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You have twelve tiles in your hand and another is on its way to table. Everyone’s holding their breath waiting for last tile to make the winning shape. Half the skill of playing Japanese riichi mahjong are knowing when you’ve got a winning hand. The other half is knowing whether or not it will score … Read more

It’s perfect on paper; you’re sitting at the mahjong table with a hand that has all the makings of a winner. The shapes is clean, the yakus are lined up, and now your opponent discards the winning tile. And then it happens: someone from across the table asks how much is this really going to … Read more

Ganz Schon Clever’s grid appears straightforward, but its math is rigid. One color you don’t pay attention to will cost you points. It doesn’t care how pretty your result look. Total up the colored squares (5 of them), add on the fox bonus, deduct penalties, and estimate combo potential based off dice tempo and chain … Read more

It’s arithmetic, in Japan, they call it “riichi” mahjong. Suddenly, there you are sitting at the table with that perfect hand, and too late you realize youve called a tile that cost you half the score. That’s how it works: The game doesn’t just pay for making something. It pays you for making something specific… … Read more

Ron gets declared, and suddenly all player are holding their breath. You count out fan points, but who knows if they did it right? The rest of the table hold its breath as the winner counts out wind matches, concealed bonuses and flower tiles, trying to avoid an arithmetic error that could lead to arguments. … Read more

And then there it is. That silent moment between dice and floor where you hold them in your hands and gravity does its thing. A game of chance becomes challenge of nerves. You’ve racked up a few turns. You haven’t racked up so many turns as to make you comfortabley, but you have just enough … Read more

Drop Dead. It’s a game where you gets together with some buddies, and for the initial rounds it feels like pure luck. Roll out five dice, and you might watch half of them vanish into the dead box on a single turn. It is fun and chaotic. However, there is a mathematical engine driving the … Read more