Game Groups > Genre: Card / Tile game - Taiwanese mahjong

Taiwanese mahjong is a unique mahjong variant with several rules which set it apart from other variants. Games are played with hands of sixteen tiles, instead of thirteen as in most other versions of mahjong, with a winning hand consisting of seventeen tiles total. The different number of tiles means that the sets which make up a winning hand are different as well: five sets and a pair. Certain scoring patterns become easier than in other mahjong variants while others become more difficult, and a few special hands which are only possible with a 13-tile hand have been omitted.

Taiwanese mahjong is primarily played in Taiwan and is less-commonly played elsewhere. As a result, most video game adaptations are in Chinese and tailored towards a Taiwanese audience.