Messy mahjong
- Missy Mahjong
- 1 day ago
- 2 min read
Updated: 16 hours ago
What exactly is messy mahjong?
Girl, let me tell YOU! No walls. No dealing. Just turn those tiles over and let’s play.
Two player messy mahjong
When I play one-on-one mahj (also called two player mahjong or Siamese mahjong) with my mahji-bestie, we only play messy.
This means that we turn the tiles over. If it’s my set, I start with 28 and she starts with 27. For two players, there is no Charleston. I discard, she picks from any of the face-down tiles, and play continues.
Four player messy mahjong
Messy mahjong with four players is similar.
No walls, no formalities of dealing
East picks 14 from wherever and the other three players select 13 tiles
Instead of drawing from the walls, we draw from any of the face-down tiles
Four player messy mahjong usually includes at least one Charleston and a courtesy. If you are playing with me, I always dance twice!
If you want to skip the Charleston, you can opt to do that. Your table, your rules!
Give me a reason to play messy mahjong
I’ll give you TWO good reasons to play messy mahjong. I know, I know… I’m so generous!
The first reason is the obvious reason to play messy mahjong: it is fast. You don’t need to organize the tiles or think about moving out the next wall.
No walls, no formalities of dealing.
The second reason to play messy mahjong is luck.
When I am picking great tiles from the left side, I may continue to keep picking from that section. When my luck is awful and I haven’t seen a joker? New area please. I control my own destiny when I can choose which is my next tile.
Is Messy Mahjong accepted by the NMJL?
The NMJL doesn’t allow table rules. So, let’s just say that messy mahjong is for my table rules gals only.
When friends meet for coffee and we want to chat and play and catch up about all the things… we will probably be playing messy mahjong.
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