Rule presets

This rule preset represents the New Style version of the Chinese Mah Jong. This version of Mah Jong evolved originally among the leisure class in Peking and Shanghai (and is sometimes known as Shanghai Pai) and became popular in many parts of Asia (particularly in Taiwan) after the Second World War. The basic rules are the same as in other Chinese versions of Mah Jong, but here the emphasis is on collecting combinations in certain patterns (e.g., three similar Chows of different suits, three Pungs in sequence, etc.).

Tiles	136 (Flowers and Seasons are used occasionally; sometimes jokers, 4, 8 or 16, are used, as well; Four Winds allows a maximum of 8 jokers)
Initial points	5,000
Limit points	64; the maximum final score determined by the settling table is 4 laaks (64 points doubled four times, i.e., 1,024 points) earned by hands worth 20 faan or more.
Restrictions for the winning hand	None
Claiming rules for going out	Player first in turn wins
Passing of the deal	When non-dealer wins
Rule of Ready	None
Dead hand rules	None
Payment	To winner only; Chinese Modern scheme
Discards	In random order, no extended discard information
Specialties	Patterns emphasized; all Kongs accepted as concealed Pungs
Scoring	Faan-Laak system
Basic tile points	None
Scores for basic sets	Standard, but faan instead of doubles
Scores for Flowers and Seasons	Not used
Scores for patterns based on Chows	Same Chow from all suits (3 faan), Two identical Chows (2 faan), Two identical Chows twice (9 faan), 123 and 789 of the same suit (1 faan), 3 Chows of 1 suit, step 3 (3 faan)
Scores for patterns based on Pungs and Kongs	Triplets 1 and 9 of the same suit (1 faan), Little Three Dragons (6 faan)
Scores for patterns based on the whole hand	Exposed hand (all Kongs allowed, 2 faan), Concealed hand (all Kongs allowed, 1 faan), Fully concealed hand (no Kongs allowed, 3 faan), Chow hand (no traditional value pairs allowed; 1 faan), Pung hand (3 faan), All Simples (1 faan), Terminal or Honor in each set (1 faan), Terminal in each set (2 faan), All Terminals and Honors (9 faan, Pung hand implied), All suits, Dragons and Winds (3 faan), Two suits only (2 faan), One Suit with Honors (3 faan), One Suit only (9 faan)
Scores for miscellaneous patterns	Four same in two sets (1 faan), Four same in three sets (1 faan), Four same in four sets (1 faan)
Scores for winning	Self-drawn last tile (1 faan), Out on a one-chance Chow (1 faan), Out on a pair (1 faan), Out on 4th of its kind (1 faan), Out on the last tile of the Wall (1 faan), Out on the last discard (1 faan), Out on a supplement tile (1 faan), Out by robbing a Kong (1 faan)
Rounding	None
Penalties	Faulty out: The deal continues normally but the offender pays 100% of Limit points (i.e., 64 points) to each of the other players, East does not pay/receive double; Faulty claims: None; Insurance penalties: Last five tiles error; Nine tiles error
Limit hands	Classical: Four Kongs (1600% of Limit), Hidden Treasure (1600%), Three Great Scholars (9 faan + components), Little Four Winds (12 faan + components), Big Four Winds (1600%), All Honors (1600%), All Terminals (1600%), Nine Gates (1600%) and Thirteen Orphans (1600%); Serpents: None; Pairs: None; Special ways of going out: Heavenly hand (1600%), Earthly hand (only from East's discard, 1600%), Kong on Kong (6 faan + components); American hands: None; Miscellaneous: None.

Faan	Discarded	Self-drawn
1	2+2+4=8	4+4+4=12
2	4+4+8=16	8+8+8=24
3	8+8+16=32	16+16+16=48
4	16+16+32=64	32+32+32=96
5	32+32+64=128	64+64+64=192
6 (1 laak)	64+64+128=256	128+128+128=384
7	74+74+148=296	148+148+148=444
8	84+84+168=336	168+168+168=504
9 (2 laaks)	128+128+256=512	256+256+256=768
10	138+138+276=552	276+276+276=828
11	148+148+296=592	296+296+296=888
12 (3 laaks)	256+256+512=1024	512+512+512=1536
13	266+266+532=1064	532+532+532=1596
14	276+276+552=1104	552+552+552=1656
15 (4 laaks)	512+512+1024=2048	1024+1024+1024=3072
16	522+522+1044=2088	1044+1044+1044=3132
17	532+532+1064=2128	1064+1064+1064=3192
18	542+542+1084=2168	1084+1084+1084=3252
19	552+552+1104=2208	1104+1104+1104=3312
20 (5 laaks)	1024+1024+2048=4096	2048+2048+2048=6144

Chinese New Style

Settling table

The final scores are determined by using a simple settling table where a certain amount of faan corresponds certain amount of final points. The following table shows the final payments per loser (notice that all pay double on a self-drawn winning tile, otherwise only the discarder pays double).