Play by play: Folding with focus
Folding shouldn’t feel like a bitter defeat. Folding can be just as aggressive as a riichi — You’re denying your opponent that win they need so much. So you don’t need to ever recreate...
Category: Play-by-play
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...
Play by Play: Orasu
These play by plays are less in-depth strategy discussion and more like a collection of thematic tales, some with a moral twist. I’m a Geoffrey Chaucer-type traveling through a world of yaku and players,...
Play-by-play: Jerk Move
Warning: This post is not for faint-hearted. You might want to save it for Halloween. I do not fear furiten. Those who have watched me play can attest to that. I am more than...
FFXIV: Play by Play
Hello! We haven’t done these for a while, right? I bet you started to forget that this was a riichi site amongst all the Hitler’s Blunders and mahjong collections. If you’re new to Riichi...
More Kantroversy!
I apologize for the title. I’ve been to New York – Vienna – London – Tokyo… ALL for mahjong in only just over a month. I’m a little exhausted and the puns are even...
Yes, We Can Kan
Searching for an IORMC game to write a play-by-play over, Gemma makes a connection between hungry ghosts and calling a kan. Oh, and there’s still a play-by-play.
Canadian IORMC Qualifying Game: Play-by-play
Instead of choosing a top-level game from IORMC, I want to talk about a game I remember. (Perhaps this is the sort of self-centered behavior I need to discuss with a therapist.) But most...