Yahoo! Games Games Home - Yahoo!

$page_utitle MAHJONG STRATEGY
  Play Now! 

Basics   Making MahJong   Sample Hands   Tactics   Glossary  
The dilemma that MahJong players regularly face, and which makes the game so interesting, is whether to go for a harder-to-make, high-scoring hand or an easy-to-make, low-scoring hand. Either strategy may be correct in a given hand, and you must be ready to change your goals as other player's discards and the tiles you draw alter the odds. Being flexible is a key to success.

It's good to make a tentative decision right after you see your initial hand, so you can choose discards that match your strategy.

The better your initial hand, the more ambitious a hand you can afford to try for. When your hand has poor chances to score well, though, you may as well aim for a quick MahJong.