Working out the Players’ Scores
Doubling for East Wind and the Limit
In the following explanation, “winner” will be used to refer to the player who has called Mah-Jong and won the session. However, points are also awarded to the other participants and it is possible one of these may end up better off than the so-called winner.
Overview
If the winner has gone out with a special hand then his score is the score of that special hand, with possibly extra points from any bonus tiles. Otherwise calculating his score is a two stage process, as it is for the other players.
Doubling
The basic score is then doubled for each doubling condition that can be found to apply to the hand.
Some of these doubling conditions only apply to the winner.
The Limit
The final score can never be more than the limit, which is normally set to 1,000 points. Most of the special hands score the limit and some half the limit.
Pungs
Exposed Concealed
Minor tiles 2 points 4 points
Major tiles 4 points 8 points
Concealed major pung 8
Kongs
Exposed Concealed
Minor tiles 8 points 16 points
Major tiles 16 points 32 points
Concealed minor kong 16
Concealed major kong 32
Flowers and Seasons
4 points for each flower or season.
For going Mah-Jong
20 points are given for going Mah-Jong.
Another 2 points are given if the winning tile was drawn from the live wall (not the Kong Box)
The various sets of pungs and kongs
Certain pairs of Honour tiles
Flower and Season tiles
Points given for going Mah-Jong (and if the last tile comes from the wall)
Pairs of Honour tiles
2 points are scored for a pair of Dragons, for a pair of the prevailing wind (usually East Wind) or for a pair of the player’s own wind.
This applies to all players.
If the wind pair is both the prevailing wind and own wind, then 4 points are scored.
A pair of Dragons
A pair of the prevailing wind
A pair of the player’s own wind
Exposed minor pung 2
Concealed minor pung 4
Exposed major pung 4
Exposed minor kong 8
Exposed major kong 16
If a limit was not imposed it would be possible to obtain an extremely high score.
Although highly unlikely, it is possible to get a score of well over a million points.
