>>55412879>What kind of mental calculations are required?a lot depending on how hard youre trying and how much knowledge you have, thats what makes jong fun is that almost anyone can pick it up and play just for fun but a more knowledgeable player can see 200 different angles that a newbie has no idea about
A high level player has to focus on their own hand, the discards and calls of 3 other players, and other factors like yaku all while relying on the luck of the draw, at the end of the day jong is a luck based game so a really lucky new player can destroy an unluckly veteran, however a veteran has more knowledge which allows them to better maneuver a bad luck situation and capitalize better on a good luck situation