SINGAPORE MAHJONG CLUB · THE JAPANESE RIICHI TABLE
Play Japanese Riichi mahjong online.日本麻将
The Japanese game: declare riichi on a ready hand, watch the dora, mind furiten, and count han and fu over an East and South game.
136 tiles · han & fu · red fives
Solo play is free, with no account, against three of the club’s regulars. A table with friends needs a free Basic account, and everyone plays for points: no money, no prizes.
New to this table? Play a guided first hand · Today’s deal: the same wall for everyone
How it differs from Singapore
- 136 tiles: no flowers or animals, but three red fives, and a dead wall whose dora indicator adds han to every hand that holds the tile after it.
- A hand needs a yaku, not a tai: dora add han but are never a yaku on their own.
- Riichi: a closed ready hand may declare for a thousand-point stick, then discards what it draws until it wins.
- Furiten: a hand cannot win by discard on any tile it has discarded itself, nor on one it let pass since its last draw.
- Han and fu make the points; a game is East and South, with the placings counted at the end.
The regulars at this table
Three of the club’s regulars sit down whenever you open a fresh Japanese Riichi table. Each plays the style properly and in their own way; you can change the seats at the table.
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Daniel Keeps the results book“Han, fu, counters. All written down.”
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Mei Always first to ready“Riichi! Now turn the ura dora.”
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Rafi The newest regular“Furiten again? Tell me before I call.”
Rules at this table
Four players, 136 tiles: the three suits, winds and dragons, no flowers, with 3 red fives. The last fourteen tiles are the dead wall: the dora indicator is turned up on it at the start, another after every kong, and the riichi winner turns up the ura dora beneath.
The aim
Four sets and a pair (or seven pairs, or the thirteen orphans) with at least one yaku. Dora add han but are never a yaku on their own. A closed ready hand may declare riichi for a 1,000-point stick: from then on it discards what it draws, and wins with riichi and perhaps ippatsu and ura dora. Furiten: a hand cannot win by discard on any tile it has itself discarded, nor on a tile it let pass since its last draw.
Yaku
| Riichi 立直 · Ippatsu 一発 · Self-draw 門前清自摸和 · Pinfu 平和 | 1 (closed) |
| All simples 断幺九 · Value pung 役牌 · Identical sequences 一盃口 (closed) | 1 |
| After a kong 嶺上開花 · Robbing a kong 槍槓 · Last tile 海底 · Last discard 河底 | 1 |
| Double riichi ダブル立直 · Seven pairs 七対子 · All pungs 対々和 | 2 |
| Three concealed pungs 三暗刻 · Three kongs 三槓子 · Three colour triplets 三色同刻 | 2 |
| Little three dragons 小三元 · All terminals and honours 混老頭 | 2 |
| Straight 一気通貫 · Three colour straight 三色同順 · Terminals and honours in every set 混全帯幺九 | 2 closed, 1 open |
| Terminals in every set 純全帯幺九 · Half flush 混一色 | 3 closed, 2 open |
| Two sets of identical sequences 二盃口 (closed) | 3 |
| Full flush 清一色 | 6 closed, 5 open |
| Dora ドラ · Red fives 赤ドラ · Ura dora 裏ドラ (with riichi) | 1 each, once a yaku exists |
| Yakuman 役満: thirteen orphans, four concealed pungs, big three dragons, four winds, all honours, all terminals, all green, nine gates, four kongs, heavenly and earthly hands | limit |
Points
Han and fu give base points (fu × 2han+2); a mangan is 2,000, haneman 3,000, baiman 4,000, sanbaiman 6,000, yakuman 8,000. A discard win takes four times the base (six for the dealer) from the discarder; a self-draw takes twice the base from each (the dealer gives double to a non-dealer winner). Each counter (honba) adds 300; riichi sticks go to the winner. At an exhaustive draw, ready hands collect 3,000 from the others in all.
The deal
The dealer keeps the deal after a win, after a ready hand at a draw and after a redeal; the counter rises on each. Everyone starts with 25,000; a game is East and South, and plays on until someone reaches 30,000, or ends at once when a score falls below zero. Placings add a bonus of 15 and 5 thousand.
Redeals
nine terminals and honours on the first turn · the same wind discarded four times to open · four riichi · four kongs by different players · three players calling ron.
Table options
Red fives: 3 · Length: East and South · Open tanyao (kuitan): On · Two players call ron: Nearest wins (head bump) · Round 4 han 30 fu up to mangan: Off · Double yakuman: On · Game ends below zero: On · Leading dealer may end the last hand: On · Nine terminals redeal: On · Placement bonus: +15 / +5 / −5 / −15.
At the table, the rules and points are a tap away: Menu → Rules & points.
The other tables
One club, 6 tables. Each keeps its own saved game, its own rules and its own regulars.