Friday, February 22, 2008

Chiitoitsu

His voice rang clear across the table.

"Ron!"

He hesitated before knocking over his tiles.
Then leaned back, and smiled somewhat.
"Ah. Chiitoitsu. Strange, unorthodox;
Fitting for a person like me..."

Kokushi Musou wasn't for him;
Yet he couldn't escape the fact that he stood out.
Itsu and Sanshoku were too graceful for him;
Men-Tan-Pin too robotic, too common, too plain.

"Riichi, Ippatsu, Honitsu, Dora 4 -
Akadora 2, Uradora 2, Yakuman!"
He reminisced a game he'd played in the past -
2700 points, but with it came first place.

He collected his points and left the mahjong parlour.

(For non-Riichi mahjong players)
[Ron - call used when one declares a win]
[Chiitoitsu - a hand of seven pairs]
[Kokushi Musou - a hand containing each of the terminal and honor tiles. 1 needs to be paired]
[Itsu - three straights - 123, 456, 789, in the same suit]
[Sanshoku - three straights of the same numbers in the 3 suits]
[Men-Tan-Pin - a concealed hand containing all simples and all straights]
[Riichi - Japanese declaration of ready, adds 1 fan but you can't change your hand]
[Ippatsu - winning before your next discard after Riichi]
[Honitsu - hand consisting of only 1 suit and honors]
[Dora / Akadora / Uradora - bonus tiles worth extra points]
[Yakuman - a big hand, awarded for lots of fan or special patterns]

i'm barely going on. but thanks for your time
jk

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