id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2660 Mahjong - Wikipedia .html text/html 15825 1700 81 Mahjong or mah-jongg[1] (English pronunciation: /mɑːˈdʒɒŋ/ mah-JONG, Mandarin Chinese: [mǎ.tɕjâŋ]) is a tile-based game that was developed during the Qing dynasty in China and has spread throughout the world since the early 20th century. In turn players draw and discard tiles until they complete a legal hand using the 14th drawn tile to form four melds (or sets) and a pair (eye). There are fairly standard rules about how a piece is drawn, how a piece is robbed from another player, the use of simples (numbered tiles) and Honors (winds and dragons), the kinds of melds allowed, how to deal the tiles and the order of play. Whenever a player draws a flower or season, it is announced and then placed to the side (it is not considered a part of the 13-tile hand, but in the event that player wins, he may earn bonus points for them) and the last tile of the wall is drawn as a replacement tile so that the player has the 14 pieces needed before their discard. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2660.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2660.txt