Workshops · Beginners' · Day 2 of 4
The Full Chinese Game
By the end of today you'll have played complete hands with your tiles concealed — and won at least one.
What we cover
- Building the wall and dealing — plus the two dice rituals that come before it
- The loop: draw, discard, pass
- The calls: Pung, Chow, Kong, Mahjong
- Kong, properly — and the replacement draw
- Flowers and Seasons
- Concealed vs. melded sets
- Rotation — how East moves round
- Tiles go face-down in the second half
A warning for the second half
When your tiles go face-down, you'll feel slower. That happens to absolutely everyone on the first day of concealed play. It isn't you, and it passes.