Doubling
Once the basic scores have been worked out, each player’s score is doubled for each of the following conditions up to a maximum of 1,000 points.
No chows
All tiles are from the same suit with Dragons and/or Winds
All tiles are Ones and/or Nines with some Dragons and/or Winds
All tiles are concealed and are from one or more suits with Dragons and/or Winds
Going Mah-Jong with a loose tile (i.e. a tile from the kong box)
Going Mah-Jong with the last tile from the wall (ignoring the kong box)
Going Mah-Jong with the last discard
Going Mah-Jong by Robbing the kong
Going Mah-Jong with the original call – the dealt 13 tiles plus another (from wall or claimed)
Doubling and special hands
Doubling doesn’t apply to special hands, but it can apply to any additional bonus tiles.
The value of these are added to that of the special hand up to the limit of 1,000 points.
If the player with a special hand has one or more bonus tiles which qualify for doubling (his own flower or season tile or a bouquet of flower / season tiles) then the doubling is applied just to the value of the bonus tiles. This rule even applies to “Purity” (which gives 3 doubles).
This special hand of All Pair Honours and two Flower tiles scores 516 points for North Wind. 500 points is for the special hand. The two bonus tiles score 8 points, which is doubled to 16 points because North Wind has his own Flower tile - no. 4.
Working out the Players’ Scores
Doubling for East Wind and the Limit
Original call – when a player is fishing after his first discard
(and does not alter his hand)
Holding a complete set of Seasons
(double twice - includes own Season double)
Holding a complete set of Flowers
(double twice - includes own Flower double)
Having your own Season
(1 = East Wind, 2 = South Wind, 3 = West Wind, 4 = North Wind)
Having your own Flower
(1 = East Wind, 2 = South Wind, 3 = West Wind, 4 = North Wind)
Pung or kong of Dragons
Pung or kong of the prevailing Wind (usually East Wind)
Pung or kong of the player’s own Wind
For all players
An Exposed Pair
A pair that was claimed by Mah-Jong!
Is exposed and so spoils an otherwise concealed hand.
