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Gamehelpazul

2021-10-28T23:30:54Z

Yasten: Renamed last section to fit option name

==Setup==
* Each player's board starts on its coloured side. Each player starts with 0 points.
* Place 5 factory displays for 2 players/7 for 3 players/9 for 4 players in a circle in the center of the playing area.
* Place 20 tiles of each colour (white, red, yellow, blue, black) into the bag. Then fill each display with 4 tiles.

==Gameplay==
* The starting player places the starting player marker in the center of the table and starts the first turn of the round.
* On your turn, pick all tiles of the same color from the display or the center. If you pick from the display, move the rest to the center. If you are the first to pick from the center this round, take the starting player marker and place it on your floor line.
* Then, add the tiles to a pattern line (first line 1 space, second 2 spaces and so on). A line can only hold a colour and it must not appear on that line of the wall). The rest goes to the floor line.
* After all players take a turn, check your pattern lines from top to bottom. If the line is complete, move the rightmost tile to the corresponding place, score accordingly and discard the rest. Else, nothing happens.
* Each new tile is immediately scored.
** If there are no adjacent tiles, score 1 point.
** If there are adjacent horizontal tiles score 1 point for each tile in the horizonal row linked to that tile, including the tile you just placed.
** If there are adjacent vertical tiles score 1 point for each tile in the vertical column linked to that tile, including the tile you just placed.
** If there are both adjacent horizontal and vertical tiles then perform both of the above two scoring steps. In this manner the tile you just placed get scored twice
* Next, if you have any tiles in your floor line, lose points accordingly. Remove them (except the starting player tile) afterwards. Your score cannot be less than 0.

==End of the Game==
* If any player has a horizontal line of 5 tiles on his wall, the game ends after that round.
* Score 2 points for each horizontal line of 5 tiles.
* Score 7 points for each vertical line of 5 tiles.
* Score 10 points for each colour with 5 tiles on the wall.
* The player with the most points wins the game. If there is a tie, the player with more completed horizontal lines wins.

==Variant option (gray board)==

The main difference is that in the placing phase you can decide which column of each line to put your tile in. Note that you can't place the same color in the same column twice.

Gamehelpazul

2021-10-28T23:28:26Z

Yasten:

==Setup==
* Each player's board starts on its coloured side. Each player starts with 0 points.
* Place 5 factory displays for 2 players/7 for 3 players/9 for 4 players in a circle in the center of the playing area.
* Place 20 tiles of each colour (white, red, yellow, blue, black) into the bag. Then fill each display with 4 tiles.

==Gameplay==
* The starting player places the starting player marker in the center of the table and starts the first turn of the round.
* On your turn, pick all tiles of the same color from the display or the center. If you pick from the display, move the rest to the center. If you are the first to pick from the center this round, take the starting player marker and place it on your floor line.
* Then, add the tiles to a pattern line (first line 1 space, second 2 spaces and so on). A line can only hold a colour and it must not appear on that line of the wall). The rest goes to the floor line.
* After all players take a turn, check your pattern lines from top to bottom. If the line is complete, move the rightmost tile to the corresponding place, score accordingly and discard the rest. Else, nothing happens.
* Each new tile is immediately scored.
** If there are no adjacent tiles, score 1 point.
** If there are adjacent horizontal tiles score 1 point for each tile in the horizonal row linked to that tile, including the tile you just placed.
** If there are adjacent vertical tiles score 1 point for each tile in the vertical column linked to that tile, including the tile you just placed.
** If there are both adjacent horizontal and vertical tiles then perform both of the above two scoring steps. In this manner the tile you just placed get scored twice
* Next, if you have any tiles in your floor line, lose points accordingly. Remove them (except the starting player tile) afterwards. Your score cannot be less than 0.

==End of the Game==
* If any player has a horizontal line of 5 tiles on his wall, the game ends after that round.
* Score 2 points for each horizontal line of 5 tiles.
* Score 7 points for each vertical line of 5 tiles.
* Score 10 points for each colour with 5 tiles on the wall.
* The player with the most points wins the game. If there is a tie, the player with more completed horizontal lines wins.

==Variant rule (gray board)==

The main difference is that in the placing phase you can decide which column of each line to put your tile in. Note that you can't place the same color in the same column twice.

Gamehelpriichimahjong

2021-09-06T23:34:10Z

Yasten: Confused the raoyu(e,i) for last tile wins

= Brief description =

Japanese Mahjong is played through several hands. In each hand, the goal is to construct a valid Mahjong hand from drawn and/or claimed tiles. The set of tiles consists of three regular suits (character, bamboo, circle) and two special suits (so-called honor tiles: dragons and winds). In the regular suits there are 4x9 tiles numbered 1-9 whereas there are 4x4 wind tiles and 4x3 dragon tiles. The total number of tiles is 136. The player seats each have an associated wind direction and are rotated according to specific rules as hands are played.

To achieve a valid hand, that hand must generally consist of 4 sets and a pair. The sets can be either sequences of three tiles in the regular suits or triplets or quadruplets (three or four identical tiles) with two notable exceptions (see below). Sets can be completed by drawing tiles (regular play is in counterclockwise order) or by claiming tiles discarded by other players to form a so-called meld. Sequences can be only be called from discards made by the player to the left. Unless quadruplets occur, a hand consists of 14 (3x4 + 2) tiles and players discard down to 13. For every quadruplet, a replacement tile is drawn.

Japanese Mahjong is particular in that each valid hand must also fulfill at least one scoring condition (Yaku). These Yaku are properties of hands, and the most important ones are listed below. Different Yaku are worth different numbers of big points (Han). Secondly, the game is particular because some of the tiles (at random) are used up as so-called Dora indicators. The indicators identify tiles that will add Han to a hand, specifically the one that is next in sequence. More Dora tiles become available through forming quadruplets and through Riichi bets.

