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JAPANESE RIICHI

14-tile game · yaku + dora, scored by han and fu

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How Scoring Works — Yaku or Nothing

A riichi hand needs at least one yaku — no yaku, no win, no exceptions. Yaku award han; han pair with fu (minipoints from the hand's shape and wait) to set the payout on the classic table: mangan, haneman, baiman, sanbaiman and the summit, yakuman. Open hands pay a price: several yaku lose 1 han when the hand is not concealed. Dora add 1 han each — they never make a hand legal by themselves, but they fatten one that already is.

The Yakuman — 13 Han, Take a Bow

Kokushi Musou (Thirteen Orphans) (13): one of every terminal and honor plus a pair of any of them.

Suuankou (Four Concealed Triplets) (13).

Daisangen (Big Three Dragons) (13): pungs of all three dragons.

Daisuushi (Big Four Winds) (13): pungs of all four winds. Shousuushi (Little Four Winds) (13): three wind pungs plus the fourth as the pair.

Tsuuiisou (All Honours) (13). Chinroutou (All Terminals) (13). Ryuuiisou (All Green) (13): bamboo 2,3,4,6,8 and the Green Dragon.

Chuuren Poutou (Nine Gates) (13): concealed 1112345678999 in one suit.

Tenhou (Blessing of Heaven) (13): the dealer wins on the dealt hand, before any discard. Chiihou (Blessing of Earth) (13): a non-dealer wins on their very first draw, before any call interrupts.

Daisangen (Big Three Dragons) — 13 han
RD RD RD GD GD GD WD WD WD
Kokushi Musou (Thirteen Orphans) — 13 han
1m 9m 1p 9p 1s 9s E S W N RD GD WD E
Ryuuiisou (All Green) — 13 han
2s 3s 4s 2s 3s 4s 6s 6s 6s GD GD GD 8s 8s
Suuankou (Four Concealed Triplets) — 13 han
1m 1m 1m 4p 4p 4p 7s 7s 7s 9m 9m 9m E E

The Big Closers — 6 to 3 Han

Chinitsu (Full Flush): one suit only — 6 han closed, 5 open.

Ryanpeikou (3, closed only): two separate pairs of identical runs.

Junchan: a terminal in every set — 3 closed, 2 open.

Honitsu (Half Flush): one suit plus honors — 3 closed, 2 open.

Chinitsu (Full Flush) — 6 han
1m 2m 3m 3m 4m 5m 6m 7m 8m 9m 9m 9m 5m 5m
Ryanpeikou — 3 han
2p 3p 4p 2p 3p 4p 6s 7s 8s 6s 7s 8s RD RD
Honitsu (Half Flush) — 3 han
1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p E E E W W
Junchan (Terminals in all sets) — 3 han
1m 2m 3m 7m 8m 9m 1p 2p 3p 9s 9s 9s 1p 1p

The Twos — the Workhorses

Double Riichi (2): riichi declared on your very first discard.

Sanshoku Doujun (2 closed, 1 open): the same run in all three suits.

Ittsu (Pure Straight) (2 closed, 1 open): 1-9 in one suit.

Sanshoku Doukou (2): the same triplet in all three suits.

Sanankou (2): three concealed triplets. Sankantsu (2): three kongs.

Toitoi (All Triplets) (2). Chiitoitsu (Seven Pairs) (2, closed only).

Honroutou (2): terminals and honours only. Shousangen (Little Dragons) (2): two dragon pungs plus the third as the pair.

Chanta (Outside Hand) (2 closed, 1 open): a terminal or honor in every set.

Sanshoku Doujun — 2 han
5m 6m 7m 5p 6p 7p 5s 6s 7s
Chiitoitsu (Seven Pairs) — 2 han
1m 1m 4m 4m 6p 6p 9p 9p 2s 2s 7s 7s N N
Shousangen (Little Dragons) — 2 han
RD RD RD GD GD GD WD WD
Toitoi (All Triplets) — 2 han
2m 2m 2m 5p 5p 5p 8s 8s 8s E E E 9s 9s
Sanshoku Doukou — 2 han
7m 7m 7m 7p 7p 7p 7s 7s 7s
Ittsu (Pure Straight) — 2 han
1m 2m 3m 4m 5m 6m 7m 8m 9m

The Ones — Fast and Frequent

Riichi (1): declare with a concealed ready hand and a 1,000-point stick.

Ippatsu (1): win within one go-around of declaring riichi.

Menzen Tsumo (1): concealed self-draw.

Pinfu (1): all runs, valueless pair, two-sided wait — the featherweight.

Tanyao (All Simples) (1): no terminals or honors.

Yakuhai (1 each): a pung of dragons, your seat wind, or the round wind.

Iipeikou (1, closed only): two identical runs.

Haitei/Houtei (1): the wall's last tile or the last discard. Rinshan Kaihou (1): winning on a kong replacement. Chankan (1): robbing a kong.

Dora (1 each): indicator-picked bonus tiles — han, never yaku.

Pinfu — 1 han
2m 3m 4m 5p 6p 7p 3s 4s 5s 6s 7s 8s 9p 9p
Tanyao (All Simples) — 1 han
2m 3m 4m 5m 5m 5m 6p 7p 8p 3s 4s 5s 8s 8s
Iipeikou — 1 han
3p 4p 5p 3p 4p 5p

Riichi Sticks, Fu and the Table

Declaring riichi stakes a 1,000-point stick — the winner of the hand collects all staked sticks. Fu count the hand's minipoints: 20 for the base, plus bonuses for triplets (concealed worth double, terminals/honors worth double again), kongs, a valueless-pair wait, and the wait shape; a concealed ron adds 10, and totals round up to the nearest 10. Han and fu meet at the payout table, where 5 han is mangan, 6-7 haneman, 8-10 baiman, 11-12 sanbaiman and 13 the yakuman. The strict 20-fu open pinfu house rule ships as a switch.

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