Solo
You and three bots. Start a hand any time, and pick Easy, Normal or Hard bots.
Short answer
Table Mahjong is a free 4 player Hong Kong Mahjong game in your browser. Every hand has four seats. Play solo against three bots, join a public Quick Match, or create a private room and share a link or four-letter code with up to three friends. Bots take any seat nobody is sitting in.
How a 4 player Mahjong table is laid out
Four players sit around a square wall of tiles. Each seat has a wind: East, South, West and North. East is always the dealer and plays first, and turns go counter-clockwise from there, so the player who discards just before you sits on your left.
On screen your seat is always at the bottom. The camera never spins round to a new chair; instead the wind labels move. The header shows your wind and who is dealing for the current hand, so you can tell at a glance whether a wind Pong will score for you.
| Seat | What it means in a hand |
|---|---|
| East (dealer) | Starts with 14 tiles and discards first. Keeps the deal after winning or after a drawn hand. |
| South, West, North | Start with 13 tiles. A Pong of your own seat wind is worth 1 faan. |
| Round wind | The prevailing wind for the round, shown in the header. A Pong of it is worth 1 faan to anyone, and East in an East round scores both. |
When anyone other than the dealer wins, the deal passes to the next seat and every seat wind moves on by one. A Single hand ends after one deal. An East-only match runs until the deal has passed four times, and a full match goes East, South, West and North, at least 16 hands.
Bots fill the empty seats
You never wait for exactly four people. Any open chair gets a bot that draws, discards and calls Chow, Pong, Kong and wins under the same rules as a person.
Private room
Two or three friends? Bots take the rest. The host can set the bot level for the room.
Quick Match
Public tables use Normal bots for any seat that stays empty, so the hand still starts.
If a person drops out mid-hand, their seat is held for about two minutes so they can reconnect and carry on with the same tiles. If they do not come back, a bot takes over, and anyone at the table can tap Make AI to hand the seat over sooner.
Private rooms and room codes
- Choose Private Room on the home screen. The room gets a four-letter code.
- Share the invite link in any chat app, read out the code, or let people scan the room QR code.
- Friends open the link or enter the code on a phone, tablet or computer. No account or app is needed.
- The host starts the hand when the group is ready, and bots take any empty seats. Between hands everyone readies up and the host starts the next one.
Scores in a room are kept by the server for the whole session, so a refresh or a dropped connection does not lose the match. Private rooms have table chat; for the full walkthrough see the private room guide and playing with friends.
Quick Match: four strangers, one table
Quick Match is the public option. It seats you with other online players looking for a game. Everyone readies up, and if fewer than four people are waiting, bots take the remaining seats. Public tables are emotes only, with no text, voice or video chat, and everyone sees the standard table and avatars.
Use Quick Match when you want a game now and do not mind who sits down. Use a private room when you want to play with people you know.
What every 4 player hand includes
The rules are Hong Kong / Cantonese: 144 tiles with flowers and seasons, claims for Chow, Pong and Kong, and faan scoring worked out for you at the end of the hand. A normal win is four sets and a pair. New to it? Read how to play, step by step, then the rules and faan scoring guide.
Questions
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Can I play 4 player mahjong online for free?Yes. Table Mahjong is a free browser game. Solo tables, private rooms and public Quick Match all seat four players, and nothing is downloaded or installed.
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Do I need four people to start?No. Any seat without a person gets a bot. Solo play is you and three bots, and a private room can start with two or three friends while bots take the other seats.
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How do friends join my table?Create a private room and share the invite link or the four-letter room code. Friends open the link or type the code in a browser on a phone, tablet or computer. No account is needed.
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What happens if someone disconnects?Their seat is held for about two minutes so they can reconnect and carry on. If they do not come back, a bot takes over the seat, and anyone at the table can hand the seat to a bot sooner.
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Which rules does the 4 player table use?Hong Kong / Cantonese rules: 144 tiles with flowers and seasons, Chow, Pong and Kong claims, and faan scoring. The host can require a minimum faan, for example the HK 3 Faan preset.
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Is Quick Match the same as a private room?No. Quick Match seats you with other online players at a public table that uses emotes only, and bots fill any seats that stay empty. A private room is only for people who have your link or code.