Scoring Master
You've learned the numbers game
Congratulations! You now understand Hong Kong Mahjong scoring.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
1. Fans are multipliers: Payment = 8 x 2^fan
2. Fans stack — combine multiple scoring elements for big payouts
3. Self-drawn wins pay 6x the base (1.5x a discard win's 4x total)
4. Limit hands cap the base at 8,192 points
5. Most tables require 3+ fan to declare a win at all
FAN CHEAT SHEET:
• +1: Self-drawn, Concealed, Dragon pung, Seat wind, Prevailing wind, No flowers
• +1 each: Flower/season tiles matching your seat wind (others score 0)
• +3: All Pungs, Mixed One Suit
• +4: Seven Pairs
• +7: Pure One Suit
• Limit (10+): All Honors, All Terminals, Thirteen Orphans, Nine Gates
STRATEGY INSIGHT:
Don't just aim for a winning hand — aim for a VALUABLE one.
Sometimes waiting one extra turn for a concealed self-draw
can multiply your payout several times over (2 extra fan quadruples
the base, and self-draw collects 1.5x what a discard win would).
Risk vs reward is the heart of mahjong.
Next up: Advanced Hands & Limit Hands!