defenseIf your hand is going nowhere by mid-wall, switch to defense: discard what the table has already thrown.

defenseWall games happen. Folding a dead hand into defense is a skill, not a failure.

defenseA hand that cannot win can still refuse to lose. Playing for the wall game is a strategy, not a sulk.

defenseAny tile matching two of a player's exposures is their mahjong waiting to happen. Sit on it until the hand ends.

defenseWhen a player stops discarding a suit, they are holding it. Feed the suits they shed, not the ones they hoard.