Japanese Mahjong Wiki

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Japanese Mahjong Wiki
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Founded by: Bps
Status: Active
Language: English
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Wiki engine: MediaWiki
Wiki license: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike
Main topic: Card games
Backups: 2014-12-02
Wiki size: 345 article pages see stats

(As of: 2023-04-17)


The main purpose of this Japanese Mahjong Wiki, also known as Riichi.Wiki, is to provide English speakers easy access and material pertaining to Japanese mahjong. Originally found at arcturus.su, it is now found at riichi.wiki.

Japanese mahjong, otherwise known as riichi mahjong, is the Japanese varation to the 4-player table card game of mahjong, whose objective can be best described as a combination of gin rummy and poker. Even though tiles are primarily used to play the game, the game is available online and can be played with regular mahjong playing cards. It is a four player game that combines the elements of calculation and strategy that is found in chess with the elements of risk assessment, observation skills, and luck.

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