Tell us some strange MJ hands you have played

[Tom Sloper]

(Jesse had described a situation in Japanese mah-jongg in which he didn't
win Kokushimusou because another player's claim trumped his.) I responded:

>> My local (Los Angeles' Little Tokyo) players allow multiple players to
Ron
>> on a discard.
>>
>> If you were playing here, you WOULD have won (you and South both).

Cofa writes:

>I might have missed something here. Shouldn't the "13 unique wonders god
>hand" have the priority over other type of winning hand?

1. We're talking about Japanese mah-jongg, not Hong Kong rules. Rules
pertaining to one variant of mah-jongg do not necessarily apply to another
variant of mah-jongg.

2. An "overtrump" rule (permitting a player to have the tile even when
trumped, if the player has certain special hands) isn't needed or applicable
when the prevailing rule is that multiple players can win on a discard.

Tom

[Cofa Tsui]

"Tom Sloper" <tom...@sloperama.com> wrote in message
news:pNZMa.29408$Xm3.6269@sccrnsc02...

> (Jesse had described a situation in Japanese mah-jongg in which he didn't
> win Kokushimusou because another player's claim trumped his.) I responded:
>
> >> My local (Los Angeles' Little Tokyo) players allow multiple players to
> Ron
> >> on a discard.
> >>
> >> If you were playing here, you WOULD have won (you and South both).
>
> Cofa writes:
>
> >I might have missed something here. Shouldn't the "13 unique wonders god
> >hand" have the priority over other type of winning hand?
>
> 1. We're talking about Japanese mah-jongg, not Hong Kong rules. Rules
> pertaining to one variant of mah-jongg do not necessarily apply to another
> variant of mah-jongg.

That's exactly what I tried to find out about the Japanese mahjong. Thanks!

Cofa