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Rules & Etiquette
House Rules
Our standard game for 2025 uses a ruleset that's nearly the standard EMA ruleset. Rules that differ from the EMA ruleset are shown below.
| Tobi (Bankruptcy) | No | Play continues even if a player has less than 0 points |
| 13+ han scores | Yakuman | |
| Double yakuman | ||
| — Daisuushi (Big Four Winds) | Yes |
For reference, the remainder of the ruleset which aligns with EMA is shown below.
| Open tanyao | Yes | |
| Starting points | 30,000 | |
| Uma | 15/5 | |
| Kiriage mangan | No | Mangan requires at least 4 han and 30 fu, or 3 han and 70 fu |
| Ryanhan shibari | No | There is no minimum han to win a hand |
| Double wind pair scores | 4 fu | |
| Agariyame | No | If a dealer wins in all last, play continues |
| Nagashi mangan | No | |
| Renhou (Blessing of Man) | Mangan | |
| Kan-dora reveal on Minkan | Before discard | |
| Double ron | Yes | |
| Triple ron | Yes | |
| Stacked yakuman | No | |
| Double yakuman | ||
| — Suuankou tanki | No | Single-wait Four Concealed Triplets |
| — Chuurenpotou, 9-sided wait | No | True 9 Gates, 9-sided wait |
| — Kokushimusou, 13-sided wait | No | 13 Orphans, 13-sided wait |
| Abortive Draws | ||
| — 4x Same wind discard in first round | No | |
| — 4x Riichi | No | |
| — 4x Kan, not all by same player | No | |
| — 9 Terminals and Honors | No | |
| — Triple ron | No | |
| Sekininbarai / Pao | A player that confirms another's yakuman pays a liability penalty | |
| — Daisangen | Yes | Three Big Dragons |
| — Daisuushi | Yes | Four Big Winds |
| — Suukantsu | No | Four Concealed Triplets |
Yaku Reference
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