Mahjong, a four-player game, is one of the most popular card games in Brazil. In Brazil, a traditional version of Mahjong is played, and there are a few differences from the original Chinese version.
When playing Mahjong in Brazil, the game consists of two rounds of playing. Each round lasts for 14 rounds, with four players taking part. In order to win the round, players have to accumulate more points than their opponents. The player with the most points at the end of the round wins the game.
Players begin with 14 tiles, which are divided into four suits: bamboo, characters, circles, and winds. Each player is responsible for their own suit and must play their tiles. After all the tiles from the respective suits have been played, the winner is determined. Players can win points by collecting combinations of tiles, which are known as pungs, chows, or kongs.
Each player is dealt four tiles from the set of tiles. Players must use the tiles to form combinations, and each combination is worth a certain number of points. The winner of the game is the player who has the most points after all the tiles have been played.