Mahjong Resources

Places to play mahjong online

Mahjong Soul (English): https://mahjongsoul.yo-star.com/

• The most popular client for playing riichi mahjong. It is anime themed and contains purely cosmetic gacha elements.

Tenhou: https://tenhou.net/4/

• A more pure mahjong experience.

• Tenhou UI translator (Firefox Extension)

• Tenhou UI translator (Chrome Extension)

Getting Started

Learning mahjong should be simple and fun.

• Beginner’s Quick Start - the booklet we currently use for new players at meetups.

• A text guide - https://mahjong.guide/a-beginners-guide-to-riichi-mahjong/

• A more in-depth video series, including live play and table setup - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZxwAxlqexY&list=PLPBLBlC-7G3s92GyGOprSmZ1mqgh0U0DI

Getting Better

• Riichi Book 1 - Still the best written English book on Riichi. Make sure to read it all.

• Translations to Puyo’s guides - On the older side like Riichi Book 1, individual concepts cut into bite sized blog posts.

• Riichi Book 2 - successor to a popular Riichi mahjong strategy guide in English.

• Pechorin doctrine (Osamuko) - translated by xKime

Skills Trainers

• Efficiency Trainer: https://euophrys.itch.io/mahjong-efficiency-trainer

• Chinitsu Trainer: https://ozball.itch.io/mahjongwaitquiz

• Mahjong Riichi Score Trainer: https://mahjong.horneds.com/