crap, accidentally hit Submit. Anyway, that site should explain most of what you need to know - the basic goal is to get a winning hand through four sets of either three of a kinds or "straights", and then one pair. You HAVE to have one pair of something to win, after that you can make any combination of three of a kinds, or sequences.(posted 9183 days ago)Be sure to study up on the Chinese kanji's, you'll have to know which number corresponds to which one... it might help to write them down on a "cheat sheet" that you keep nearby to play. (that's what I did for a while) As far as I can tell, only one game uses numbers instead of Chinese symbols, Mahjong no Chinmoku Hentai (a military-themed game where the commanding officers are cute girls, of course)
One thing I don't understand is the Pon-Chi-Kong thing, sometimes after using one of those to take a tile it doesn't want to let me win when I swear I've got a winning hand... anyone got more explanation on this?
Also, I have no idea which hands are worth more points... obviously it seems like making three of a kind with the Wind tiles helps out, but I've gotten some big-scoring hands without that before.
Some games let you buy "power-ups" which do various things like let you replace tiles with new random ones at the beginning of play (some games let you do this automatically by default), or get a random "last chance" if you just needed one tile to win (again, some games do this automatically), one game even switches hands with the other player if they declare "Ready"! If you can't read Japanese though, it's a matter of trial and error figuring out what each one does :P
If you have any more questions, just post... and by the way, everyone has GOT to try Mahjong THE LADY HUNTER! If ANYONE knows what the plot of this game is exactly, please let me know! :) (seems to like a Batman ripoff is recovering/stealing? jewels from women... I dunno)
-HentaiBBH