The Complete Book of Mah Jongg by Amy Lo

Author:Amy Lo
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-8048-4530-4
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

CHAPTER FIVE

THE SHANGHAI GAME

The Shanghai Game, also known as the New Rules Game, is a variation from the Old Rules, or Cantonese Game. The playing of the game is basically the same as the Cantonese Game, but some of the rituals and procedures, such as designating the seating, choosing the First Dealer, building the walls, discarding the tiles, displaying a revealed Sequence, the Fortune Hand, and the matching of the revealed 13-Terminal Tile Hand, are slightly different. The scoring of the Shanghai Game differs substantially from that of the Cantonese Game, in that the former has a much greater variation in the combination of tiles and sets in a winning hand. Certain terminologies are different, too, and the terms are pronounced in Mandarin Chinese, instead of in Cantonese.

Due to the complexity of its scoring, the Shanghai Game is not recommended for beginners. In this chapter, the author assumes that the reader is already familiar with certain basic procedures, such as claiming a tile to match a Sequence or a Triplet, and the general courtesies that must be observed during the game.

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