Chapter 8: Situational Judgment

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Situational Judgment Basics Mahjong is not a game you play in isolation. You always need to keep the overall situation in mind while choosing your tiles.
Playing With Rank Awareness Whether you care about placement points or raw score, you need a style of play that is conscious of rank.
Hand-Building and Situation (1) "Hand-building based on the turn count" means that even with the same hand, the correct discard can change depending on how late the hand is.
Hand-Building and Situation (2) A continuation of the previous page, this time going deeper into how hand-building changes with the state of the round.
Hand-Building and Situation (3) Learn to distinguish between situations where you should chase value and situations where you should prioritize speed.
Situation and Riichi Judgment Riichi decisions made while considering score situation and the discard rows of the other players.
South 4 Strategy (1) What you should pay special attention to in the final hand, where situational judgment is tested the most.
South 4 Strategy (2) Explains situations where you should still attack even while holding first place in South 4.
South 4 Strategy (3) Introduces cases where special options such as assisting another player, declaring noten, or passing on a ron become effective.