17 rule sets, from Hong Kong parlours and Japanese professional leagues to Sichuan teahouses,
Singaporean animal tiles and the American card — how many play, how many tiles, how big the hand, and how it scores.
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Rule sets
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Mainland Regional
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Mainland Regional
Changsha
Hunan province
A Hunan style using only the three suits, in which an ordinary winning hand usually needs its pair to be a 2, 5 or 8.
Players
4
Tiles
108
Hand
13 (14 to win)
Scoring
Local bonuses for special hands
Signature
Pairs of 2, 5 or 8 required for standard hands
Mainland Regional
Sichuan (Bloody Battle)
Sichuan and Chongqing
Only the three suits are used, each player abandons one suit, and the hand continues until three players have won.