Mahjong
Shares rank 9 of 15 board games by recommenders
People recommend it for a tight, lovely game underneath the house rules, and the version bundled with Linux distributions for its familiar rules.
People recommend it for a tight, lovely game underneath the house rules, and the version bundled with Linux distributions for its familiar rules.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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Other board games people recommend
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1D Chess | 16 | 2 | 89% | 1 | — | — |
| Tiao | 14 | 1 | 93% | 2 | — | — |
| Diplomacy board game | 12 | 1 | 92% | 3 | — | — |
| Root by Leder Games | 11 | 4 | 73% | 6 | — | Approved |
| MahjongThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I personally prefer mahjong, I'd say both are sufficiently different to be worth trying.”
“I feel like there's a really lovely tight game under all the accumulated house rules and finicky stuff.”
“We most enjoy playing with the Chinese Official scoring rules”
“So I tried it and, lo and behold, it did.”
“I will likely stick with Mahjong that comes with most Linux distributions as they follow rules that people I may end up playing against would know”
“Here is a game that emphasizes art in permutations just as chess does”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.