Mah Jong

• A winning hand is composed of 4 sets of Pungs, Kongs / Chows (you don't need a set of each, it can be all Pungs / all Kongs / all Chows / a mix) and a pair.

Pung

• Three of a kind i.e. three tiles of the same suit and number or three winds or dragons of the same kind (one of each wind or dragon is not a Pung, although there are some specialty hands in which they are incorporated in this way).

• In order to Pung a player requires two tiles of a kind already in their hand.

• An exposed Pung is completed with the discarded tile from another player – call out Pung and claim the discarded tile, a concealed Pung is formed from tiles all drawn from the wall and is worth more points than the exposed Pung.

Kong

• Four of a kind, is as with a Pung but with four tiles.

• In order to Kong a player requires three tiles of a kind already in their hand.

• Exposed and concealed as with Pung.

• A Kong is worth more points than a Pung.

Chow

• A run of three tiles e.g. one, two, three of characters.

• In order to Chow a player requires two of the run already in their hand.

• A player can only chow the discard from the previous player.

• Chows are not worth any points.

Season / Flower

• These tiles are not used to form the competed Mah Jong hand.

• Some sets have Flowers and some have both Seasons and Flowers.

• They are worth four points each.

• There is a Season &/ Flower corresponding to each position (North, South, East, West). If you have your own Season / Flower it will count as a double.

• A Bouquet is a set of the four Seasons / Flowers and it will count as a double.