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FAQ 16. Frequently-Asked Questions about the 2007 NMJL card (American-style mah-jongg)


Where do I get the latest NMJL card?
Read FAQ 7i (click here).

NEWS FFFFFF 2007
2007 #4

Can I expose five flowers, and add one later to make the sextet? Or can I expose it as two pungs, or as a kong and hold a pair?
No. A sextet must be exposed all at the same time. A sextet is one set of six identical tiles. Yes, it's hard to do - that's the point! But hey, it's flowers, and there are eight of them - and there are eight jokers too.
I heard it was a mistake, that it's supposed to be two pungs, not six of a kind.
You heard wrong.

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2007 #5

If somebody has a jokerless kong of soaps, a kong of flowers, and a kong of twos, can I call her dead?
Yes. There is no other hand on the card she could be making except this one, and everybody knows (because it says so on the card) that a joker may never be used for a single (as part of the 06). She's dead. Dead, dead, dead. Read FAQ 19AA (click here).

FFFF 11111 NNNNN (Quint Any Wind And Any No. in Any Suit)
Quints #2
Can I use a different number instead of ones?
Yes. Read the parenthetical.
Can I use a different suit instead of bams?
Yes. Read the parenthetical.
Can I use a different wind instead of North?
Yes. Read the parenthetical.

113 11335 113355
Singles And Pairs #6, 1st hand

That's a pung, a quint, and a sextet - so can I use a joker? And can I call for exposure?
N.O.! The terms "pung" and "quint" and "sextet" apply only to "like tiles." In this section of the card, you cannot use jokers, and you cannot make any exposures, not only because all the hands are marked with a c but also because the hands in this section are all made solely of "Singles and Pairs." Read FAQ 19E (click here).

Can I claim a tile to expose a 2007?
Not unless it's for mah-jongg. Read FAQ 19E (click here).

Can I use a joker in a 2007?
No, of course not. Read FAQ 19E (click here) and read the back of your NMJL card.

Can I claim a wind tile to expose a NEWS?
Not unless it's for mah-jongg. Read FAQ 19E (click here).

Can I use a joker in a NEWS?
No, of course not. Read FAQ 19E (click here) and read the back of your NMJL card.



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