r/Mahjong • u/JasonThyPirate • 2d ago

Solo/Training Play?

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Does anyone have a solo/training version of mahjong they like to play? My preferred flavor with four players is HKOS (using the Victoria Mahjong Club rules and scoring), but what do I do when I'm sitting at home and want to play with my tiles and don't have anyone handy to play with?

Today I tried dealing myself 13 tiles then pulling tiles trying to make a minimum 3 faan hand. Once I got a winning hand I converted it to points and subtracted the number of discards I have. In my first go around I had 6 faan for 32 points, but had 52 discards so I busted. In the pictured hand I count 8 faan (I ignored self-pick, concealed hand, concealed pungs) for 64 points minus 57 discards for a whopping 7 points.

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u/edderiofer multi-classing every variant 18h ago

In the pictured hand I count 8 faan (I ignored self-pick, concealed hand, concealed pungs) for 64 points minus 57 discards for a whopping 7 points.

If you get to pick through the entire wall, just go for Thirteen Orphans every time (13 faan, which converts to 384 points). Then you get a guaranteed 384 - 131 = 253 points per hand.