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Also how do I play mahjong?

edit: the lichess.org of mahjong. ie where can I play mahjong that is open source, non commercial, no ads, communal etc

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[โ€“] axont@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's kinda been dominated by Mahjong Soul for a while. I hope you don't mind cute anime girls. If you want something more basic and competitive, there's Tenhou.

Tenhou: tenhou.net/0/

Mahjong soul: https://mahjongsoul.game.yo-star.com/

[โ€“] zedcell@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Mahjong soul is Riichi Mahjong (the most popular in Japan), and has slightly modified rules to most of the Chinese rulesets.

To play official Chinese Mahjong rules you can play against AI on "Mahjong 13 tiles" on the playstore/app store on mobile. On PC you can play online on https://playmahjong.io/login as a guest if you don't want to log in. None of these options are as slick as Mahjong Soul in presentation or have a ranked mode, so you'll miss out on that.

For Chinese Official Rules you can find them here: https://playmahjong.io/chinese-official-rules

And here as a picture guide (plus other popular rulesets): https://www.mahjongpictureguide.com/

Riichi is fun but I much prefer Chinese Official in person as scoring is way easier and you need less shit to just get started.