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Newest Review: ... is made by any two of the flowers) (4 tiles) As I said earlier these appear on the screen in the shape of a pyramid. The idea is to pick off the tiles in matching pairs by picking two identical tiles (except for the seasons and flowers as described above) and they are taken from the playing surface. For a tile to be available to be picked the face of the tile must be visible, obviously or you wouldn't know what it was! There must also be at least one edge of the tile visible - so you couldn't take a tile from the middle of the playing area even if you could see it, if four other tiles surrounded it. Oh dear this is quite diff... more

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Mahjong: Addiction at it's very best! (828 words)
by - written on 09/08/02 (Very useful, 87 readings)
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A colleague at work introduced me to Mah-jongg many years ago and I've been hooked ever since. I confess that I have never actually played it as a board game but the rules and principles are exactly the same as on the PC - just horizontal instead of vertical! The basic game is an oriental variation on the old childhood game of picking pairs but with a three dimensional layout in the shape of a pyramid and the symbols are printed on tiles as opposed to playing cards. There are 144 of these tiles bearing the following Chinese symbols Three sets of numbers 1 to 9 (like a suit of playing cards) _ four tiles of each design (108) Four tiles ... Read the complete review