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Filipino Mahjong

Filipino

Length

Variable

Tiles Used

Wall	144 tiles
Hand	16 tiles
Dead Wall	None

Scoring

System	Pattern
Unit	Currency (Assuming $)
Minimum	$1
Maximum	-
Payout	Winner only

Filipino Mahjong is similar to Taiwanese Mahjong in that it uses 16 tiles in the hand. However, it is important to note that honors are treated as flowers in this variation.

Preliminaries

Equipment

	Bams	Cracks	Dots	Winds	Dragons	Flowers	Seasons	Jokers	Red tiles
Tiles used

• 144 tiles
• Dice (x2)

Honors

Honor tiles are not part of the hand but rather treated as flowers. You draw from the opposite end of the wall after setting aside an honor tile.

Seating

For casual play any seating arrangement will do. Tiles are then dealt accordingly to each player.

Winds

See Main Article: Seat and Prevalent Winds

Seat winds are winds assigned to each player prior to the start of the game. The player who is in the East position is the dealer. Following counterclockwise, is South, West and North.

The player sitting at the star is East in the first hand

If the deal passes when the hand is over the player’s wind change. The player who was originally East position is now North, the player starting as South is now East, etc. In other words, the winds rotate counterclockwise.

The player sitting at the star is now South

When the player who was originally East becomes East again (deals again) a new round begins.

Each round is assigned a wind, known as the prevalent wind or round wind. After each round the prevalent wind changes. For the first round the prevalent wind is East, for the second South, third West, and fourth North. A marker or indicator is commonly used to keep track of the round.

Dealing

Tiles are then dealt accordingly to each player. The wall will be 18 tiles in length. Note that there is no dead wall.

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