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WO1996014118A1
WO1996014118A1 PCT/JP1994/001882 JP9401882W WO9614118A1 WO 1996014118 A1 WO1996014118 A1 WO 1996014118A1 JP 9401882 W JP9401882 W JP 9401882W WO 9614118 A1 WO9614118 A1 WO 9614118A1
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Ichiro Tatsumi
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/20—Dominoes or like games; Mah-Jongg games
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/20—Dominoes or like games; Mah-Jongg games
    • A63F2009/205—Mah-jongg games

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  • Mah Jong has a long and puzzling history. There are many theories about its origin but none of them is valid or reliable. It has for centuries been a favorite game of the Chinese and the game found its way from China to America in the early nineteen twenties. Almost simultaneously, it was introduced into Japan, and became enormous popular. Today, the Japanese are the foremost players of the game. In America, none of these offshoots have retained their popularity for long. As first introduced to America, so many of the features which made it such a stimulating and enduringly popular game in China were deleated. As a result, it soon became burdened with a mass of additions contributed by various American players who found it unsatisfactory in its "original " form. A number of authorities appeared who differed from one another so widely that disputes about the rules became a great hindrance to its popularity. By that time the groups of players in various parts of country had lost their enthusiasm for learning, or unlearning rules, and soon returned to bridge.
  • the sheet can be a towel, a velvet sheet or the cloth used on pool tables.
  • Each stick shows directions such as " EAST.” “SOUTH.” “WEST. " "NORTH. *
  • the game set also contains a set of "bones " used like the chips in poker, for scoring. There are four kinds of bones as in the Fig. 4. Each has a different color.
  • Each tile's front is concave in a curved shape or a box shape as in Fig. 5.
  • the goal of the game is to "go out” by completing a hand composed of four sets of three tiles each, plus a pair, totaling fourteen tiles.
  • a set may be any of the following, a sequence ( three consecutive tiles of one suit ) a triplet ( three identical tiles )
  • the game rules are based on the rules of the Japan Mah Jong Association. However, scoring of the game is extremely complicated and hence it has become a burden to many beginners of Mah Jong. The scoring has been revised so that the rules and scoring system are more easily understood. In original “Mah Jong,” there are many combinations of winning hands. In this "American Mah Jong,” most of the winning hands have been kept and are shown in table 6.

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Abstract

Le Mah-Jong américain est un nouveau jeu qui est fondé sur les règles de l'association japonaise de Mah-Jong. Certaines adaptations ont été apportées pour que les besoins des nouveaux joueurs puissent être satisfaits, non seulement au Japon mais également à l'étranger. Certaines de ces adaptations majeures concernent le système de marquage des points et la conception de ce jeu. On a créé en outre, pour ce jeu, quatre pastilles autocollantes, qui constituent en elles-mêmes aussi une invention. Ces pastilles visent à aider la feuille d'amortissement des sons à rester étroitement en contact avec la table, à faciliter la présentation des pièces appelées tuiles et à faciliter l'alignement des tuiles. Elles servent également à montrer chaque direction. Dans ce jeu, différents 'os' de couleur sont utilisés pour le marquage des points. La face de chaque tuile est concave et adopte une forme soit incurvée soit de parallélépipède.
PCT/JP1994/001882 1994-11-08 1994-11-08 Mah-jong americain Ceased WO1996014118A1 (fr)

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Cited By (1)

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US6834857B2 (en) 2001-01-24 2004-12-28 Sabing H. Lee Game and method of playing

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US1450852A (en) * 1923-04-03 Jest available corn
US1479350A (en) * 1923-01-03 1924-01-01 Eli H Wiel Game accessory
US1506088A (en) * 1922-10-21 1924-08-26 John T Gaffey Mah-juck rack
US1571374A (en) * 1922-11-11 1926-02-02 Leroy L Richard Playing-game implement
US2873976A (en) * 1956-12-04 1959-02-17 Alatorre Francisco Game pieces
US4227698A (en) * 1979-03-14 1980-10-14 Kabushikikaisha Anoa Table game

Patent Citations (6)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1450852A (en) * 1923-04-03 Jest available corn
US1506088A (en) * 1922-10-21 1924-08-26 John T Gaffey Mah-juck rack
US1571374A (en) * 1922-11-11 1926-02-02 Leroy L Richard Playing-game implement
US1479350A (en) * 1923-01-03 1924-01-01 Eli H Wiel Game accessory
US2873976A (en) * 1956-12-04 1959-02-17 Alatorre Francisco Game pieces
US4227698A (en) * 1979-03-14 1980-10-14 Kabushikikaisha Anoa Table game

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6834857B2 (en) 2001-01-24 2004-12-28 Sabing H. Lee Game and method of playing

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