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Players:
4 placed ones in four sides of a square table
Cards:
136 bamboo cards, or of plastic, with an engraved side of different forms. That consists of 4 games of 34 cards.
9 consist each of these games in turn of 3 sticks, bambúes, circles and characters, each one with 9 numbered cards of the 1.
Also there are the called Cards of Honor, which are Four Winds (of the North, South, East and West), and Three Dragons (Red, Green and White). Hence salt 34 cards of every game: 9 for 3, more 4, and more 3.
Sometimes one or two games of 4 flowers are added, but it is not very popular.
Two dice are used also to play.
Four winds to indicate positions.
Beginning:
It is played by four persons sat to every side of a square table. To assign the positions the dice throw themselves, and according to his sum, the corresponding position is assigned to him.
The West if they add 3, 7 or 11. The South if 2, 6 or 10. The North if 4, 8 or 12, and the East if 5 ó 9.
Later all the cards mouth are placed below on the table, and they are mixed well. Then every player takes 34 cards that there places in two lines of 17 each one, one on other one.
It throws itself given again for deciding who initiates the game, of form similar to the allocation of places. The one that has him to begin will be considered to be the East, from which the game begins.
Then the Chief throws the dice again, and according to the number it is counted from him to the left to determine where it begins. And to the one that touches him the shift of this form it throws again the dice, and with the sum of these two throws there decides the exact place where the palisade will be opened. Then this player takes two lines following the resultant number, counting from right to left, and the others follow him. Then the others also take 2 lines of 2 cards as an order three times until each one has 12 cards, which it places opposite to him. One is added to those more, therefore every player plays with 13 cards.
The last two cards where the opening is done are left apart.
Development of the game:
The player in the position East initiates the game taking a card of theirs, and being discarded of one that it places in the center, and this way the others follow him, for shift until someone completes his moves and gains the hand.
The target of every player is to form groups of 3 cards, which are of the same type, or which are followed. In addition to 4 groups of 3 it is necessary to obtain an extra couple that completes the hand and gives the victory.
- To take: Chou: When someone discards a card, which sits down to his right has the opportunity to take it. Then it is forced to put at sight the obtained trio of this form, and then it discards one to continue with 13.
- Pong: It is the opportunity that any player has of claiming a newly discarded card, but it will always have priority the one that is to the right of the one that discarded it.
- Kong: when a player already has 3 be equal and someone discards other one, can need it forming a kong (4 be equal), this is the called open kong, which must show. If it forms it with card that has taken according to his shift it is a closed kong. Also it is an open kong when he adds 4 piece to three already showed ones by a pong. But it is not possible to obtain the fourth one by means of pong, when it already obtained the third one of this form. The open kong the cards mouth are left it arrives, the enclosure two are mouth arrives and two mouth below. When it becomes a kong it is necessary to take one more card, since you equal four they are counted only like three.
End:
The game is finished when some player obtains 3 groups of 3 and the final couple.
If nobody manages to close when only 14 cards stay it is considered to be stage and no punctuation joins.
When all the players have been hands, the positions of equal form turn to draw lots that at first, and a new round begins. There are always completed rounds of game, during which all the players do of hand.
Punctuation:
When a player completes the game and closes, the others must show his cards, and begin the account. Then the winner receives the whole of his punctuation of each of others 3 players. Also between 3 losers each one must pay the difference with others two, or receive it.
The East always receives or pays the double that others.
Combinations put on the table
Trio (from 2 to 8) 2 points
Trio (1 ó 9) 4 points
Wind trio 4 points
Trio of Dragon 4 points
Quartet (from 2 to 8) 8 points
Quartet (1 ó 9) 16 points
Wind quartet 16 points
Quartet of Dragon 16 points
Pair of Dragon or Wind 2 points
Combinations in hand
Trio (from 2 to 8) 4 points
Trio (1 ó 9) 8 points
Wind trio 8 points
Trio of Dragon 8 points
Quartet (from 2 to 8) 16 points
Quartet (1 ó 9) 32 points
Wind quartet 32 points
Quartet of Dragon 32 points
Pair of Dragon or Wind 2 points
10 extra points to the one that wins.
Three or four of the proper winds of the player, in table or in hand: It doubles the entire punctuation.
Three or four of the Group Dragon: It doubles the entire punctuation.
Only the winners have also the following bonuses:
1. The whole hand of a stick (circles, bambúes or characters), with Dragons or Winds in a pair. It doubles the entire punctuation.
2. The whole hand of a stick (circles, bambúes or characters). It multiplies by eight the punctuation (it doubles it 3 times).
3. To complete the game with the first card that takes the hand (East). 300 points.
4. To complete the hand with the first discarded card, only I run. 150 points.
Every bonus accumulates. Or it is possible to turn once for taking a stick, other one as the winds, and other one for the dragons.
The normal thing is that any more than 300 points are not counted, if this number is exceeded it is counted like 300.
When the East wins, he keeps on being the Chief (East) until it loses. When it loses, which sits down to his right raisin to be the Chief.
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