For 2 Players

The game is played as normal except that:

• The players choose to be East or West Wind

• No Chows are allowed (no Chow points or bonuses can be used)

• No player can go Mahjong until their hand contains 4 pairs or can reach 500 points

• East Wind doesn't pay/receive double their Mahjong score

For 3 Players

The game is played as normal except that:

• The players choose from three Winds, which must include East

• No Chows are allowed (no Chow points or bonuses can be used)

For 5 Players

The game is played as normal except that:

• If tallies are used, they are divided equally among the five players

• The four Wind tiles and a White Dragon are used to determine the Winds, the player choosing the Dragon sitting out the first session. The player who sits out a session is called the Dreamer.

• When the player who is East Wind doesn't go Mahjong they retire, the Winds rotate and the incoming player becomes North Wind.

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