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"Paijiu (Chinese gambling dominos)" Qing Dynasty
Tien Gow Mahjong
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Complete set of Pai Gow tiles, arranged from highest single rank (top left) to lowest (bottom right)
High hand on the right

Pai Gow (0)

Players
2–8
Playing time
10–10 min
Age
0+
5.85
Average rating
56
Ratings
1.80/5
Weight
#24181
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Alternate names:Pai Gow Poker +2 more
Designer:(Uncredited)
Publisher:(Public Domain)
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 5, Interaction 5, Complexity 3.6, Theme 5
Strategy5.0
Luck5.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity3.6
Theme5.0

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Overview

Pai Gow is a traditional Chinese gambling game played with a special set of 32 dominoes (see Chinese Dominoes). Everyone plays against a banker. Each player gets dealt four dominoes and makes two pairs. A player wins (loses) if each matching pair is better (worse) than the dealers. If they split, it's a draw. The only decision made in the game is how to split the original four tiles.

Because of the rules, the game is often a draw. The ranking of hands is traditional and not obvious. For example, the best pair is (4/2)(2/1).

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