Riichi Mahjong

**Join us for an exciting and challenging game of Japanese Mahjong!** Riichi Mahjong is a gripping, exciting, and strategic variant of mahjong, but it is not beginner-friendly. However, everyone is welcome, and new players are encouraged to give it a try. We have patient, friendly players who are willing to show new players their favorite game! If you’d prefer a more beginner-friendly introduction to Mahjong, check out our *Mahjong Night* event! **This event is for Riichi only. Other mahjong styles are not permitted at this event.** **Links:** **[Join us on Discord!](https://discord.gg/zVDpqEMkh5)** Stay in the loop, find games, and chat with fellow players! **[Learn to Play!](https://sandiegomahjong.org/rules/)** Check out our website to learn the basics of playing Mahjong! We also have helpful cheat sheets you can use as quick table references, **[available here!](https://sandiegomahjong.org/cheat-sheets/)** The full documentation for Riichi's rules is **[available on our website](https://sandiegomahjong.org/rules/#the-rules-and-scoring-of-riichi-mahjong)[.](https://sandiegomahjong.org/rules/#the-rules-and-scoring-of-zung-jung-mahjong-version-3-3)** **[Donate to San Diego Mahjong Club](https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1863470261731328230)** If you enjoy playing Mahjong at SDMC and would like to support the club materially, your donations are always welcome and appreciated! Proceeds from donations are used to cover the club's costs. ## **San Diego Mahjong Club Attendance Policy** \#\#\# Purpose This Attendance Policy establishes the rules and expectations for attendance and adjudicates who will be seated at tables when demand exceeds capacity. \#\#\# Policy San Diego Mahjong Club is a fast-growing club with a large membership. In order to maintain good relations with the businesses and organizations that provide a space for the club to play Mahjong, and in recognition of the fact that tables are not an infinite resource, San Diego Mahjong Club adopts this hierarchy to determine who will be seated at tables to play games: 1. RSVPs to the event 2. Waitlisted people for the event 3. Walk-ins to the event 4. Habitual no-shows RSVPing for an event guarantees the attendee a spot at a table. It is acceptable for people waitlisted for the event to show up, and walk-ins are also acceptable. Please note that waitlisters and walk-ins are not guaranteed a seat at any table at the event and may only be seated if a seat becomes available. In the event that a player is seated at a table and another player higher up in the attendance hierarchy shows up to the event while the lower player is at the table, the lower player will be allowed to finish their round and will be removed from the table and the conclusion of that round to make room for the higher player. Seating priority is only valid during the first hour of the event. ***After the first hour of the event has passed, all currently seated players permanently have their seats for the duration of the event and cannot be unseated by the late arrival of a player higher in the seating hierarchy.*** Tables at San Diego Mahjong Club events are scarce; there are often not enough tables to seat everybody who would like to play. For this reason, if a member RSVPs to an event it is important that they update their RSVP as soon as they become aware of changes to their schedule. People from the waitlist are automatically moved into an RSVP position when someone un-RSVPs from an event. Therefore, when someone RSVPs and no-shows, it takes a seat from someone else. For that reason, if someone habitually RSVPs to an event and no-shows, they will be penalized for the behavior. Habitual no-showers will automatically be moved to the bottom of the waitlist, and walk-ins will take priority over them in table seating. This Attendance Policy is in place to ensure a fair and predictable mechanism to determine who gets to play at San Diego Mahjong Club events when demand exceeds capacity. ## **Liability** By attending San Diego Mahjong Club events, you voluntarily assume all risks associated with participation and agree to release and hold harmless the San Diego Mahjong Club (SDMC) and its organizers, hosts, volunteers, and agents, including Nathanael J. Reynolds, from any liability for injury, illness, death, loss, or damage, including those arising from negligence, to the fullest extent permitted by law.