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snvzz | 7 days ago

Riichi is the fun one, where skill weights over luck.

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alexb_|6 days ago

Riichi is the most fun one, in my opinion, but I would not go so far as to say "skill weights over luck". The absolute best Riichi players win less than 25% of hands.

haunter|7 days ago

I also prefer riichi. Furiten is such a game changer, all other rulesets feel a bit less after that

whateveracct|7 days ago

Riichi is a good candidate for a video game due to all the specific rules. It has a lot of room for QoL. I have an app on my phone [1] that has made it fun to play and learn thanks to the guidance it has with the rules

[1] https://kemono.games/game/Kemono-Mahjong hunky furries aside, it's a really good single player Riichi app lol

snarf21|5 days ago

I design games and have been working on a Red Riichi variant where one of each number is red and this drives scoring instead of all the myriad of Yaku. All the Yaku are hard for beginners to onboard and a lot of hands have to good path to an interesting Yaku and just depend on luck to be able to call Riichi. I'm still testing it but I find it more interesting.

I also have a card game version that implements some of these ideas (although it doesn't have a Furiten concept).

koolala|7 days ago

I've been looking for a free one with really good helper UI to keep track of all the rules.