Rule presets - Chinese Transitional

This rule preset represents a kind of a mixture of the Chinese classical, Old Style (Hong Kong) and New Style Mah Jong. These three styles are normally described separately in rule books, but they actually existed side by side during the 1930's, and were frequently intermingled. Though these kinds of rules are seldom used in modern Mah Jong, they illustrate well how the classical game was eventually developed into the Old Style and New Style.

The rules use the classical scoring system, where the basic sets, winning and certain special ways of going out earn point scores. In addition, numerous New Style patterns the scoring of which is specified in doubles are acknowledged. Applying the classical linear doubling would easily result in extremely high scores, and accordingly these rules are the first to apply the concept of regulated doubles, a feature that is so typical to modern Asian Mah Jong.

Otherwise the rules are typically Old Style: the losers do not settle the scores and East winner is not paid double – instead, if the winner goes out self-drawn, all pay double, and if he goes out on a discard, the discarder pays double and the other losers normally.

Tiles	136
Initial points	2,000
Limit points	2,000
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; concealed Kongs accepted as concealed Pungs
Scoring	Regulated doubles
Basic tile points	Standard, except that 2 points are paid also for ordinary wind pairs.
Scores for basic sets	Standard
Scores for Flowers and Seasons	Not used
Scores for patterns based on Chows	Same Chow from all suits (1 dbl), Two identical Chows (1 dbl), Two identical Chows twice (6 dbl), 123 and 789 of the same suit (1 dbl), 123 and 789 twice of the same suit (6 dbl), 123 and 789 twice of two suits (6 dbl), 3 Chows of 2 suits, step 3 (1 dbl), 3 Chows of 1 suit, step 3 (2 dbl)
Scores for patterns based on Pungs and Kongs	Three concealed triplets (2 dbl), Two concealed Kongs (2 dbl), Three concealed Kongs (3 dbl), Four concealed triplets (3 dbl), Four concealed Kongs (12 dbl), Little Three Dragons (6 dbl)
Scores for patterns based on the whole hand	Concealed hand (concealed Kongs allowed, 1 dbl), Fully concealed hand (concealed Kongs allowed, 2 dbl), Chow hand (no Honors allowed; 1 dbl), Pung hand (2 dbl), All Simples (1 dbl), Terminal or Honor in each set (1 dbl), Terminal in each set (3 dbl), Same number in each set (6 dbl), All of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (3 dbl), All of 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (3 dbl), All suits, Dragons and Winds (3 dbl), Two suits only (1 dbl), One Suit and Honors (2 dbl), One Suit only (6 dbl)
Scores for miscellaneous patterns	Pair of 2's, 5's or 8's (1 dbl), Four same in two sets (1 dbl), Four same in three sets (3 dbl), Four same in four sets (6 dbl)
Scores for winning	Winning (20 pts), Fully exposed hand (2 dbl), Self-drawn last tile (2 pts), Out on a one-chance Chow (2 pts), Out on a pair (2 pts), Out on 4th of its kind (1 dbl), One-chance hand (1 dbl), Out on the last tile of the Wall (1 dbl), Out on a supplement tile (1 faan), Out by robbing a Kong (1 faan)
Rounding	The points are rounded off to nearest ten before doubles (up from 6, down from 5).
Penalties	Faulty out: None; Faulty claims: None; Insurance penalties: None
Limit hands	Classical: Three Great Scholars (12 dbl + components), Little Four Winds (6 dbl + components), Big Four Winds (12 dbl + components), Thirteen Orphans (6 dbl + components); Serpents: None; Pairs: Seven pairs (identical pairs allowed; 3 dbl); Special ways of going out: Heavenly hand (12 dbl + components), Earthly hand (narrowed interpretation: only for non-dealer going out on a self-drawn tile before any melds appear on the table, 12 dbl + components); American hands: None; Miscellaneous: Independent (2 dbl + components).