I missed on a couple simple ones. One I'd like to know is If I call and expose but change my mind can I do that? And a related question is if in that call if I put up a joker and don't need it can I put that joker back in my hand?
Once you have exposed your tiles you cannot change your mind. You must follow through with an exposure. You may, however, change the number of tiles in your exposure before discarding - so if you wanted to put the joker back in your rack you could do that.
Placing the tile on top of the rack is a tournament rule, not an official NMJL rule. It is at the discretion of the tournament directors who feel it is good practice to prevent cheating; i.e., taking a tile other than the called discard. (It has been known to happen)
A player in our game this week discarded a tile. She still had her hand on it when she realized she could exchange it for a joker. There was a bit of a debate as to whether that was OK. When is it too late?
If you want to play by National Mah Jongg League rules, you will need an American set, which has 152 tiles. Make sure the tiles have Arabic numerals on them and there are at least 8 flowers and 8 jokers. You can see what the tile set consists of at: https://sites.google.com/site/mahjrules/home/rules
According to "Mah Jongg Made Easy," published by the League and updated for 2018 (page 18, paragraph 11): "A racked tile is defined as a tile that has been placed on the sloped part of the rack along with the players other tiles."
I guess I'd better study up.
ReplyDeleteGreat little quiz. Thanks for sharing it here!
ReplyDeleteI missed on a couple simple ones. One I'd like to know is If I call and expose but change my mind can I do that? And a related question is if in that call if I put up a joker and don't need it can I put that joker back in my hand?
ReplyDeleteOnce you have exposed your tiles you cannot change your mind. You must follow through with an exposure. You may, however, change the number of tiles in your exposure before discarding - so if you wanted to put the joker back in your rack you could do that.
Deletethanks for clearing that up
DeleteGreat Quiz. I only missed one.
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ReplyDeleteI was taught that you should not put your Mah Jongg tile in your hand, but only on the top of the rack. I may need to talk to our tournament leaders.
ReplyDeletePlacing the tile on top of the rack is a tournament rule, not an official NMJL rule. It is at the discretion of the tournament directors who feel it is good practice to prevent cheating; i.e., taking a tile other than the called discard. (It has been known to happen)
DeleteA player in our game this week discarded a tile. She still had her hand on it when she realized she could exchange it for a joker. There was a bit of a debate as to whether that was OK. When is it too late?
ReplyDeleteOnce a tile is named or it touches the table it is considered discarded and it is too late to make the exchange.
ReplyDeleteGreat little quiz. Thanks for sharing...
ReplyDeleteI want to start playing the game and want to know how many tiles are in a mah jong set?
ReplyDeleteIf you want to play by National Mah Jongg League rules, you will need an American set, which has 152 tiles. Make sure the tiles have Arabic numerals on them and there are at least 8 flowers and 8 jokers. You can see what the tile set consists of at: https://sites.google.com/site/mahjrules/home/rules
Deletewhen/where is a tile officially racked
ReplyDeleteAccording to "Mah Jongg Made Easy," published by the League and updated for 2018 (page 18, paragraph 11):
Delete"A racked tile is defined as a tile that has been placed on the sloped part of the rack along with the players other tiles."