Experiences Teaching(?) Mahjong: Day Two

After an early closure of the Games Club for the night, myself and four other friends stopped off to toss around some tiles. It began with the four of them at a table: Mila and Joseph were already pretty skilled at the game, but Oliver and Shabab had never even seen mahjong before, so we had to spend a few minutes introducing the game to them. Fortunately, they both seemed to pick it up quickly after the first explanation. Even though they didn't get a chance to really learn about fan, they enjoyed the game and got the basics quickly, and everyone got a chance to finish a hand.

After their first game, in which I helped advise the new players on what to discard, two more members from the old mahjong club showed up and we began a separate 3-player game that didn't last very long. Though I got the first win, Felix took the lead before we stopped to invite Mila to our table. We only had time to finish one more hand (which Felix won) before Shabab and Oliver had to leave, and the other four all joined into one table for the night.

Sadly, we didn't have any limit hands tonight, though there were several times when players were at least aiming for Thirteen Orphans. The game lasted about 6 hours with only four dealer keeps, and though Mila and Joseph both put up a strong fight, Felix dominated in the end with a final score of +232

The most exciting hands of the night were probably when Felix drew six bonus tiles and one was left in the wall, but sadly that hand ended before he could draw it and have that incredibly rare yaku (Not so sad for him though, since he got 8 fan with that hand). Another exciting one was Mila's almost-Perfect Green, when she was only two tiles away from that beautiful limit hand. And the last hand of the night, when Joseph drew five pairs in his opening hand and won a Seven Pairs hand within six draws.

FINAL SCORE

• Felix   +232
• Joseph   +24
• Mila   +24
• Ray   -280