I find HK rules MJ quite bad because loser pays all 3 sides so have to play defensively.Anyone care to share differences between play in HK vs Taiwan vs PRC?
depending on players’ agreement before game, hk payout can involve discarder paying full amount to winner while other 2 pay half.I find HK rules MJ quite bad because loser pays all 3 sides so have to play defensively.
Played PRC rules with some Shanghainese friends before and it sucked even more. Have to let the other players know when you are waiting for winning tile. And when you throw out cards, you are supposed to line them up so everyone can see what cards you discarded. This was just like playing a MJ computer game. I don't consider myself a super good player and even I became the biggest winner that time... And all of them were regular players.
I think the SG/MY rules MJ is the best since there is a balanced offense/defense risk-reward payout. Got a sinkie friend who also used to play mahjong in TW with his clients and he agreed.
Wat about playing the Chicken hand?sg and hk scoring is quite similar except for 4 sextra tiles of chicken, centipede, cat, mouse plus little regard or recognition of 7 pairs. plus hk scoring has a lot more complicated winning hands. tw scoring is more unconventional with 16 playing tiles and 17 winning tiles. for sexample, you can score 1 tai for having any flower or season and 1 tai for not having any honor tiles. plus tw scoring allows pung and sequence tiles from different suits to win.