Games Like Showdown! Mahjong Tutorial Included

Showdown: Mahjong Tutorial Included (‘Showdown Mahjong’ for short) is a Mahjong-inspired roguelike deck-builder where you can...

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Showdown Tournament

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Goal: Declare Riichi or Showdown (Tenpai: One Tile Away from Winning) before you run out of turns, and score enough points before you run out of games. This is a Mahjong roguelike where your extensive knowledge of Japanese Mahjong hands—while not required—will be greatly rewarded. Otherwise, you can gain practical experience through the Showdown Tournament, which helps you learn and memorize the numerous hands—known as Yaku—in Japanese Mahjong, while encouraging you to aim for higher scores, unlock achievements, and discover hidden content. Detailed explanations of each yaku are included and categorized for easier memorization.

The Showdown Tournament provides many tools to help you succeed, provided you manage your resources effectively:

Sign Sponsors that reward you when you meet their conditions.

Modify the tiles in your wall with Fluffies to score your favorite yaku more consistently.

Gain power-ups by reading Books.

Use the power of Friendship to cheat without altering the tiles in your wall.

Battle through different Bosses to win the tournament.

Consume Food to gain permanent buffs during your current run.

Master Mahjong through increasing difficulty levels, each designed to reflect advanced rulesets such as furiten.

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Tutorial

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If you are just starting out and trying to learn Mahjong, we got you covered!

"I don’t want to have to read the phone book to play some Chinese solitaire." —Some guy referring to a Mahjong rulebook.

And that guy was absolutely right. I didn’t just read the phone book—I turned it into an 11-step interactive Mahjong tutorial so you don’t have to. My name is Mahjong Sensei, and I designed this tutorial to guide you through the different suits and actions in Mahjong with a clear, step-by-step approach. 

By the end of this tutorial, you’ll have the confidence to know you’re fully justified in slapping your opponent’s hand away with your tile pusher when they try to Chii against your Pon.

Major benefits of learning Mahjong:

Fringe Benefits of learning Mahjong: