Scoring rules
Taiwan (16 tiles)
Sixteen tiles in hand rather than thirteen. Five sets plus a pair, counted in tai.
Tiles in hand16 tiles
A complete hand5 sets + 1 pair
Counted intai
Flower tilesIn play
Seven pairsDoes not count
The basics
- Everyone holds 16 tiles, then draws one and discards one.
- A hand is complete at 5 sets plus a pair. A set is three of the same tile, or a run of three in one suit.
- Flower and season tiles are in play. Draw one, lay it face up, and take a replacement tile.
How payment is worked out
- Payment is a base of 30 plus your tai count multiplied by 10.
- The dealer carries 1 extra tai, both when winning and when paying.
- Won off a discard: whoever discarded pays alone, and the other two are safe.
- Won on a self-draw: all three pay in full.
- The base and the value per tai vary from house to house. Here they are 30 and 10.
The deal
- If the dealer wins, they deal again. If not, the deal moves to the right.
- Once the deal has been all the way round, the round wind changes: East, South, West, North.
- If the wall runs out with nobody winning, the hand is replayed and no points move.
Agree on these before you start
- House rules differ, especially in the Cantonese and Hokkien styles.
- Settle first: the minimum tai, what the limit is worth, how flowers count, and whether seven pairs is allowed.
- This app only does the arithmetic. What a hand is worth is still yours to agree at the table.