The rules

In the tile set, there are three main suits: bams, craks, and dots. These suits run 1 through 9. In addition to their numbered tiles, each suit also has a dragon. The green dragon goes with the bams, red goes with craks, and white goes with dots.

Next, there are two more families: winds (North, East, South, West), and flowers (which sometimes all look different, but are interchangeable).

Finally, there are jokers. Some sets also come with blanks, extra tiles that a few tables mix in as a house rule.

How many of each? The full set is 152 tiles: 108 suit tiles (4 copies of each number in each suit), 16 winds, 12 dragons, 8 flowers, and 8 jokers. Blanks are extras on top of the 152.

It can feel like a lot at first, but don't worry: sort a few and it starts to feel like second nature!