Mahjong is a Chinese
game, involving four players, fascinating Chinese tiles, scoring and monetary value for the points yielded by individual players. There are certain variations in different types of
mahjong and these variations include their specified
scoring. Some of the popular scoring methods are
Hong Kong Mahjong Scoring,
Chinese Mahjong Official Scoring,
Riichi Competition Scoring, and
American Mahjong Scoring.
The most popular
scoring system in this game is the
Traditional Hong Kong or the Cantonese scoring system. This scoring is popular because the low criteria used can be easily achieved. Hands are formed to score fan (points/double). Zero-point hands are frequent. This is the reason why players are often stipulating on additional restrictions such as the winning hand must be of point value. The point value is often made between one and five points. The most common point though, is three.
Mahjong Hand Requirement - Minimum Points
Here is some basic scoring:
- Complete hand-0 fan
- 4 Chows in a hand - 1 additional fan
- 4 Pungs and/or Kongs in a hand - 3 additional fan
- 1 or 2 Dragon Pungs or Kongs - 1 additional fan each
- A pair of Dragon Pung and another pair of Dragon - 4 additional fan
- Pungs/Kongs of Winds that matches the round or seat - 1 additional fan
- No Flowers/Season tile - 1 additional fan
- Flowers/Season tile that matches seat value - 1 additional fan each
- All Flowers/Season of a particular color - 2 additional fan
- Win by self-drawn - 1 additional fan
Below is the complete scoring system:
