"as honor tiles but from the 1930s to 1960 they were considered jokers. Some Japanese players treat flowers as higher scoring honors that cannot be used to form pairs. The earliest known sets contained twelve flowers but no Four Gentlemen tiles and the Four Seasons were unadorned. Sets with large numbers of flowers were once popular in Northern China to play the game of ""Flower Mahjong"" (花麻雀). They typically had 20 or more flowers with some described as having up to 44. Flowers are grouped into quartets with each containing four unique tiles, which are numbered from 1 to 4"
"involves a degree of chance. The game is played with a set of 144 tiles based on Chinese characters and symbols, although some regional variations may omit some tiles or add unique tiles. In most variations, each player begins by receiving 13 tiles. In turn players draw and discard tiles until they complete a legal hand using the 14th drawn tile to form 4 melds (or sets) and a pair (eye). A player can also win with a small class of special hands. There are fairly standard rules about how a piece is drawn, how a piece is robbed from"
"four temples or all 36 tiles have been used. Karuba (board game) Karuba is a tile-laying race game for 2-4 players, designed by Rudiger Dorn and published by HABA in 2015. Each player has 4 explorers, which move through the jungle on the player's private board in order to discover treasure and reach hidden temples. The game was nominated for the 2016 Spiel Des Jahres award. In ""Karuba"", a player randomly picks a numbered tile each turn. Tiles contain roads which touch two, three, or four edges of the tile, forming curves, straightaways, T-intersections, etc. Then all the players play"
"Khorol (game) Khorol or Khorlo (Mongolian: Хорол or Хорло) is a multi-trick tile-based game played in Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Tuva, usually on Lunar New Year's. It is played between two and eight players with four being the most common. The game appeared during Manchu rule (1645-1912). The most common set consists of 60 tiles, usually made from wood. There are 17 different types of tiles ranking from highest to lowest: There are four copies of each rank except for the Dragon, Rooster, Dog and Pig which only have two. Less common sets may forgo the Khas and Norov ranks"
"to build the players' starting hands, 7 stacks are used to form a dead wall, and the remaining 35 stacks form the playing wall. There are 34 different kinds of tiles, with four of each kind. Just like standard mahjong, there are three suits of tiles, ""pin"" (circles), ""sou"" (bamboo) and ""wan"" (characters), and unranked ""tsū"" (honour) tiles. Honour tiles are further divided between Wind tiles and Dragon tiles. Some rules may have red number five tiles which work as ""dora"" that earn more ""han"" value. The flower and season tiles are omitted. Names for suit tiles follow the pattern"
"than standard tiles or have an odd shape. A set of Mahjong tiles usually has at least 136 tiles (most commonly 144); however, sets originating from the United States or Southeast Asia will probably have more. Mahjong tiles are split into 3 categories: Suits, Honors, and Bonuses. There are 3 suits of simples and in each suit the tiles are numbered from 1 to 9. The suits are: bamboos, dots and characters. There are 4 identical copies of each simples tile totaling 108 simples tiles. The bamboo suit is also known as ""sticks"" or ""bams"" suit; the first tile usually"
"ported to Flash or HTML5 and are played online using a web browser. Mahjong solitaire Mahjong solitaire is a single-player matching game that uses a set of mahjong tiles rather than cards. It is also known as Shanghai solitaire, electronic or computerized mahjong, solitaire mahjong and simply as ""mahjong"". The tiles come from the four-player game mahjong. The 144 tiles are arranged in a special four-layer pattern with their faces upwards. A tile is said to be open or exposed if it can be moved either left or right without disturbing other tiles. The goal is to match open pairs"
"in exchange for having every remaining rank with four tiles. Older sets may have more ranks taken from the Ashtamangala such as the endless knot, fish, and conch. Tuvans play the game with the Chinese zodiac tiles replaced with dominoes. It can be played with or without partnerships. In four player games, tiles are shuffled face down and evenly distributed to all players. With 15 tiles in hand, the eldest can lead with the trick with one, two, three, or four identical tiles. In a clockwise fashion, the following players must put down an identical number of tiles but only"
