Scoring Overview

Universal Concepts

Before diving into styles, some concepts appear everywhere:

Concept	Description
Meld / Set	A group of tiles: sequence (e.g., 1-2-3) or triplet/quad (e.g., 3-3-3)
Open vs. Closed	Open = took a tile from another player’s discard. Closed = all self-drawn tiles. Closed hands are worth more in most styles.
Self-draw	Winning by drawing the tile yourself from the wall
Discard win	Winning by claiming another player’s discard
Terminal	Tiles numbered 1 or 9
Honor	Wind tiles (East/South/West/North) and Dragon tiles (Red/Green/White)
Simple	Tiles numbered 2-8 (not terminals, not honors)

Feature	Hong Kong	Riichi	MCR	American	Taiwanese	Sichuan	Filipino
Hand size	13	13	13	13	16	13	16
Total tiles	144	136	144	152	144	108	144
Scoring unit	Faan	Han/Fu	Points	Card value	Tai	Multiplier	Payouts
Win condition	Any valid hand; house minimum faan (0–3)	At least 1 yaku	8+ points	Match a card hand	Any valid hand	Valid hand, two suits max	Any valid hand (todas)
Flowers	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Jokers	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	House rule
Honors	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	As bonus tiles
Complexity	Medium	High	Very high	Unique	Medium	Low	Low
Avg game length	~30 min	~45 min	~60 min	~90 min	~40 min	~20 min	~30 min