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Match or in a row

Three tiles must all match or all be in a row. 7, 7, and 8 is neither.

What this lesson teaches

Three tiles must all match or all be in a row. 7, 7, and 8 is neither.

  • A Group is a Run or a Set.

Takeaway: All the same, or all in a row.

Transcript

In Mahjong Island, a Group's tiles either all match or all run in a row. 7, 7, and 8 Characters does neither.

Three 7 Characters all match, so they make a Set.

And 7, 8, and 9 Characters run in a row, so they make a Run.

Two of one tile plus its neighbor is halfway to both, and finished as neither.

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