"kong. It is the only set that permits four tiles. On top of the 4 melds (chows and or pongs/kongs) a winning hand must also includ an eye. The eye is a pair of tiles (two matching identical tiles) such as two Green Dragons or two 9 of bamboos. Any simple tile or honour tile can be used. Three players start with 13 tiles and the dealer with fourteen. The dealer begins by discarding one tile. All players must have only 13 tiles in their hand, not including flowers which are set aside nor the 4th piece of any kong"
"Rummikub Rummikub is a tile-based game for two to four players, combining elements of the card game rummy and mahjong. There are 104 number tiles in the game (valued 1 to 13 in four different colors, two copies of each) and two jokers. Players have 14 or 16 tiles initially and take turns putting down tiles from their racks into sets (groups or runs) of at least three, drawing a tile if they cannot play. In the Sabra version (the most common and popular), the first player to use all their tiles scores a positive score based on the total"
"then carried out in the normal manner. Game play continues until a player has used all of the tiles in the rack, at which point they should call out ""Rummikub,"" and are declared the winner. If the pool runs out of tiles, play continues until there is a winner or no player can make a valid play. Rummikub Rummikub is a tile-based game for two to four players, combining elements of the card game rummy and mahjong. There are 104 number tiles in the game (valued 1 to 13 in four different colors, two copies of each) and two jokers."
"""Media""). Japanese video arcades have introduced mahjong arcade machines that can be connected to others over the Internet. There are also video game versions of strip mahjong. In Japan, there are what are known as ""professional players"", usually members of organizations that compete in internal leagues and external events with other professionals and the general public. There are over 1,000 professionals spread across a half-dozen organizations. Japanese mahjong is usually played with 136 tiles. The tiles are mixed and then arranged into four walls that are each two stacks high and 17 tiles wide. 26 of the stacks are used"
"one joker per player, thus making 106 cards for two players. ""Rummikub's"" main component is a pool of tiles, consisting of 104 number tiles and two joker tiles. The number tiles range in value from one to thirteen in four colors (black, orange, blue and red). Each combination of color and number is represented twice. Players each have a rack to store tiles without revealing the face of the tiles to the other players. The following explanation is based on the rules in the 1998 Pressman American edition: Tiles are shuffled together and either placed into a bag or spread"
"than one's opponents. The object of the game is to be the first to complete a word grid after the pool of tiles has been exhausted. The tiles come in a fabric banana-shaped package. The game consists of 144 lettered tiles that are placed face down on the playing surface. This is called the 'Bunch'. The same number of tiles is drawn by each player (between 11 & 21 depending on the number of players - 1 to 8 people can play), and once a player calls out ""Split!"", all the players turn over their tiles to reveal the lettered"
"Two players, Black and White, play on a go board ruled into a grid of 19 ""ranks"" (rows) by 19 ""files"" (columns) with a total of 361 intersections. Each player has a set of 90 pieces of 34 different types. The pieces are round and flattened like go stones. In all, the players must remember 65 different moves. The pieces are generally of the same size, though black pieces may be slightly larger than white pieces. Each piece has its name in the form of one or two Japanese characters marked on its face, in white on black stones and"
"Shisen-Sho , sometimes referred to as 'Shisen', 'Four Rivers' or simply 'Rivers,' is a Japanese tile-based game which uses Mahjong tiles, and is similar to Mahjong solitaire. The objective of the game is to match similar tiles in pairs until every tile has been removed from the playing field. Numerous computer based versions of the game have been developed. The aim of the game is to remove all tiles from the board. Only two matching tiles can be removed at a time. Two tiles can be removed if they can be connected by up to three horizontal or vertical lines"
"Asia. In Ancient Rome, elongated four-sided dice were called ""tali"" while the six-sided cubic dice were ""tesserae"". In India and Tibet, three four-sided long dice were rolled sequentially as an oracle, to produce 1 of 64 possible outcomes. The ancient Jewish dreidel is a four-sided long die with one end changed into a handle, to allow it to be spun like a top. The ancient Mesopotamian Royal Game of Ur uses eight four-sided pyramid-shaped dice made out of rock, half of them colored white, and half black. The Scandinavian game daldøs uses a four-sided long die. Role-playing games involving four-sided"
