The Door is Always Open
Card Decoder™ · Lesson 5
Two last details, and you'll never be stuck again.
You've walked the whole way — town, neighborhood, street, house. Today, we knock.
Knock, and the door tells you the last two things you need to know.
DOORS = The fine print — point value, and whether the hand stays hidden or shown
Every line carries two more pieces beyond its tiles and its house rules — and they're posted right on the plaque by the door:
A point value — what the hand is worth if you complete it. Higher numbers generally mean a harder hand.
A small C or X — telling you whether this hand has to stay concealed in your rack, or can be shown as you build it.
Let's read the plaque on one real door, start to finish, no piece skipped:
2222 444 666 8888 (any 3 suits) — Value: 25 — Type: X, exposed
Four groups, any three suits you choose, worth 25 points if you complete it, and exposed — meaning you can show it as you build, not keep it hidden until the end.
A point value — what the hand is worth if you complete it. Higher numbers generally mean a harder hand.
A small C or X — telling you whether this hand stays quiet or gets to show its work.
C means concealed: you draw and discard like normal, but you can't call a discarded tile to expose part of your hand, and you keep everything tucked away on your rack until Mahjong.
X means exposed or open: you're free to show sets of tiles as you build your line.
If you only remember one thing: open hands can show sets. Closed hands stay secret.
This is Card Decoder™ — the first step of the CardSense™ Method.
You can read the card now — put it to the test in today's Daily Rack Challenge™.
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