The calls for completed melds are Chi/Chii/Chow (sequence), Pon/Pong/Pung (triplet), and Kan/Kang/Kong (quadruplet). The calls to complete a winning hand are Tsumo if it is a drawn tile and Ron if it is a discarded tile. A pair can only be completed from a called tile if the call is Ron. A tile that does not complete a meld or hand can never be called. Riichi is a special call that indicates that a 1000-point bet is placed. The bet is to complete a hand without altering it from this point on. It is available when the hand misses exactly one tile. The two main benefits of calling Riichi are hidden Dora tiles (also called Ura-Dora) and, most importantly, the fact that a Riichi call is a Yaku in itself.

The final value of a hand is calculated from its Yaku and sets. Unless the hand has many Han, there are also small points (Fu) that are used to compute the score.

= Yaku =

Some Yaku give variable Han depending on whether a hand relied on any open meld (open hand) or not (closed hand). Note that a meld-free hand completed via Ron is always considered closed, but the specific set is no longer considered concealed. For these variable Yaku, the lower number refers to open hands.

== Common call-based Yaku ==
Riichi (1 Yaku), Ippatsu (completing hand within a single round after calling Riichi, 1 Han)

== Common basic Yaku ==
All simples (no terminal or honor tile in any of the sets, 1 Han), no-points hand (a closed hand free of any additional Fu, 1 Han), fully concealed hand (completing a closed hand via Tsumo, 1 Han)

== Common honors-based Yaku ==
Triplet or quadruplet of round wind, seat wind, or any dragon (1 Han each; if round wind and seat wind coincide, both count)

== Common sequence-based Yaku ==
Identical sequences in all three suits (1 or 2 Han), duplicated sequence in the same suit (1 Han, only for closed hand)

== Common terminal-based Yaku ==
Clean outside hand (all sets involve 1 or 9 tiles of the standard suits, 2 or 3 Han), mixed outside hand (all sets involve 1 or 9 tiles of the standard suits or honor tiles, 1 or 2 Han)

== Common triplet-based Yaku ==
Three concealed triplets (2 Han), all-triplet hand (no sequences, 2 Han), three identical triplets in the standard suits (2 Han)

== Common suit-based Yaku ==
Full flush (all sets from the same standard suit, 5 or 6 Han), half flush (all sets from the same standard suit or honor tiles, 2 or 3 Han)

In addition, there are rarer Yaku including the most valuable hands of them all: Yakuman hands (see below for a full list). There are two exceptions to the general structure of Mahjong hands: the first is a Yaku (2 Han) called 7 pairs, which is always a closed hand consisting of 7 different pairs. The second is a Yakuman hand called 13 orphans that consists of all 13 different terminal (1/9) and honor tiles and an additional tile from the same set of 13 tiles. Naturally, this is also always a closed hand.

= Scoring =

== Exchange of points ==
If a hand is won by Tsumo, all other players pay the winner. If a hand is won by Ron, only the discarder pays the one or, rarely, more winners. The value depends on both Han and Fu unless the hand has at least 5 Han. The player sitting in the East seat (the dealer) always pays and gains more points. The other three seats are all equivalent in terms of scoring. A single round is completed after the seats have rotated once in full. However, the seats rotate only if the dealer does not win. A hand ends in a draw if no winning hand is declared before the tiles run out. The scoring in a draw is particular and depends on whether hands are declared to be what is called Tenpai (one tile away from being complete) or not. The total sum of points involved is always 3000.

The small points (Fu) are awarded to sets themselves. Sequences are worth nothing. Concealed triplets are always twice as valuable as open ones. Triplets of honor or terminal tiles are twice as valuable as triplets of common suit tiles (2-8). Quadruplets are four times as valuable as the corresponding triplets. Some Fu are given to the pair if it is a relevant wind or dragon. Finally, the base Fu of a hand are 30 (concealed hand winning by Ron), 25 (7 pairs hand), or 20 (all other cases).

== Dora tiles ==
Anytime a quadruplet is formed, a replacement tile is drawn from the dead wall, and a new Dora indicator is revealed. Together with the 4 replacement tiles, the Dora indicators are part of the 14-tile dead wall. One indicator is revealed at the start of each round. Each tile that is next in rank after the indicator in the same suit will count as 1 Han in a winning hand. For the standard suits, 9 wraps back to 1, for the winds, the order is ESWN, wrapping back from N to E. For dragons, the order is by Japanese alphabetical order (chun (red), haku (white), hatsu (green)), wrapping back from green to red. There can never be more than 4 quadruplets formed in a single hand, at which point all 5 Dora indicators in the top row are visible. The ones below are the aforementioned Ura-Dora. They will be revealed only if a player who called Riichi wins a hand. This means that a maximum of 10 types of tiles could be Dora tiles. As a result, the call to form a quadruplets must be made with care.

= Strategy =

== Hand building ==
Generally speaking, Mahjong allows only drawing, discarding, and calling tiles, which means that the basic options are not complex. In Japanese Mahjong, it is frequently beneficial to keep the hand closed, that is, to refrain from forming melds through calling tiles. Because of the one-Yaku requirement, indiscriminate tile calls can easily lead to a hand that is virtually impossible to rescue. In particular, calls for sequences involving terminal tiles should be evaluated carefully. The reason is that the three simplest and most common Yaku, Riichi, all-simples, and the no-points hand, all become impossible by such a call. Building toward specific, rarer hands usually makes sense only if the hand drawn initially is well on its way towards completion. In these cases, tile calls are often essential to have a realistic chance.

== Defensive play ==
Players begin to get an idea of the hands of other players through two main mechanisms: open melds and discarded tiles. The discarded tiles are visible for everyone and remain associated with each player. On average, the safest tiles to discard are wind tiles that are neither seat nor round wind. All honors tiles have the advantage that they play very limited roles, so the discard tableaus will give good hints if, for example, a particular dragon tile is safe to discard. In the standard suits, terminal tiles are, on average, safer to discard than central tiles because they can complete fewer sequences and because they need to be avoided for several Yaku. Later in a hand, the hopes to complete one's own hand might be so small that the priority becomes to avoid discarding tiles that lead to a Ron call. In a bad hand, it might be worthwhile to discard dangerous tiles early and hold on to safer tiles. Avoiding discards that complete hands is nearly as important as winning hands in Japanese Mahjong.

