‘Beginner rules’ for the inexperienced Mahjong player and ‘Expert rules’ for the more experienced player. 2 levels of difficulty!

Beginner rules

No experience of Mahjong needed!
Simple game play for beginners.

Pick up a matching card, ‘PON!’ Make 2 matching sets, ‘WIN!’
Play your KOBANS to the end!

• All players start each hand with 5 cards.
• The goal is to collect 2 sets of 3 matching cards.The OBABA card can be used as a wild card for any suit.
• Players draw a card from the pile or pick up a card discarded (discard) by another player.Discard one unneeded card face up in the discard pile.
• When a discard is picked up to complete a set of 3 matching cards, the player explains PON! The cards are then placed face up in front of the player.
• When a player has collected 2 sets of 3 cards of the same suit the player exclaims WIN! That hand is concluded.
• The winning player receives (a) KOBAN(s). When the DORAYAKI chip matches your card, you score bonus points!
• Play until one player has no KOBANs remaining.The player who has the most KOBANs wins the match.

Beginner rules instruction sheet
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Expert rules

More ways to WIN! More ways to a high score!
For the Mahjong connoisseur!

Incorporating beginner rules, Mahjong like hand can score.

• Start with 8 KOBANs
• Increasing DORAYAKI by KAN
• Multiple ways to score WIN!
• Scoring bonus points by Menzen and each Yaku (combination)

BABA Yakuman

Chin-itsu (ex. 馬 Chin-itsu)

Hon-itsu (ex. 場 Hon-itsu)

San-toitsu

Ba-ittsuu

Expert rules instruction sheet
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