"game poker, not counting one's wins and losses, to the comical like changing one's undergarments after a loss. As with all superstitions in gaming, none of them have been properly demonstrated as effective though for some the rituals have become an integral part of the game experience and its aesthetics. Mahjong tiles were added to the Unicode Standard in April, 2008 with the release of version 5.1. The Unicode block for Mahjong tiles is U+1F000–U+1F02F: Mahjong Mahjong ( , Mandarin: ) is a tile-based game that was developed in China during the Qing dynasty and has spread throughout the world"
"for an area which harboured several grand ancient civilizations, including Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyria. The Greeks called this area Mesopotamia, which literally means ""between the rivers"". The game can be played by two, three, or four people. Play offers both tactical and strategic objectives. As with many games, short-term objectives gain prominence when more players participate, as players have fewer chances to follow up on previous moves. Luck plays a role, as players draw tiles from a bag, but it is seldom decisive. Players may selectively discard and redraw their tiles at the cost of one ""action point"", of which"
"thousand. Depending on the game, there are multiple copies of each card. Games scholar David Parlett has written that the Western card games Conquian and Rummy share a common origin with Mahjong. All these games involve players drawing and discarding tiles or cards to make melds. Khanhoo is an early example of such a game. The most likely ancestor to Mahjong was ""pènghú"" () which was played with 120 or 150 cards. During the late 19th century, ""pènghú"" was used interchangeably with ""máquè"" in both card and tile form. It is not known when the conversion from cards to tiles"
"which pass only through empty spaces. The game is over if future moves are not possible and tiles are left on the board, or the player successfully removes all the tiles. Shisen-Sho , sometimes referred to as 'Shisen', 'Four Rivers' or simply 'Rivers,' is a Japanese tile-based game which uses Mahjong tiles, and is similar to Mahjong solitaire. The objective of the game is to match similar tiles in pairs until every tile has been removed from the playing field. Numerous computer based versions of the game have been developed. The aim of the game is to remove all tiles"
"Indigo (board game) Indigo is a 2012 board game developed by Reiner Knizia and published by Ravensburger. ""Indigo"" is a game for two to four players. The idea of the game is to collect jewels from the board by laying tiles. The board takes the form of a hexagonal grid, with one tile present at the centre and six at the edge, with even intervals. The rest of the board is empty. On the centre tile are six jewels: one sapphire and five emeralds. The six tiles at the edge have one topaz each. The edges of the board between"
"search of artifacts from a mysterious ""lost city"". Gameplay takes place on a board 11 tiles wide and deep, with the central row and column fully explored; players begin the game with their explorers (represented by jeeps) in the center space of the board. Each tile consists of either jungle sections or sections of the lost city, and lines in white or brown run through the centers of each tile (white if it runs through a jungle quadrant and brown otherwise). The game also comes with a second type of tile, the ""artifact tile"", which serves as the treasures to"
"is based on the historical walled city of Carcassonne: It is centered about a group of children celebrating a national holiday by catching livestock. The game consists of 36 large tiles, and each of the players is given eight followers. At the start of the game, one tile is randomly selected to be the starting tile. On each player's turn, each player takes one of the remaining tiles and places it adjacent to a tile already in play, ensuring the roads on each tile are contiguous. Each tile contains figures of various colors on the roads; when a road is"
"the number and character (""e.g."" Third Emperor 三皇, Fourth Empress 四后). ""Animal tiles"" (动物牌, pinyin ""dòngwùpái"") are unnumbered flowers that automatically match the player's seat. These tiles are found in pairs with their subjects usually based on popular Chinese fables. Immediate payment occurs if both tiles in a pair or all the animals are collected. Singaporean sets contain two pairs of animal tiles while Thai and four-player Malaysian sets have four pairs. Some examples of tile pairs include: Three-player Malaysian sets have two pairs of animals accompanied with a quartet of identical animal tiles decorated with a face. ""Joker tiles"""
