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Originally Posted by Archon_Wing
...In the end, a lot of people will go "my mahjong rules are better than yours" but in reality there's something wrong with all of them. I recommend playing in a different style every now and then, though. It'll give you a bit more insight. A lot of people think 13 orphans is the ultimate yakuman, when in reality, it's actually the easiest to make.
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Have you heard of "
Zung Jung" rules? It clearly borrows a lot from Riichi, but is designed to be more balanced. The main differences:
1. There's no dora, and less random luck bonuses.
2. There's less emphasis on closed hands.
3. The hand values are rebalanced to actually be fair...there's no more disproportionally weak hands like All Terminals (chanta).
4. Hands have linear value, without doubling.
I've played it a few times, and it's worked quite well.
The only thing I like to "change" about it is to play with a standard score value of "0." As it is, you choose a standard score value, and after a ron, non-winning players split the cost up to that value, then whoever discarded the tile pays the rest above that value. But I think "discarded pays 100%" is by far the best way (and preserves the purpose of defensive play).