, thank you kind anon

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>>161454734
You need one Yaku to win (pic related). As the other anon said, staying concealed (not pon/chii) allows you to get yakus like concealed tsumo (just draw your winning tile) or riichi (lock your tenpai, you can't do that after a pon/chii).

But if your hand might fit into one of these yaku patterns, you can (and should) pon/chii to do that.

>>161455780
Be careful about Tanyao too, because open tanyao isn't allowed under certain rulesets. Thank god because it's a turboshitter hand.

>>161456076
The singleplayer mahjong does have tanyao and I think it's a good practice tool, since it teaches you to build for double waits rather than single waits, sitting on 1-2 or 8-9 pairs

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Are there really people who try to understand what's going on in Akagi? I just watch people's faces and reactions.

Anyone has that "You think I was in tenpai? That's right, ron" image?

>>161454734
Who's got that furiten flowchart?

Unlike in poker where any hand is always 'valid', in mahjong you need to have at least one 'yaku' in order to win. There are lots of them, some simple and easy and others hard and rare. Riichi is one yaku for example but you can't call riichi if you've opened your hand by calling on other people's tiles, as you have.

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>>161456984
That's the great thing about Akagi. When I first watched it, I knew nothing about the game but enjoyed it for the tension and the atmosphere. Rewatching it is more and more enjoyable though as I learn more and more about mahjong. I'm on about my sixth rewatch now and loving it.

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>>161456076
Nothing wrong with open tanyao anon, get good.

Whats the mahjong variant with the most strategy/choices

>>161457844
Do you mean between Chinese and Riichi? The latter certainly has more elements to consider (riichi, dora etc).

>>161457844
Chess.

>>161457844
Riichi. There's way more stuff

Easiest is jewish old lady soltaire mahjog

>>161452956
how

Who open chanta master race here?

>>161452832

pick up Yakuza 0 on the PS4 and just play Mahjong at the parlor until you start winning. It's easy.

>>161455780
Missing Momo's favourite yakuman: Shisan Puta.

>>161456076
I usually go with a closed tanyao and eventually open it around 12th turn if I can't turn it into a better hand. I'm a shit player

Why is the scoring system of riichi mahjong such a mess? Count fu, round, multiply by a power of two, round again, unless it's a limit hand. And the last two digits are always zeros, what are thay even for.

Chiitoitsu only or fuck off

>tfw if all the programs didn't mark the winds with NWSE in the corner I'd never know what to dump

>>161461430
Or just use any of the better alternatives for free.

>>161462181
I fucking hate Chiitoitsu. You just have to draw draw draw and pray.

>>161462181
Chiitotsu is a backup, not the main hand you should aim for, silly

>>161463113
>>161463150

Nah mates, it's fun, easy to make, honour tile or suji trap waits all day long. Happy days!

>>161463223
If you can't combine it with a Yaku-Pai then it's shit


Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

>>161463150
How is that a backup? Say you want to change midway, how many pairs would you have at this point? 3 at best? Shit's fucked at this point of the game

>>161463223
>single wait
fuck
at least you can change it

>>161463246
I usually go for San Ankou but will switch to Chiitotsu if fitting pairs keep getting shoved into my hand. That kind of backup.

>>161463307
That's what i thought, I guess you still have a fair chance to make it succeed if the pons don't come
but seriously my chiitoitsus always stop at 1-shan-ten or tenpai

>>161463244
>>161463113
>>161463307

With dora pair + riichi that's haneman/mangan tsumo/ron, baiman/haneman with ura.

Big hand

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>>161457264
>>161454734
yes

>>161462983
Why do you even need to know which is which direction?

>>161464162
Dora

>>161464162
Gathering a set of Winds only gives you a yaku if they're the dominant wind of the round or your wind seat. Double if it's both the dominant and your wind seat. Other than that, Winds are worse than normal tiles to complete your hand (you can't make sequences with them which makes it harder) unless you use them to complete another yakus like Hon Itsu or Chanta.

>>161464205
Can't you just tell by the seat wind?

>>161464261

exactly, if they are otakaze then you can use them as your pair in a pinfu hand, but pairs are piss easy to make, so you literally have no need for them. Chiitoitsu not withstanding.

>>161460995
Try google or youtube

>>161460995
https://boards.fireden.net/a/thread/161347118/#161357655