Riichi Setup

Seat & dealer

1. 1

   Draw the four wind tiles (or roll dice) to seat East, South, West, North.

2. 2

   East is the first dealer (oya) and starts the round.

Build the walls

1. 3

   Shuffle all 136 tiles face-down.

2. 4

   Each player stacks a wall: 2 tiles high, 17 long.

3. 5

   Push the four walls together into one square.

Break & deal

1. 6

   Dealer rolls dice, counts seats to pick the wall to break.

2. 7

   Roll again to count in from that wall's right end — that's the break point. Wall the dead wall from there (14 tiles).

3. 8

   Deal counterclockwise from the break: 4 tiles × 3 rounds, then 1 each. Dealer draws one extra — 14th tile.

Begin play

1. 9

   Flip the dora indicator — top tile of the 3rd stack from the live-wall end of the dead wall (see below).

2. 10

   Dealer discards first; play moves counterclockwise from there.