Let's Learn Mahjong 2

Mahjong uses suit tiles and honor tiles (wind tiles and character tiles). Suit tiles include Man tiles (with Chinese characters from 1-9), Pin tiles (with circles from 1-9), and Sou tiles (with bamboo from 1-9). Honor tiles include wind tiles (East, South, West, North - *note: not in the order of East, West, South, North*), and the dragon tiles (White, Green, Red). Mahjong is basically a game where you need to complete a hand with 2 identical tiles (a pair), and 4 sets of 3 tiles (three of a kind or a sequence). That's right. You can play with just this knowledge. A pair (toitsu) consists of two identical tiles, and can be formed with either suit or honor tiles. A set (melds) can be three identical tiles (koutsu) or three consecutive numbered tiles of the same suit (shuntsu). Koutsu can be formed with both suit and honor tiles, but shuntsu can only be formed with suit tiles. Since suit tiles are versatile in many ways, beginners can discard honor tiles and focus on collecting suit tiles. This way, you can easily aim for Tenpai (a state where only one tile is needed to complete your hand). So, if you're a beginner, try collecting suit tiles diligently.