The ruleset also has the advantage (at least in Europe) that many of the large cities will have some club or similar playing by the ruleset, which gives an opportunity to get to know other players. These may seem very complicated at first, but the scoring itself is fairly straightforward (just add whatever patterns are on the hand), and due to the large number of patterns, there will almost always be plenty of opportunities to pick different directions during the course of a hand.Ī good way to get to know the rules is to start playing without the 8-point requirement and then spend some time figuring out the actual score of each hand, to get used to the patterns. My preferred ruleset is Mahjong Competition Rules, (I don't think anyone in the west call them by the name Guobiao though, or at least I have yet to hear anyone do so, even at major tournaments).
One thing I especially like about the ultra-simplified rules is how scoring works: Once you got the basics, you can gradually add more rules of the HKOS set, and eventually also have a look at other rulesets. From experience I would say they are a good way to start. They even omit Kan and most of scoring, so you can understand and explain them in a few minutes. If you want even simpler rules, have a look at these ultra-simplified Chinese rules. Other forms may have few special hands but complex scoring - or simple scoring but many special hands to learn - or complex scoring and many special hands to learn (like American Mahjong). It has simple scoring and very few special hands.
The simplest ruleset is Hong Kong Old Style (HKOS).
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