■ 🕑 1. Giko Mahjong night when?
│ I vote we play the Zung Jung variant of Mahjong on the site
│ https://maque.games/ -- very minimalist game site, no ads, guests OK
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│ Zung Jung is a good variant of mahjong because it's pretty forgiving
│ and makes it easier for people to be creative with scoring hands,
│ relative to HKOS or Riichi.
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│ This is a democracy so if weebs demand we play riichi that's an
│ option.
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│ Mahjong is a game that takes about 2 minutes to learn. Draw a tile,
│ throw a tile away. If the guy before you throws away a tile that lets
│ you make a straight, you can take it. If anyone throws away a tile
│ that lets you make 3 of a kind or 4 of a kind, you can take it.
│ Certain combos, based on relative rarity/difficulty, score really
│ high points. A finished hand is basically 4 sets (set: 3 of kind
│ or 3 in a row) with a pair to finish it.
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│ If we play together on VC, I think everyone could learn the rules
│ pretty quick; the biggest obstacle is finding a day and time that
│ everyone can set aside 1-3 hours away for.
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│ Until we can find 4 people to play a game of mahjong, I suggest people
│ can play Rummy on cardgames.io to warm up in smaller groups (2-3) :
│ it tickles the same part of the brain.
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└─■ 🕑 2.
My availability: generally 12:00 -- 19:00 UTC, give or take.