Monthly Archive: December 2019

What a difference a decade makes!

As we pass another forced milestone on our calendars, it’s a great opportunity to look back at what the riichi community has achieved. It’s very easy to get caught up in the local setbacks...

Xmas Quiz: Answers

Answers to our RR Holiday Quiz! Question 1 Answer: A You want to be thinking of going for a 345 or 456 sanshoku haneman. Drawing a dora won’t be a problem then, as it...

Xmas Quiz

I guess you’ve finished all your other idle browsing habits on this holiday and finally you’ve arrived here with Riichi Reporter! Hope you’re having a great holiday! As an extra special treat from the...

WRC Announces More Quota Seats

So far only the players of countries in the European Mahjong Association have had any clarity on their chances of reaching the big event in Vienna next year. The World Riichi Championship have finally...

Play-by-Play: Playing the Dora

It was the IORMC recently, and I have taken a hand from one of their games to review. It’s anonymized so feel free to pretend it had nothing to do with you. I liked...

WRC’s Super Weekend

Last weekend, at opposite ends of the world, two fierce qualifiers were fought for a wild card seat to the World Riichi Championship 2020. G-Research hosted a central London qualifier, and the Austrialian Riichi...

RR Cooks! Filipino Lumpia

RR Cooks! is a series featuring recipes that lurk out there in the kitchens of our readers around the world, and tells a little bit about why each recipe is important or special to...

WRC Hosts Open Q&A

Last Saturday, Gemma Sakamoto of World Riichi Championship (WRC) hosted an open meeting, offering the public an opportunity to ask any questions they might have about the WRC or the 2020 tournament in Vienna....