At our games club last Thursday, October 23rd, I was lucky enough to find three other players willing to join me in a game of Hong Kong style mahjong. Mila, Richard, and Joseph were all eager to play, though only Mila had any experience with the game before. Fortunately, both others were quick to pick it up, and within ten minutes of showing off the tiles, the games began.
Since it was their first time playing, and since Mila was used to a 1-faan minimum at most, we didn't set any minimum faan limit for the night. Regardless though, Joseph won the first hand of the night (and his life) with an All Pungs, Half Flush, self-pick, red dragon hand for 8 fan!
Only a couple hands later, Joseph managed to surprise us again by calling a pung on the green and the white dragons. At this point I decided it was probably a good idea to explain the concept of limit hands, and gave Big Three Dragons as an example. Not a turn later, Mila discarded the red dragon, and Joseph took it (And yes, Mila was also the one who gave him the other dragons. 100% of his dragon pungs in that hand were her fault). Unfortunately, I stole the win several draws later with a 5-faan hand while he was in a hell wait.
The no faan minimum made the game incredibly aggressive, with no draws and only 3 dealer keeps the entire night. Even though we had to end it midway through the West round, I think this was a good sign for the future of McGill Mahjong.
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