European Classical Mahjong Scoring

Each player must place two layers of 17 tiles on top of each other in front of him. The layers of the 4 players will then form a wall which forms the stock for the game and the discard place for the discarded tiles.

Dealer is always east
Dealer deals 13 tiles to all except himself who receives 14.
Deal counter clockwise in sets of 4
For each Kong in a set an extra tile is received from the dead pile

The Current player discards his/her tile on his/her side and the players may claim the tile only if they can form a complete set (chow, pung, kong).

If a set is formed by claiming a tile then it is placed (melded) in front of the player. These sets contain fewer points than the concealed sets which are formed by drawing tiles from the stock.

You cannot claim for a pair unless you are going out.

You cannot claim for a tile already melded in a pung to declare a kong (BUT you can add a tile to a previously melded pung if the tile is drawn from the wall).

Any player may claim a tile irrespective of the turn. If two players are claiming a tile, then the meld with the highest value wins. If both have the same value, then the player who's next wins

If a player claims a tile then play continues from the next player following the one who claimed the tile.