Europe may host 1st WC Riichi. MaybeAMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, January, 27th - There is a chance that a first world championship riichi mahjong will be held the years to come. And this might very well take place somewhere in Europe. This is stated in a report, written for the Dutch mahjong association. Picture: The Second European Mahjong Championship, Hanover, Germany, 2010. Read more…
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| Written by Alan Kwan |
| Saturday, 08 August 2009 07:30 |
| As explained in my article, uniform scoring gives a lower "strategic complexity", and hence is less interesting to play and probably has less depth (even though it has a higher "competition factor"). |
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In fact, riichi is not any better than uniform scoring (with easy pinfu hands, dora and ura-dora and such), but it remains a highly defensive game entirely because of its payoff scheme.