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In addition to drawing tiles on your turn, you can steal tiles from other players.
Tiles are stolen immediately after they are discarded by other players. Players steal to complete Sets, Runs, or Kans by stealing the last tile of the meld. After stealing, the player reveals the meld formed with the stolen tile, discards a tile, and play continues from that player's right (counterclockwise). As a result, one or more players may lose their turns when someone steals. |
There are three types of Steals:
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(To complete Sets) |
(To complete Runs) |
(To make Quads) |
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Before the first steal, the hand is defined as Closed, but after
the first steal, the hand becomes Open, meaning that part of
the hand has been revealed.
You can steal as many times as you want, and the status of your hand will not change. The hand becomes Open on the 1st steal, and remains Open thereafter. |
| Strategy Note: It's easier to complete hands if you can steal from other players. As a result, most hand values are degraded if the hand is "Open." It's a good idea to consider whether a hand is really worth "opening" just to get one tile ahead. |
