What is table and seating in Mahjong (MCR)?

3. Setup

Table and Seating

Four players per table, each table playing as an independent group (3.5.2)
Seating is the placement of players around the table by table number, determined by drawing lots or arranged in advance under the tournament regulations (3.4.7)
Lots are drawn publicly, fairly and impartially; where a team is absent the organizing committee appoints someone to draw in its place and the lot stands (3.5.1)
Seat allocation may also avoid seating players from the same country or region at one table (3.5.1)

Winds

The seat wind marks each player's seat: the dealer is East, the player to the dealer's right is South, opposite is West, and to the dealer's left is North (3.4.6)
The prevalent wind names the round — the first round is East, then South, West and North (3.4.5)

Units of Play

A go-around (lun) is complete when everyone has discarded once in turn (3.4.1)
A hand (pan) is everything between a deal and either a declaration of "Hu" or nobody winning — a draw game (3.4.2)
A round (quan) ends when everybody has been dealer once; there are four rounds in a complete game (3.4.3)
A complete game (ju) is four rounds, or in a tournament the time allotted for them; it may also be called a session (3.4.4)

3. Setup

Table and Seating

Four players per table, each table playing as an independent group (3.5.2)

Seating is the placement of players around the table by table number, determined by drawing lots or arranged in advance under the tournament regulations (3.4.7)

Lots are drawn publicly, fairly and impartially; where a team is absent the organizing committee appoints someone to draw in its place and the lot stands (3.5.1)

Seat allocation may also avoid seating players from the same country or region at one table (3.5.1)

Winds

The seat wind marks each player's seat: the dealer is East, the player to the dealer's right is South, opposite is West, and to the dealer's left is North (3.4.6)

The prevalent wind names the round — the first round is East, then South, West and North (3.4.5)

Units of Play

A go-around (lun) is complete when everyone has discarded once in turn (3.4.1)

A hand (pan) is everything between a deal and either a declaration of "Hu" or nobody winning — a draw game (3.4.2)

A round (quan) ends when everybody has been dealer once; there are four rounds in a complete game (3.4.3)

A complete game (ju) is four rounds, or in a tournament the time allotted for them; it may also be called a session (3.4.4)

Table and Seating