== Furiten ==
The discard tableau plays another important role: a tile that would complete a player's hand found among the discards means that that player is in a state called Furiten. In this state, the player cannot win a hand by Ron. This rule has the very useful consequence that discarding a tile that is found in someone else's discards is always a safe defensive play against that player. Similarly, the rule means that it is unwise to change frequently the sets targeted for one's own hand. In doing so, the discard tableau will inevitably fill up with many different and unrelated tiles, which increases the chance of being Furiten and makes it easier for other players to discard tiles.

= BGA implementation =

== User interface ==
Players can discard tiles, when it is their turn, by clicking on them. There is a player preference to turn on a confirmation button that can be useful when playing on small screens. Other options on a player's turn are buttons to form a "secret" quadruplet or an appended quadruplet. The former keeps the hand closed and is counted as a concealed set even though it is visible to other players. Finally, if the drawn tile completes a winning hand, the Tsumo button will be available. Use it to declare a win. The best scoring hand in terms of Han has to be selected according to the rules, and this is done automatically. Players do not have to denote or score hands on their own.

After discarding a tile, the Riichi button might be available, indicating that Riichi can be called (the hand is one tile away). This is normally done accompanying the discard and, to emphasize this, a notification is sent immediately to all players. Some Riichi calls can lead to a dead hand if the winning tiles are all used up already. This is something players have to monitor themselves. On other players' discarded tiles, buttons for tile calls or declaring a win via Ron will appear automatically. The tile calls (Pon for a triplet, Kan for a quadruplet, and Chi for sequences) are clarified as needed in the button text itself. Passing on a Ron call puts the player at least temporarily in Furiten (permanent if Riichi was called prior).

If a game ends in an exhaustive draw, buttons appear to declare a Tenpai (hand one tile way) or Noten (anything else) hand. Sometimes both calls are eligible, and it is very rarely useful to not call Tenpai in this situation. The only downside of the call is that the hand is revealed to all players.

Tooltips explain the Dora indicators, the piles of remaining tiles (wall tiles), the bonus counter and Riichi bets on the table, as well as open tiles. The tile set itself can be changed via player preference. The "abstract" set is an original design meant to be readable universally. When a player is in the state of Furiten due to discarded tiles, the font used for the player name on the main game screen changes to highlight this.

== Timing and automation ==
When setting up a table, it is possible to select options that let available calls time out. This is only available for real-time games and the recommended mode in this case as it mimics what happens at a live table. Alternatively or additionally, every player has the option to set a preference to pass on some calls automatically. Note that it is generally visible to other players when this happens, which means that it can reveal information about a hand. These options are meant primarily to facilitate turn-based play. You should understand that turning on such automation options might irritate other players. This is because the gain information might to lead to specific advantages/disadvantages.

== Rule variants ==
Japanese Mahjong is a traditional game played in countless variants and house rules. While competition rules are increasingly standardized, the implementation offers two common variants: first, some of the 5-tiles in the standard suits can be marked red. These tiles count as Dora tiles and add one Han to the hand's value independent of and cumulative with the visible Dora indicators. Like all Dora tiles, they do not constitute a Yaku in itself. Second, so-called abortive draws can be allowed. These are special conditions upon which a hand is aborted, and new tiles are dealt. The five types are the following: three Ron calls on the same tile; fourth quadruplet formed unless they are all by the same player; four Riichi calls; four of the same wind tile discarded without interruption to start the hand; calling an aborted hand when the dealt tiles include at least 9 unique terminal or honor tiles. The last one is the only abortive draw involving player choice.

In addition, the game length can be set. Just playing the East round means that the seats need to rotate in full once. A second full rotation would be the South round. The game can end earlier if the option is selected that negative points are not allowed. In this case, the game will end immediately if a player drops below zero points. It can also last longer if the option is set that ties (for the win) must be broken. In this case, extra hands are added.

== Player preferences ==
Aside from the tile set and the confirmation button (see above), players can set the aforementioned preference for automated passing and a similar option for automated discarding. Pass options on each player's own discard refer exclusively to Riichi calls. Automatic discard options refer exclusively to hands after Riichi was called. Because player preferences are primarily meant to change the appearance, changing them has no immediate effect despite the page reloading. They come into action only after the next user input has occurred (tile discarded or button press). Players must remember to change them back to the desired state at the beginning of a hand to avoid passing on important calls.

= Additional information =

== Order of play ==
The dealer (East) discards first, and afterwards play order is counterclockwise with the 2nd player being South, 3rd West, and the last player North. When the seats rotate after a hand has finished, they rotate in the opposite direction. East becomes North, South becomes East, and so on.

== Bonus counter and bets==
If a player who is not the dealer (East) wins, the bonus counter (Honba) is reset to 0; if the dealer wins, 1 Honba is added (literally a repeat). Each Honba means that payouts increase by 300 points in total. Riichi bets accumulate on the table until a player declares a winning hand. If multiple players declare a winning hand on calling the same tile, the Riichi bets are paid out only to the player nearest in turn order.

== Value calculation ==
Once a winning hand is declared, its value must be calculated. Each Yaku gives a specific corresponding number of Han. To this, the Han from Dora tiles are added. Finally, the total number of Fu is calculated. Every hand has at least 20 Fu and 1 Han. Fu are rounded up to the nearest multiple of 10.

The base value follows with this formula:
Points=fu * 2^(han+2)

The base value is replaced with a simpler table as soon as the hand has 5 Han or the value calculated above would exceed 2000 points.

If a non dealer wins by Tsumo, the dealer pays two times this base value, the others pay the value as is.

If non-dealer wins by Ron, a total of 4 times the base value has to be paid by the discarding player.

If the dealer wins by Tsumo, all other players pay twice the value.

If the dealer wins by Ron, a total of 6 times the base value has to be paid by the discarding player.

The actual payments get rounded up to the nearest 100 after multiplying as above.

1 to 4 Han: calculated as above but capped to 2000 points.

