Small Table Mahj / 5 players
With five, four play each game and one sits out. After each game the one sitting out comes back in and the next player in your order sits out, so everyone plays about four games in five. Print the card and fill in your order.
Four play, one sits out
| Game | Sits out | East |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||
| 2 | ||
| 3 | ||
| 4 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 6 |
Ann, Bea, Cal, Dee and Eve. Game 1: Eve sits out. Game 2: Eve comes in, Ann sits out. Game 3: Ann comes in, Bea sits out. After five games everyone has sat out once and played four.
Some tables have the one sitting out serve as banker or keep the score sheet; some let them back a player. These are house rules, so agree before you deal.
With six, two sit out each game. With eight, start two tables of four.
Yes. Four play each game and one sits out, rotating each game.
No. The four at the table play a standard four-player game, Charleston included.
Agree on it: a simple way is that East passes to the right after each game, as usual, among whoever is seated.
No. The League's card is the same however many play; only who sits at the table changes.
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