>>4085948>or should I just look up a guideProbably, basic Japanese mahjong gameplay isn't that difficult to learn or anything, at its core it's just about trying to put together a good 13-tile hand consisting of certain combinations of tiles primarily from triplets like 1-2-3 or 7-7-7 or West-West-West or what have you, though pairs and quads are in there too. You draw and discard a tile every turn, other people can steal your discard to complete a tile combination of their own (though that generally weakens your point potential), and the first one to complete a 13-tile hand wins the round and like in poker more difficult hands net more points (which are subtracted from one or all opponents' points depending on whether you drew or stole the last winning tile).
There's more to it of course but point is that it's not as impenetrable as people imagine and you can definitely figure it out with a guide if you're interested, if you have 0 Japanese knowledge then the tricky part is mostly learning to recognize the less obvious tiles and dealing with the large number of different winning hands.