5 Han: Mangan, fixed base value of 2000 (not calculated)

6+ Han: Haneman, 3000 points base value

8+ Han: Baiman, 4000 points base value

11+ Han: Sanbaiman (lit. triple Mangan), 6000 points base value

Limit hand (Yakuman): 8000 points base value

== Draws (Ryuukyoku) ==

=== Exhaustive draw ===
A draw occurs in the following cases, and a Honba (repeat counter, 100 point stick) is added:

If the wall has no eligible tile left, a player can either call Tsumo or discard. Likewise, after the discard, the other players get a last chance to call Ron but nothing else. If no win is declared in this way, the hands becomes an exhaustive draw.

Then depending on which players declared and revealed their hands to be Tenpai:

1 Tenpai: The Tenpai player gets 1000 from all the other players
2 Tenpai: Each Tenpai player gets 1500 from the non-Tenpai (Noten) players
3 Tenpai: The Tenpai players each get 1000 from the last player
All Noten or all Tenpai: No exchange

=== Abortive draws (before the end of a hand) (Tochuu) ===

Those draws start a new hand immediately without payments, and the seats do not rotate. They are only available if the corresponding rule variant is enabled.

==== Nine different terminals and honors (Kyuushu (Kyuuhai)) ====

As the name implies, the starting hand has 9 or more different terminals and honors. Calling this draw is optional.

==== Four winds draw (Suufon Renda (literally, four-wind repeat)) ====

In the first turn, all 4 players discard the same round wind without interruption, that is, they "repeat" the wind.

==== Four quadruplets (Suukaikan) ====

This case only applies if multiple players have called kans, if only 1 player called all 4 kans, the player can go for a 4 kan win and hand is not aborted. In case of an open kan a final discard is required to pass (can still be ronned) before the draw is declared

==== Four Riichi bets (Suucha Riichi (literally 4-player Riichi)) ====

All 4 players have called Riichi, and the last called has not been interrupted (voided) by a Ron call.

==== Triple Ron (Sanchahou) ====

3 players call Ron on the same tile discarded by the fourth player.

==Detailed list of Yakus==

===Based on the situation of the win (1 han for most of them)===

====Riichi====

Player has called riichi and won the hand. In this case, they get access to ura doras, a second set of dora tiles under the regular dora indicators.

====Double Riichi (daburii)====

Same as riichi but called on first turn before any other calls are made (1 more han than a regular riichi, therefore, double the riichi han count)

====One-shot (ippatsu)====

Winning on the turn a player called riichi/daburii as long as no other calls are made (so no riichi makes ippatsu not count)

====Robbing a kan (chankan)====

A player can rob a kan if it has been promoted from a triplet (with the exception of a certain limit hand (yakuman))

====Dead-wall draw (rinshan kaihou)====

If the tile a player draws after calling any kan completes their hand, this yaku is awarded.

====Closed hand Tsumo (aka fully closed hand)((menzen) Tsumo)====

Tsumo on a closed hand, all 14 tiles are closed in that case (closed kan is still considered closed do qualifies even though 2 tiles have their value revealed.

====On draw (Haitei (raoyue))====

Win on the last drawn tile from the wall

====On discard(Houtei (raoyui))====

Win on the last tile that would be discarded this hand

===Based on hand composition===

All of these amounts considered closed hand value, kuisagari means lose 1 han if open

A kan also counts as a triplet

====1 han====

=====No-points hand (Pinfu)=====

The hand is closed, composed entirely of runs and has it's pair already made for a 2 or 3 tile open wait, the player is not waiting on a pair with similar conditions. In this case the hand gives no fu itself.

=====2 identical sequences (iipei(kou))=====

1 set of 2 identical sequences, hand must be closed for this to count

=====All simples (Tanyao)=====

Hand is composed entirely of simples (2 to 8 in any suits) (kuitan open)

=====Dragon triplet (yakuhai)=====

A triplet of dragons (haku (white), hatsu (green), chun (red)). Note that 2 triplets stack for 2 han.

=====Seat/round wind (Bakaze/jikaze/kazehai)=====

A wind triplet fitting the round's wind or a player's seat wind.
In the case it fits both, that's 2 han stack for double (wind) (dabuton, dabunan, dabusha)

====2 han====

=====Seven pairs (chiitoitsu)=====

The hand is composed of 7 pairs. Closed by definition, bc no pair calls exist, non-standard composition hand. gives fixed 25 fu. Not to be confused with 2 sets of identical sequences (when 2 sets of 3 pairs follow each other), which score differently.

=====All triplets (toitoi(tsu))=====

Hand is composed of 4 triplets and a pair, no value loss if open

=====Three color straight (sanshoku (doujun))=====

The same run in all 3 suits. This hand is subject to kuisagari (-1 han if open)

=====Three color triplets (sanshoku doukou, sandoukou)=====

Similar to three color straight, but this time with triplets. No value loss for opening.

=====Full straight (iittsuu, ikkitsukan)=====

The hand is composed of 123456789 in a single suit. Note that since mahjong uses only 3 tile runs, there must be 123, 456 and 789 sequences for this to count. Kuisagari applies.

=====Half Outside hand (Chanta(iyaochuu))=====

A hand composed of melds with terminals and honors. Note that a run must be present otherwise it turns into All Terminals and Honors. Subject to kuisagari

======All Terminals and Honors (Honrou(tou))======

Like half outside but with all triplets. Note that in this case hand is at least mangan because All triplets also apply. No value loss.

=====Little Three Dragons (shousangen)=====

A triplet of 2 of the 3 dragons + a pair of the third. This hand also gets the 2 han for the 2 dragon triplets. No value loss.

=====Three concealed triplets (sanan(kou))=====

Three triplets directly in a player's hand which you haven't called, and are not part of a run themselves. No value loss.

=====Three quads (sankantsu)=====

Three quads, any work but if closed can combine with three concealed. No value loss.

====3 han====

=====Twice Double Pure Sequence (ryanpei(kou))=====

2 sets of identical sequences, hand must be closed. Not to be confused with 7 pairs, since highest value must always be counted.

