Majongg Special Hands

Special hands are alternative target sets of tiles that a player can call Majongg with. The original Chinese game allowed only a few special hands but some Western derivatives controversially include many more, these include:

• Buried Treasure
  Concealed Pongs in one suit with Winds/Dragons and a pair.

• Heads and Tails
  Pongs/Kongs of Ones and Nines.

• The Wriggling Snake
  A pair of Ones and a run from Two to Nine in the same suit, with each of the winds.

• Three Great Scholars
  Pongs/Kongs of all three Dragons, another Pong/Kong and a pair.

• Four Blessings Hovering Over The Door
  Pongs/Kongs of each of the four Winds with any pair.

• The Thirteen Unique Wonders
  One of each Dragon, one of each Wind, one of each One and one of each Nine. Any one of these tiles must be paired.

• Heaven's Blessing
  Majongg immediately made by East with the original fourteen tiles dealt to that player.

• Earth's Blessing
  Majongg immediately made by West, North or South using the first discard made by East.

• Gathering the Plum Blossom from the Roof
  The Plum Blossom is the Five of Circles. This is made by a player who draws a loose tile (the roof) as a replacement for a Kong, a Flower or a Season and that tile is the Plum Blossom which allows the player to go Majongg.

• Plucking the Moon from the Bottom of the Sea
  The Moon is the One of Circles. This is made by a player who upon drawing the last tile from the wall finds that it is the Moon which allows the player to go Majongg.