Can anyone explain Mahjong to me?

[MooseIBe]

I've been playing this and it's fun .. I've managed to get it 'out' a cpl times (ie win) but I don't understand how the bonus system works. Even though I've completed the game I still seem to wind up with a much lower score than other people! Can anyone explain to me why that is and i'll be your friend for ever and ever? :popcorn: :innocent:

[Abdul Alhazred]

I've been playing this and it's fun .. I've managed to get it 'out' a cpl times (ie win) but I don't understand how the bonus system works. Even though I've completed the game I still seem to wind up with a much lower score than other people! Can anyone explain to me why that is and i'll be your friend for ever and ever? :popcorn: :innocent:

I assume you're playing against a computer and you understand basic play?

It's very simple.

If you pronouce it MAH-JONG with equal emphasis on both syllables it's Chinese, otherwise it's Jewish. :D

[MooseIBe]

LOl thank you very much :). But I am playing it on the arcade games here...

[livius drusus]

Ex-zombie provided luna with some tips way back in this thread (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1057). Apparently the key is speed and tile location. :)

[Corona688]

Mahjong is easy. Just click random tiles until the whole mess disappears. If it gets stuck, that level's unwinnable.

At least, that's the only way I've ever seen anyone play it :P

[Ensign Steve]

Can someone explain how come I kick ass on my mom's PC, but I can't even get through the first two or three layers of the one in the arcade? Does mom's PC have the short bus version or what?

[viscousmemories]

Can someone explain how come I kick ass on my mom's PC, but I can't even get through the first two or three layers of the one in the arcade? Does mom's PC have the short bus version or what?
Apparently. :P

[Abdul Alhazred]

I have an actual set of Mah-Jong tiles and I played it a lot in college, mostly against Chinese. I was pretty good.

Those Chinese were the only ones who had the nerve to ask me if I am Jewish.

It is known as a Jewish game, though my Jewish friends and relatives are ignorant of it.

Apparently my style of play is recognizably Jewish. :D

[Abdul Alhazred]

I went to high school in Chinatown NYC. Seward Park, which is being phased out now.

When I get around to it I will tell you what I know about Chinese chess. It is definitely historically the same chess as ours which originated in India. But different in detail.

[Petra]

I have an actual set of Mah-Jong tiles and I played it a lot in college, mostly against Chinese. I was pretty good.

Those Chinese were the only ones who had the nerve to ask me if I am Jewish.

It is known as a Jewish game, though my Jewish friends and relatives are ignorant of it.

Apparently my style of play is recognizably Jewish. :D

That is hilarious!

On so many levels. :D

:bow:

[Petra]

I went to high school in Chinatown NYC. Seward Park, which is being phased out now.

When I get around to it I will tell you what I know about Chinese chess. It is definitely historically the same chess as ours which originated in India. But different in detail.

Yes, please! :D


That would be very interesting indeed.



/me lurk you long time for good cool read. :cool:

[Petra]

I've been playing this and it's fun .. I've managed to get it 'out' a cpl times (ie win) but I don't understand how the bonus system works. Even though I've completed the game I still seem to wind up with a much lower score than other people! Can anyone explain to me why that is and i'll be your friend for ever and ever? :popcorn: :innocent:


If it makes you fell any better, I still haven't understood the secret of winning Mah-Jong. And I do still try, y'know.

Fuckin' tiles.


:chin:

[MooseIBe]

Yes I'd be very interested to hear about Chinese chess .. am a big fan of the game. Tell all!

Thanks for the tip thread Liv, I am going over there to read right now :)

[MooseIBe]

ooh tips! tips are good. Especially the one about taking tiles from the centre. I will try it but I bet I still don't even wind up in the top 100.

Hey I thought I was the only one who noticed that bikini bounce will quite happily play itself if you just let it be! I just didn't want a trophy so desperately that I would do that :D