=====Half Flush (honitsu)=====

All tiles are in a single suit and honors are present. Kuisagari applies (-1 han if open)

=====True Outside Hand (junchan(taiyaoo))=====

Like half outside, but without honors. If hand is composed of triplets, it becomes all terminals, a limit hand. Kuisagari applies(-1 han if open)

====6 han====

=====Full flush (chinitsu)=====

Like half flush but without honors. Like Half Flush, kuisagari applies (-1 han if open)

====Limit hand====

=====Heavenly hand (Tenhou)=====

Dealer has a winning hand with its initial tiles

=====Earthly Hand (Chihou)=====

Same as Tenhou, but non-dealer and no calls made

=====Big Three Dragons (daisangen)=====

A triplet of all 3 Dragons

=====Four Quads (suukantsu)=====

Four quads, any count. If those 4 kans are closed, this can stack with 4 concealed triplets and in this case is also pair wait for a possible triple limit.

=====All Green (Ryuuiisou)=====

Hand is composed of tiles that are entirely green (hence the name). Those are: 23468 of bamboo and the green Dragon. Not necessarily all triplets, can have a 234 run.

=====All honors (tsuuisou)=====

Hand composed entirely of honors. This hand can be 7 pairs because 7 different honors exist.

=====All terminals (chinroutou)=====

Hand composed entirely of terminals. Only available in all triplets because 6 different terminals

=====Thirteen orphans (kokushi (musou))=====

1 of each terminal and honor and a copy of one of them. If the pair is there, it's a single. (Can rob a closed kan, only case where a player can do that).

If the pair is waiting to be completed, it's a double (true or the best 13-wait kokushi).

=====Four concealed triplets (suuankou)=====

Single version: Hand is fully closed and is composed of all triplets.

Double version (suutan, suuankou tanki): 4 triplets are already in a player's hand and they are waiting for a single tile, can be ronned off of.

=====Nine gates (chuuren (poutou))=====

A hand which is composed of 1112345678999 and a copy of any tile on the same suit, Nine Gates come from the fact that hand can be completed with 9 tiles and form a valid hand. Must be closed.

Single version: A player either has all 1s or 9s of a suit in the deck or they have a pair of another number while still having the rest to get the corresponding hand, in this case single wait.

Double version (true or 9 wait nine gates): A player's hand is 1112345678999 giving you the full 9 tile wait.

Gamehelpriichimahjong

2021-09-03T19:47:55Z

Yasten: Created page with "==Goal of a hand== The game is played with a set of 136 tiles based on Chinese characters and symbols. Each player begins by receiving 13 tiles. In turn players draw in the w..."

==Goal of a hand==

The game is played with a set of 136 tiles based on Chinese characters and symbols. Each player begins by receiving 13 tiles. In turn players draw in the wall until they complete a legal hand using the 14th drawn tile to form four melds and a pair but need a yaku to officially win the hand. A player can also win with 2 other kinds of hands. The dead wall is composed of 14 tiles, 4 only available to compensate Kong and 10 bonus tiles (Dora).

==Tiles==

Tiles are split in 3 suits with tiles numbered 1 to 9 and honors

Simples are the tiles numbered 2 to 8 in each suit

Terminals are the numbered 1 and 9 in each suit

Honors are divided into Winds and dragons

==Play order==

The dealer (East) plays first then play order is counterclockwise with the 2nd player being South, 3rd West and last player North

==Calls==

Most calls open the players' hand, they are

Chi: Can only be called from the player just before them in turn order, completes a 3 tile sequence

Pon: Can be called from any player, completes a triplet

Kan: There are three kinds of quads (called by Kan): An open quad called directly much like a pon, a Pon converted into a kan, and a closed kan which comes entirely from their hand (latter does not open hand). In all cases, a replacement tile (the rinshan) is drawn from the dead wall and a new dora is revealed.

==Dora (bonus tiles)==

The dora indicators are part of the 14 tile dead wall, and 1 is revealed at the start of each round. The tile 1 rank over the indicator in the same suit then becomes dora. 9 wraps back to 1, if indicator is a wind, it goes ESWN, wrapping back just like player order. For dragons it goes by Japanese alphabetical order (chun (Red), haku (White), hatsu (Green)), wrapping back.

==Riichi==

Just as the name of the game implies, a player can call riichi if they haven't done any calls, with the exception of a closed kan, and their hand is ready (tenpai). Riichi costs 1000 points.

==Winning a hand==

To win a hand, a player's 13 hand tiles and the tile they draw or any discard must form a hand of 4 melds of 3 tiles and a pair, and have a yaku. The 2 different compositions of the hands are yakus themselves.

Tsumo: Winning by drawing the tile needed to complete the player's hand
Ron: Winning off a discard of somebody else, or robbing a kan

In both cases if a non-dealer wins, honba is reset to 0, if dealer wins, 1 honba is added (literally a repeat).

===Furiten===

If any of the tiles a player discarded would complete his/her hand, this hand becomes furiten (sacred discard). If this happens the concerned player can only win by tsumo. Note that skipping a ron gives temporary furiten, except if skipping a ron while in riichi where the player can't ron anymore, then player is forced to tsumo.

===Value calculation===

Once a hand wins, it's time to calculate the points of that player.

Each yaku gives the corresponding number of han, and fu is then calculated

A win is a base 20 fu to which these bonuses add up if condition applies:

Closed ron:10

Tsumo: 2 (pinfu excluded)

<b>Fu given for hand itself</b>:

Sequence: Nothing

Same tile meld:

Open triplet of simples:2

Open triplet of terminals:4

Closed meld: double

Quad: multiply by 4

If the pair would be yakuhai, that's 2 points, 4 in case of a double wind yakuhai pair.

If wait is on a pair 2 extra fu.

Then if result doesn't end by 0, it is rounded always up to the next 10

Base value calculation then follows with this formula:

Base value=fu*2^(han+2)

If a non dealer wins by tsumo, dealer pays 2 times the base value, others pay the value itself
If non-dealer by ron: All the payments for a total of 4 times fall upon the discarding player itself.
Dealer tsumo: The other players pay 2 times the value
Dealer ron: All the payments for a total of 6 times fall upon the discarding player itself.

