Mahjong Compendium

Proto-mahjong Chinese classical Babcock rules Western / British Empire style Israeli Mah-Jongg Association

Israeli Mah-Jongg Association

Cross-comparison

single-source — only one source was found; nothing independent confirms it

SourceTilesHandFlowersScoringPayout
[1]144 tiles or kards13, out on 14melded upon receiptcalculate points then apply doubles, with numbers varying greatly from other formsall players
  • [1] SEARCHED AND NOT FOUND: a targeted search for the Israeli Mah-Jongg Association's own rules, in English and in Hebrew (איגוד המהג'ונג הישראלי), returned nothing about the association, its rules, tiles or scoring. Results were dominated by American mahjong and general Jewish-mahjong material, which is a different subject. No second source for this node was located, and the association's own site was not found

Reading it

Still one source, and now known to be hard rather than merely unchecked. Sloperama gives 144 tiles or kards, a 13-tile hand, flowers melded on receipt, all players paid, and scoring whose numbers vary greatly from other forms — the last being the only real hint at what distinguishes it. A targeted search in English and Hebrew found nothing about the association's own rules; the results were swamped by American mahjong and general Jewish-mahjong material, which is a different subject and should not be mistaken for this node. Anyone with Hebrew and a route to the association itself would likely resolve this quickly; web search alone does not.

Sources

  1. Sloper, Tom. "FAQ 2b: Identifying a Mah-Jongg Variant." Sloperama. canonical checked 2026-09-18

    Tile counts, hand sizes, flower handling and scoring for roughly 50 named variants. Primary source for most leaf nodes in this chart.

    https://www.sloperama.com/mjfaq/mjfaq02b.html

    Also cited on: Chinese archaic, Chinese pre-classical, Chinese classical, Shanghai / Hong Kong new style, Hong Kong old style, Modern HKOS and 43 more · bibliography #1

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