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Mahjong: A Visual Guide

Ranked 2 of 5 online guides by recommenders

People recommend this free visual guide for learning mahjong, saying it is clear, comprehensive and well designed.

People recommend this free visual guide for learning mahjong, saying it is clear, comprehensive and well designed.

9 people gave an opinion

recommend it
9
criticize it
0
approval share
100%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 1 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: not recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: not recommended
  5. March 2026: not recommended
  6. April 2026: recommended
  7. May 2026: not recommended
  8. June 2026: not recommended
  9. July 2026: not recommended
  10. August 2026: not recommended
  11. September 2026: not recommended
  12. October 2026: not recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.

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What people say about it

The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.

Why people recommend it

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Other online guides people recommend

The four most recommended other online guides, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.

Mahjong: A Visual Guide compared with 4 alternatives
ProductRecommendCriticizeApprovalMonthsOwnedBadge
Wikipedia: Signs of AI writing340100%10—Approved
Mahjong: A Visual GuideThis page90100%1——
Unsloth guides80100%7——
Making Software60100%6——
The Agentic AI Handbook: Production-Ready Patterns4833%1——
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What people said

7 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“for a more comprehensive visual guide”

RecommendsComment from 26 Apr 2026 in “Mahjong: A Visual Guide”

“This article is good, I wish that I had it five months ago.”

RecommendsComment from 26 Apr 2026 in “Mahjong: A Visual Guide”

“Pretty cool site, we were trying to figure out the scoring system the other day”

MixedComment from 26 Apr 2026 in “Mahjong: A Visual Guide”

“This is a really nice website!”

RecommendsComment from 26 Apr 2026 in “Mahjong: A Visual Guide”

“Really lovely designed website.”

RecommendsComment from 26 Apr 2026 in “Mahjong: A Visual Guide”

“Really well made website.”

RecommendsComment from 26 Apr 2026 in “Mahjong: A Visual Guide”

“finally, a decent guide for proper Mahjong!”

RecommendsComment from 24 Apr 2026 in “Mahjong: A Visual Guide”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.