The actual payment to the winner gets rounded up to a unit of 100

1 to 4 han: calculated, but if clear that 3 han 70 fu or 4 han 40 fu then skip to next value, because it goes over the 2000 limit.
5 han: mangan, fixed base value of 2000 (not calculated)
6+ han: haneman, 3000 base
8+ han: baiman, 4000 base
11+ han: sanbaiman (lit. triple mangan), 6000 base
13+ han: Natural limit (kazoe), 8000 base value
Limit hand (Yakuman): Same as 13+ han but multiple limits can stack

The winner also takes all riichi sticks that are unclaimed and on the table, and gets 100 points per player (300 from discarding player if ron) for each honba

==Draw hands (ryuukyoku)==

A draw occurs in the following cases and a honba (repeat counter, 100 point stick) is added:

If the wall has only 14 tiles left, a player can't kan that tile and must either call tsumo or discard. Likewise after the discard the other players get a last chance to call ron. Pon and chi are not valid on the last tile. If no win is declared then it goes into a draw.

Then depending on the tenpai players:

1 tenpai: Player gets 1000 from each player
2 tenpai: Each player gets 1500 from the non-tenpai (noten) players
3 tenpai: The tenpai players each get 1000 from the last player
All noten or 4 tenpai: No exchange
Note that if a player discards all terminals and doesn't get called, then a nagashi (usually mangan) payment overwrites these. Multiple nagashis work in a similar way to 1 player getting nagashi.

===Abortive draws (before the end of a hand) (tochuu)===

Those draws start a new hand immediately without payments and no wind change is made

====Called in the first turn without calls====

=====Nine different terminals and honors aka Nine terminal draw (kyuushu (kyuuhai))

As the name implies, starting hand has 9 or more different terminals and honors. This draw is optional.

=====Four winds draw (suufon renda(lit. four wind repeat))=====

In the first turn, all 4 players discard the same round wind, they "repeat" the wind

====Any turn into the hand====

=====Four quads (Suukaikan)

This case only applies if multiple players have called kans, if only 1 player called all 4 kans, the player can go for a 4 kan win and hand is not aborted. In case of an open kan a final discard is required to pass (can still be ronned) before the draw is declared

=====Four riichis (Suucha riichi (lit. 4 player riichi))

All 4 players call riichi and the 4th riichi passes, 4th riichi can be ronned on.

=====Triple ron (sanchahou)=====

All 3 other players call ron on the same tile from a player.

==Yakus==

===Based on the situation of the win (1 han for most of them)===

====Riichi====

Player has called riichi and won the hand. In this case, they get access to ura doras, a second set of dora tiles under the regular dora indicators.

=====Double reach (daburii)=====

Same as riichi but called on first turn before any other calls are made (1 more han than a regular riichi, therefore, double the riichi han count)

=====One-shot (ippatsu)=====

Winning on the turn a player called riichi/daburii as long as no other calls are made (so no riichi makes ippatsu not count)

====Robbing a kan (chankan)====

A player can rob a kan if it has been promoted from a triple (with the exception of a certain limit hand (yakuman))

====Dead Wall draw (rinshan kaihou)====

If the tile a player draws after calling any kan completes their hand, this yaku is awarded.

====Closed hand Tsumo (aka fully closed hand)((menzen) Tsumo)

Tsumo on a closed hand, all 14 tiles are closed in that case (closed kan is still considered closed do qualifies even though 2 tiles have their value revealed.

====Last tile win====

=====On draw (Haitei (raoyui))=====

Win on the last drawn tile from the wall

=====On discard(Houtei (raoyue))

Win on the last tile that would be discarded this hand

===Based on hand composition===

All of these amounts considered closed hand value, kuisagari means lose 1 han if open

A kan also counts as a triplet

====1 han====

=====No-points hand (Pinfu)=====

The hand is closed, composed entirely of runs and has it's pair already made for a 2 or 3 tile open wait, the player is not waiting on a pair with similar conditions. In this case the hand gives no fu itself.

=====2 identical sequences (iipei(kou))=====

1 set of 2 identical sequences, hand must be closed for this to count

=====All simples (Tanyao)=====

Hand is composed entirely of simples (2 to 8 in any suits) (kuitan open)

=====Dragon triplet (yakuhai)=====

A triplet of dragons (haku (white), hatsu (green), chun (red)). Note that 2 triplets stack for 2 han.

=====Seat/round wind (Bakaze/jikaze/kazehai)=====

A wind triplet fitting the round's wind or a player's seat wind.
In the case it fits both, that's 2 han stack for double (wind) (dabuton, dabunan, dabusha)

====2 han====

=====Seven pairs (chiitoitsu)=====

The hand is composed of 7 pairs. Closed by definition, bc no pair calls exist, non-standard composition hand. gives fixed 25 fu. Not to be confused with 2 sets of identical sequences (when 2 sets of 3 pairs follow each other), which score differently.

=====All triplets (toitoi(tsu))=====

Hand is composed of 4 triplets and a pair, no value loss if open

=====Three color straight (sanshoku (doujun))=====

The same run in all 3 suits. This hand is subject to kuisagari (-1 han if open)

=====Three color triplets (sanshoku doukou, sandoukou)

Similar to three color straight, but this time with triplets. No value loss for opening.

=====Full straight (iittsuu, ikkitsukan)=====

The hand is composed of 123456789 in a single suit. Note that since mahjong uses only 3 tile runs, there must be 123, 456 and 789 sequences for this to count. Kuisagari applies.

=====Half Outside hand (Chanta(iyaochuu))=====

A hand composed of melds with terminals and honors. Note that a run must be present otherwise it turns into All Terminals and Honors. Subject to kuisagari

======All Terminals and Honors (Honrou(tou))======

Like half outside but with all triplets. Note that in this case hand is at least mangan because All triplets also apply. No value loss.

=====Little Three Dragons (shousangen)=====

A triplet of 2 of the 3 dragons + a pair of the third. This hand also gets the 2 han for the 2 dragon triplets. No value loss.

=====Three concealed triplets (sanan(kou))=====

Three triplets directly in a player's hand which you haven't called, and are not part of a run themselves. No value loss.

