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Mahjong
By Carrie | March 23, 2008
Well, last night, I learned to play Mahjong. I remember playing the solitaire version on the computer back when those were the only games computers could handle.. haha :) Anyway, that is very different from the actual 4-player game. You can even play it for money! Yikes!
The problem with Mahjong is that depending on who you are playing with, there are different rules. All the different Asian countries seem to have their own variation, so I have no idea which one I actually learned to play. Luckily, the set we had also had English translations on them… phew. Oak did play with one of the hardcore sets and apparently it was difficult. So, we’ll be buying the “westernized” version when we buy our own set!
It’s a little bit like poker, a little bit like yahtzee… You try to get sets of 3. The sets of 3 can either be three of a kind, or a series of three. So the premise is quite simple (gosh… compared to drawn-out strategy games like Settlers, it’s a cake walk). So, in the few hours we played, I actually did win one round! Ding!
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March 23rd, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Yay! Yeah, I don’t even think I know how to play mahjong the chinese way… I learned from a thai friend.
March 25th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
I am sure Dave will be one of the followers of the mahjong playing frenzy for sure!