Guide
Step-by-step help for your first game, the everyday pages and running a club.
First steps
First stepsPlay online with three friendsThe quickest way to play standard riichi with three friends. You do not need to register a club, and the steps are the same on a phone and a computer.
First stepsJoin a friend's table from a linkWhat to do when a friend sends you a link to their table. There is nothing to install.
First stepsGetting startedRiichi Dojo keeps your club's games, ratings, tournaments and online tables in one place. In Telegram it opens signed in. In a browser, choose Sign in and use Telegram, Google, Discord or LINE; you can link several of them to one account later in your profile settings.Using the app
Using the appRecord a gameTap Create (the + button) and choose how you played:
Using the appTrack a game at the tableThe tracker turns a phone in the middle of the table into a compass and a score sheet. Start it with Create → Play with tracker, pick the event and seat the players as they sit.
Using the appPlay onlineCreate → Practice against AI seats you with the AI characters, by a global ruleset or one of your club's. A finished practice game is saved to your profile.
Using the appRatingsRating has four views: Current (the club's rating season), Club (the club's strength rating), Global (strength across every club) and Custom (filter by tags and formats).
Using the appAchievementsYour profile's Achievements tab shows what you have earned and what is closest to unlocking. Most achievements come automatically from your games; a club can also award its own.
Using the appTournamentsEvents lists your clubs' seasons and tournaments, and Tournaments shows every club's public tournaments, also to visitors without an account. A tournament page has its schedule, the players, the standings and the rules.Running a club
Running a clubClubsFind a riichi club, read its page, and join it with a request, an invite link or a follow. If you belong to several clubs, the club picker chooses which one you see.
Running a clubRegister your clubRegister a club to play online by your own rules (uma, oka, red fives, yakitori and so on) or to keep a ranking of your members. To play standard rules with friends you do not need a club: see Play online with three friends.
Running a clubSet up your club's rulesCreate a reusable ruleset for your club's events: player count, starting points, uma, oka, red fives and local rules. You need to be the club's owner or a system administrator.
Running a clubCreate an event for online playTo play online by your club's rules you need an online event (a season). Club tables can be opened while it runs.
Running a clubPlay online by your club's rulesWith a club and an online event, you can open a table that plays your club's rules.
Running a clubSet up your club and chat updatesRegister your club, get owner access, then connect Telegram or Discord so Riichi Dojo can send the right updates to the right places.Running a clubSee Riichi Dojo in actionWatch a club record a game and a tournament go from guest registration to public results. With subtitles, chapters and quiet music.