=====Three quads (sankantsu)=====

Three quads, any work but if closed can combine with three concealed. No value loss.

====3 han====

=====Twice Double Pure Sequence (ryanpei(kou))=====

2 sets of identical sequences, hand must be closed. Not to be confused with 7 pairs, since highest value must always be counted.

=====Half Flush (honitsu)=====

All tiles are in a single suit and honors are present. Kuisagari applies (-1 han if open)

=====True Outside Hand (junchan(taiyaoo))=====

Like half outside, but without honors. If hand is composed of triplets, it becomes all terminals, a limit hand. Kuisagari applies(-1 han if open)

====6 han====

=====Full flush (chinitsu)=====

Like half flush but without honors. Like Half Flush, kuisagari applies (-1 han if open)

====Limit hand====

=====Heavenly hand (Tenhou)=====

Dealer has a full hand with its initial tiles

=====Earthly Hand (Chihou)=====

Same as Tenhou, but non-dealer and no calls made

=====Big Three Dragons (daisangen)=====

A triplet of all 3 Dragons

=====Four Quads (suukantsu)=====

Four quads, any count. If those 4 kans are closed, this can stack with 4 concealed triplets and in this case is also pair wait for a possible triple limit.

=====All Green (Ryuuiisou)=====

Hand is composed of tiles that are entirely green (hence the name). Those are: 23468 of bamboo and the green Dragon. Not necessarily all triplets, can have a 234 run.

=====All honors (tsuuisou)=====

Hand composed entirely of honors. This hand can be 7 pairs because 7 different honors exist.

=====All terminals (chinroutou)=====

Hand composed entirely of terminals. Only available in all triplets because 6 different terminals

=====Thirteen orphans (kokushi (musou))=====

1 of each terminal and honor and a copy of one of them. If the pair is there, it's a single. (Can rob a closed kan, only case where a player can do that).

If the pair is waiting to be completed, it's a double (true or the best 13-wait kokushi).

=====Four concealed triplets (suuankou)=====

Single version: Hand is fully closed and is composed of all triplets.

Double version (suutan, suuankou tanki): 4 triplets are already in a player's hand and they are waiting for a single tile, can be ronned off of.

=====Nine gates (chuuren (poutou))=====

A hand which is composed of 1112345678999 and a copy of any tile on the same suit, Nine Gates come from the fact that hand can be completed with 9 tiles and form a valid hand. Must be closed.

Single version: A player either has all 1s or 9s of a suit in the deck or they have a pair of another number while still having the rest to get the corresponding hand, in this case single wait.

Double version (true or 9 wait nine gates): A player's hand is 1112345678999 giving you the full 9 tile wait.

Gamehelpkingoftokyo

2021-09-02T21:44:10Z

Yasten: Small spelling error corrections

= For translators =
<nowiki>Please don't touch the <strong>, <i>, and text between [] (brackets). </nowiki>

For cards name, brackets contained hexa-decimal color of names. This will specify the color from this tag until the end, or until color is redefined. You probably don't need to change them, but it can be useful to understand them as some card names will have different word count on some languages. You can check by putting code on HEX field here : https://www.google.com/search?q=color+picker

= Rules =

== Overview and Goal ==

You are a gigantic Monster willing to do anything to become King of Tokyo.
Your rampage brings you glory in the form of Victory Points (blue stars). To win, be the first Monster to gain 20 Victory Points.
Or, get your claws out and eliminate your enemies. The last one standing claims victory!

== Turn Overview ==
# Roll Dice
# Resolve Dice
# Enter Tokyo
# Buy Power cards
# End of turn

=== Roll Dice ===
'''On your turn, you can roll the dice up to three times. You can stop rolling any time.'''

On the first Roll, 6 dices are rolled. For your second Roll, if you like some of your results, you can set them aside (click on the to lock them) and only roll the ones you don’t like again.

For your third Roll, if you change your mind, you can roll any dice you set aside again (click on it to unlock it), along with any you still don’t like.

After you finish your three Rolls (or you decide to stop), continue to the Resolve Dice step.

== Resolve Dice ==
Symbols rolled at the end of your last die Roll represent the actions of your turn.

=== Victory points (dices 1, 2 and 3) ===
If you roll three-of-a-kind of 1, 2 or 3, gain as many points as the number.

Each additional die rolled with the same face gains you 1 additional point.

=== Energy (lightning bolt die) ===
Gain 1 energy from the pool for each energy die.

=== Heal (heart die) ===
If you are outside of Tokyo, you can gain 1 heart for each Heal die rolled. You cannot gain above 10 hearts.

If you are in Tokyo, the hearts you roll do not let you gain heart (you can only gain heart with Power cards).

=== Smash (hand die) ===
Monsters that are not in the same place as you lose 1 for each smash die rolled.

If you are in Tokyo (Tokyo City or Tokyo Bay) and you roll smash dices, you wound all Monsters outside of Tokyo.

If you are outside of Tokyo and you roll smash dices, you wound all Monsters who are in Tokyo (Tokyo City and Tokyo Bay).
These Monsters can then decide to Yield and leave Tokyo or stay. Monsters who Yield Tokyo still lose hearts.
Each smash die results in losing one Life Point.
If a Monster loses his last Life Point, he is eliminated.

If a Monster yields Tokyo, the attacker must enter Tokyo.

'''Since no Monster starts the game in Tokyo, the Monster who plays first does not cause Monsters to lose heart with smash dices.'''

Note : Lost heart from a Power card effect is different than smash dices. A Monster can only yield Tokyo when losing hearts from smash dice.

== Enter Tokyo ==

If no one is in Tokyo, you must enter and place your Monster in Tokyo City.
You can only Yield when you lose heart from smashes rolled by a Monster.

No Monster starts the game in Tokyo. The first player will always enter Tokyo City during this step.

=== 5/6 players ===
With 5 to 6 players, if Tokyo City is occupied, but Tokyo Bay is empty, you must enter Tokyo Bay. Monsters in Tokyo City and Tokyo Bay are both considered “in Tokyo”. Tokyo Bay has the same effects as Tokyo City.

