What makes the game special
Know all 152 tiles by sight
Read the hands on the card
Walls, mixing, and the deal
How tile-trading works
What to keep, what to pass
Using jokers and calling
Match your tiles to hands
What happens each turn
Pick the right hand to chase
Read the table, don't feed in
The unwritten table rules
When something goes wrong
Who pays whom, and how much
Start to finish, one full hand
Advanced Strategy
Play smarter from what you see
Stay flexible, then commit
Errors that cost good players
Someone cancelled — the game still goes on
2 players, 2 hands each — a different kind of game
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