"by Microsoft Studios, can be downloaded from the Windows Store free of charge. An older version of the game was known as ""Taipei"" and was bundled in Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1 and Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack. That version included 32767 possible configurations. The player has a choice of six tile layouts - Cat, Turtle, Crab, Dragon, Fortress and Spider, each a stylized portrayal of the respective object or animal. The background image can be chosen from five different options and there are four tile sets, including traditional Mahjong tiles, variations with fuller coloring or larger print, and an alternative"
"Mahjong Mahjong ( , Mandarin: ) is a tile-based game that was developed in China during the Qing dynasty and has spread throughout the world since the early 20th century. It is commonly played by four players (with some three-player variations found in South Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia). The game and its regional variants are widely played throughout Eastern and South Eastern Asia and have become popular in Western countries too. The game has also been adapted into a widespread online entertainment. Similar to the Western card game rummy, Mahjong is a game of skill, strategy, and calculation and"
"is not clear if the game was ever played much historically, as the few sets that were made seem to have been intended only for display. The objective is to capture the opponent's king or emperor. If a prince is in play, it too must be captured. Unlike standard shogi, pieces may not be dropped back into play after being captured. Two players, Black and White (or ""sente"" and ""gote""), play on a board composed of squares in a grid of 19 ""ranks"" (rows) by 19 ""files"" (columns) with a total of 361 squares. The squares are undifferentiated by marking"
"by choosing one player to keep score. The 36 tiles are placed face down and shuffled, then each player draw a hand of tiles based on the number of players (7 tiles for 2 players, 6 for 3 players, and 5 for 4 players). The tiles are then flipped face up. Players must keep the tiles in their hand face up, but are allowed to stack their tiles so other players can only see the top-most tile. Players can look at the tiles in their hand at any time. The remaining undrawn pyramids are placed aside. One pyramid is drawn"
"play on a board ruled into a grid of 15 ""ranks"" (rows) and 15 ""files"" (columns) with a total of 225 squares. The squares are undifferentiated by marking or color, unlike a Western chess board. Each player has a set of 65 pieces of 29 different types. In all, a player must remember 36 different moves. Each piece has its name written on it in Japanese kanji. The writing is typically in black. On the reverse side of most pieces there are characters to indicate the piece's promoted rank, typically written in red. The pieces are wedge-shaped and their orientation"
"Qin (board game) Qin is a 2012 board game by Reiner Knizia. It is themed after the Qin dynasty in ancient China. ""Qin"" is a game for two to four players. Players represent competing kingdoms, intent on conquering territory in China. The game is played on a rectangular grid. Each player receives a number of pagodas, which come in four different colours: black, white, green and purple. Each player is assigned one colour. On his/her turn, each player places a tile consisting of two squares on the board. Squares come in three different colours: red, yellow and blue. The colours"
"new graphics on the tiles, the weight is much lighter and the size much smaller making it much easier to carry around. The board game is composed of 24 square tiles; each tile piece is designed with 4 triangles colored Blue, Red, Yellow and Green. The game can be played by 2 to 4 players (exists in 1 player mode in all Digital Versions for PC, IOS App and Android) where the number of tiles is divided equally among the number of players. Two colors will be assigned to 2 players and one color for players more than two. The"
"is a hunt game, and may be considered a tiger hunt game, or in short tiger game, since one side is represented by tigers. Usually tiger games consist of an Alquerque board which is a 5 x 5 square grid with several diagonal lines, and pieces are played on the intersection points and move along the lines. These features are missing in Khla si ko. The board is a 4 x 4 square consisting of 16 squares. There are 4 tiger pieces and 12 cow pieces with each set of pieces distinguishable from the other by color or design. Players"