Once the game has 4 or fewer players, you must leave Tokyo Bay immediately (except if Tokyo City is empty, in which case you move there).

=== Being in Tokyo (Tokyo City or Tokyo Bay) ===
has some advantages and disadvantages:
* You gain 1 point when you enter Tokyo.
* You gain 2 points if you start your turn in Tokyo.
* Monsters in Tokyo cannot use heart dice to heal

== Buy Power cards ==

You now may buy one or more of the three face-up cards. To buy a Power card, spend as many energy as the cost indicated at the top of the card.
'''Replace bought cards immediately from the top of the deck. New cards are immediately available for purchase.'''

You can also spend 2 energy to sweep all three face-up cards to the discard. Then reveal three new Power cards from the deck. They are immediately available for purchase.

'''As long as you have enough energy, you can continue to buy or sweep cards.'''

== End of turn ==
Certain Power card effects activate at the end of your turn.

Once you’re done, pass the dice to the player on your left.

== Power card clarifications ==
* If you reach 20 points and reach 0 heart in the same turn because of a Power card, you are eliminated. You must survive your turn to win. If all Monsters are eliminated at the same time… everyone loses!
* Power cards do not let Monsters gain above 10 heart, unless a keep card says otherwise.

=== Opportunist ===
If there are two Opportunist in play (because of Mimic), the first Monster clockwise from the Monster whose turn it is gets first opportunity to buy newly revealed cards.

=== Fire Breathing ===
The Monsters of the players seated to your left and right each lose 1 heart. They lose this heart even if they are in the same place as you. If there are only 2 players, your opponent only loses 1 heart.

=== Mimic ===
Mimic copies the effects of a card as if it had just been played (with tokens, for example). If the copied card is discarded, Mimic no longer has an effect and you take back the associated token. You can place it on another Keep card at the start of your next turn (before you roll dice) by spending 1 energy.

=== Poison Spit & Shrink Ray ===
Poison and Shrink tokens stay even if their associated cards are discarded. You cannot remove these tokens while you are in Tokyo: you must be outside of Tokyo to use the heart die to remove tokens.

=== Metamorph ===
Discarding your Keep cards happens in the End of Turn step. You get back the full cost of the card as printed, even if you bought it at a discount.

= 2 players variant =
''This option is activated by default.''

* Instead of gaining 1 point when entering Tokyo, you gain 1 energy.
* Instead of gaining 2 points if you begin you turn in Tokyo, you gain 1 energy.

All other rules remain unchanged.

= Cards combinations =
If you have a doubt about some cards combinations, you can check answers listed here : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DbI4EongciNvCcjQBwsMHuXxpzKA1x3ZD_MMdPzBRtM.

Gamehelpsaintpoker

2021-07-02T17:35:16Z

Yasten: Added 1 pair hand ,some easier reading modifications

== SAINT POKER ==

Players: 2-5.

Description: Loosely based on Texas hold 'em poker card game but without a bidding phase. The game is played over several rounds and has more strategic decisions to make because you have more knowledge and influence of the cards.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xmMGI7-e_G0qN7syWGXz9bQV2PkKtZnIPPmjIPntx2E/edit?usp=sharing

== Components required: ==

Standard deck of 52 cards.
Pen and paper for keeping score.

== Rules: ==

At the end of each round of play, each player will make a poker hand of 5 cards according to the standard poker Texas hold'em rules.

The 5 cards may be made from any combination of cards in the 'river' (the communal cards in the middle of the table) and the 2 individual cards the player has selected.

Each poker hand is then ranked to determine which player won.

== Hand Ranking Order: ==

Straight flush. Five cards in a sequence, all in the same suit.
Four of a kind. All four cards of the same rank. e.g. 7,7,7,7
Full house. Three of a kind with a pair. e.g. Queen,Queen,Queen,5,5
Flush. All 5 cards are of the same suit.
Straight. 5 cards in a sequence. e.g. 4,5,6,7,8, any mixture of suits.
Three of a kind. Three of the same rank. e.g. 8,8,8
Two pairs. Two pairs. e.g. Queen,Queen,5,5
One pair. A single pair e.g. Queen,Queen
High. None of the above, the highest card.

Note 1: To settle ties for similar tricks like flushes the rank of the highest card is used. Ace high.

Note 2: To settle ties for tricks requiring less than 5 cards, the number rank of the 'kicker(s)' (the other card(s)) is(are) used.

Example round:

Winner: Player B wins with a straight flush:
2nd: Player C has a king flush with hearts:
3rd: Player A comes next with a straight:
4th: Player D comes last with a (lower) straight:

== Game Setup: ==

Shuffle the deck.

Deal 10 cards to each player.

Next turn over a number of cards depending on the number of players face-up, these are the ‘Future river’ cards.
3 cards in a 2-player game. 2 cards for 3 players, 1 card for 4 players, 0 cards for 5 players.

The remaining cards become the 'deck’.

== Playing a Round: ==

'''River Setup Phase:'''

Move the face up cards from the future river and place them in the middle to make the start of the current river.

From the deck, place face-up the same number of cards to one side to make a new future river.

To complete the current river, each player must select 1 card from their hand and simultaneously reveal them.

This will make a total of 5 face-up cards now showing the complete current river.

'''Reveal and Score Phase'''

Each player selects 2 cards from their hand. Simultaneously players reveal their 2 cards.

According to poker rules, determine the winner order.

The winner receives points equal to the current round number. So 1 point in the 1st round, 2 points in the 2nd round, etc. Everyone else receives 0 points for their hand.
If multiple hands tie for a win, the points will be split evenly (rounded up), and a random pickup turn order will be determined between any tied players.
(e.g. 2 players tie for the win in the 7th round, each of these players will receive 4 points).

Keep a running total score, anyone is allowed to know the current score at any time.

'''Pickup'''

Following the reverse winning order, take a card back from either the river or any of the players revealed cards, and place it in your hand, the winner being the last to take a card.

Repeat the process again so everyone picks up a total of 2 cards.

Discard the remaining 5 cards, they will no longer be used.

'''Repeat for 8 rounds.'''

'''The winner is the player who has the most points at the end of the game.'''