The table
Four people sit around a table. Each has a : tiles stand on it facing you, hidden from the others, and completed groups go on top for everyone to see.
All 152 tiles are mixed face down and built into four , one in front of each player. One player is East, the dealer. East breaks the wall with a dice roll and deals.
Everyone takes 13 tiles. East takes 14, because once the , the passing round in lesson 4, is over, East starts play by discarding (putting one tile face up in the middle) instead of drawing. From then on each turn is draw one, one, so your tiles, counting any groups you have (laid face up on top of your ), always total 13 between turns.
go face up in the middle, and you name them out loud: 'three Bam', ''.
How many tiles does a player other than East hold after the deal?