Mah Jongg???

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I got my wacom graphire 4x5 tablet in Tuesday and last night I hooked it up and played my computer version of mahjongg...
this is going to be great way to familiarize myself with the pen and tablet.

I tend to play very rapidly and so while i'm scanning for matches my hand is moving the pen around clicking tiles.
I think the tablet is going to get a fair amount of game time (this is my only game) besides the schoolwork i'll be doing with it.

I've been trying to download Goban, the game for macs, but it's not working for me. Maybe it's not being supported anymore and the site isn't downloading the game anymore?

Whitedragon... thanks for that link. I just checked it out and I may try it.

Wow, the real game sounds more challenging! I have it on my cel phone and it has gotten me through so many boring meetings at work!

Go Ranks are from 30k (Complete Beginner) to 1k (Strong Beginner) then 1 Dan to 10 Dan.

Then it gets confusing.

Oh, you were talking about GO. I thought you meant the MahJongg game.
I don't play GO yet.
I haven't the slightest idea how.
But when I have time I plan on checking it out.

I did find a GO Association of some sort online and they have links and information.
I just haven't had the time to read it yet.. only found it this evening.

麻雀 天極牌 by Hangame | オンライン対戦麻雀 by NHN hangame Corp.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/%E9%BA% ... 14302?mt=8

麻将来了（QQ麻将） by Tencent Mobile Games
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/%E9%BA% ... 23356?mt=8


these two are the best I could find.

This is a ten year old thread by the way.

But having said that...

Mah Jongg was big in my grandparents day back in the Twenties and Thirties. Mom told me that its the same thing as rummy, or as gin rummy, one of the two, except that its played with tiles instead of with playing cards. Same darn thing.

Forgotten how to play gin rummy, and have never tried mah jongg.

HAVE played Go, though. Very different game. Go is awesome.

Exactly. Chess is a battle. Go is the whole war.

Yes. Go (take the glide off of the end of the "o" sound in the English word "go", to say it right) was invented in ancient China, spread to Korea, and then to Japan. In Japan its been a major national obsession for centuries.

The basic equipment of the game is very simple. A board and identical pieces (called "stones") of two different colors. But the game goes to complex heights equal to, if not beyond, chess. The stones are placed at intersections of the grid on the board (not on the squares), and remain stationary. The players try to create formations of stones to seize territory, and to strangle the other player's formations.

Go is also great because it's designed to allow for handicapping which gives beginners more strength to learn until players can be equally matched.