Mahjong Rules
The following changes are implemented for this tournament that are different from standard Hong Kong Mahjong Rules:
General Mahjong Rules: You can find general Hong Kong Mahjong rules on MahjongBuddy and Wikipedia. Please note we are not using our Brown SMR Mahjong rules for this tournament, however our guide may still be helpful as a reference. Additionally, we are hosting a workshop to teach mahjong and give a refresher on Friday, March 19, 2021 at 8 pm EDT. This event is free and open to all tournament participants. Please RSVP here for this event.
- No Flower/Bonus tiles — we will be using a simple point scoring system of +1 point for any win/Hu, +0 point for not winning/Hu. MahjongBuddy (the online mahjong platform) has a built-in scoring system and Flower/Bonus tiles will be displayed during gameplay, however, please ignore that score and those tiles for this tournament.
- Simplified scoring — see above.
- Round structure — time based (30-minute rounds). See Format & Logistics.
General Mahjong Rules: You can find general Hong Kong Mahjong rules on MahjongBuddy and Wikipedia. Please note we are not using our Brown SMR Mahjong rules for this tournament, however our guide may still be helpful as a reference. Additionally, we are hosting a workshop to teach mahjong and give a refresher on Friday, March 19, 2021 at 8 pm EDT. This event is free and open to all tournament participants. Please RSVP here for this event.
