Hi Charles, Yes, more complicated than pinochle, but oh, I'd love an accessible pinochle game that I could play against others. That would be awesome.
-----Original Message----- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Charles Rivard Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 9:31 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Checkers, Mahjong Well, although mud is more clear at a first going over, this does sound interesting. The first thought is "81 ways to score? Sheesh! Much more complicated than pinochle!" (grin) --- Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Loravara" <lorav...@comcast.net> To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 10:23 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Checkers, Mahjong > LOL. > > The core technique is similar. On your turn, you draw a tile from the > wall, > which is similar to the face down draw pile for a game of rummy. You then > look at it and see if it fits into the pattern you're trying to create > with > your current tiles. If it does, keep it, otherwise discard it, unless you > think someone else is collecting that tile, then discard something else. > > In rummy, you can also normally draw the top card from the discard pile. > In > mahjong, you can only draw the last tile discarded if it does one of a few > things: would create a three of a kind or four of a kind for you, or > create > a chow (sequence of three), but only if it was discarded by the player who > drew just before you, and not either of the other two players. > > In rummy, you normally form either three or four of a kind, or sequences. > In mahjong, you do much of this, too, but there are 81 ways to score > points, > including hands that are composed entirely of green tiles, or a hand of > seven pairs, etc. > > Does this help, or make it clear as mud? > > Nancy > > -----Original Message----- > From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On > Behalf Of Charles Rivard > Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 8:58 AM > To: Gamers Discussion list > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Checkers, Mahjong > > You confuse me with this: > > "Regular mahjong plays a lot like rummy ... except where it doesn't, and > there are a lot of ways it doesn't." > > So, does it play like Rummy? or not. That's an oxymoronic statement like > "It's the same, but different." (grin) > > > --- > Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Loravara" <lorav...@comcast.net> > To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 8:00 AM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Checkers, Mahjong > > >> Actually, you may be thinking of Mahjong solitaire, which I don't want. >> I >> don't see any way for a person to play that. >> >> Regular mahjong plays a lot like rummy ... except where it doesn't, and >> there are a lot of ways it doesn't. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On >> Behalf Of Thomas Ward >> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 3:52 AM >> To: Gamers Discussion list >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Checkers, Mahjong >> >> >> Hi Ian, >> >> Mahjong is a game with various tiles you need to match together like a >> puzzle. >> >> Cheers! >> >> >>> what is Mahjong? 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