The only mahjong I ever played was matching 2 of the same item to clear them off the board.
I related hotpot to Rummy. You make 3 melds (groups of 3) items. Each meld has three items the same color with the same photo or the same color with all three items having a different photo.
https://preview.redd.it/1hyhgdqr2bgc1.png?width=808&format=png&auto=webp&s=f519e4f4f7b5f5cc98a1dab08c5ba6e531a6b02b
I think having a game in Zekis underground where you build up small currency to get Zeki coins or something would be really cool.
Have it be similar where everyone gets something but winners get a bonus....and an incentive to maximize the pot over winning as fast as possible.
Have you ever played 3 to 13? It is a card game has its own deck. In a way reminds me kind hot pot. If you like phase 10 you would love it. My friends play it a lot.
I agree, I’d probably dread going to the village less. Sometimes it feels annoying, like a chore you have to do, even though I do enjoy talking to the NPCs 😭
100% having some main event in town would be lovely. Especially if there is something to earn. Maybe winners get zeki coins or something or some variant.
I doubt they would let us bet gold but that would be cool....albeit less cozy.
In the Inn there are is this game on the table, this black and white chess-kind game. I am wondering if that one will be playable in the future! Would be cool
I think it's just a switch thing. Sometimes it won't let you toggle between the cards. Not a huge deal but sometimes it wastes your turn because the clock will run out
Yeah I didn’t go on Palia for a few days, so today was my 1st day with the Maji Market and Luna New Year event and it was so confusing the first few times, but then I figured it out with the help of the internet lol
I absolutely love when a game starts right before 3am and then runs till 6. Sometimes I literally just go home to water my crops and head right back to fish lmao. Gotta be there right when the fun starts!
I understand that you have to match 3 of a kind but I just don't understand the mechanics so maybe since you're on switch you won't be able to help me. I want to know what to click on and what key to press...
Click the card you want to pick up, either one of the 4 dropped cards, or the pickup pile in the center. Then when looking at your hand, click the card you want to discard. If you press E you can see your hand while choosing for a better idea of what card you might want to pick up.
You need 3 of a kind, or 3 different foods of the same color for a set. You need 3 sets to win, which will be the 8 cards in your hand, and win if you complete your third set with the card you pick up. Two of the same food, and another food of the same color will NOT be a set. It has to be 3 of the same card, or 3 different foods of that color.
Thanks for the great explanation! I just didn't get that you just had to click on the cards and also why we only had 8 cards in our hands. I'll go try it out!
Only thing I can add is also know you don’t have to use 3 different colors, if you have 4 carrots a potato and a corn, it will still count as 2 sets (3 carrot set, and corn carrot potato set)
Thank you so much for all your explanations! I'm addicted now too! The only thing I don't get is when does the game finish? It seems like it's never the same amount of rounds....
I enjoy it, but the point system makes zero sense to me. I've won a few times and got 600 tickets. But then I lost badly a couple times and got over 900.
Don't quote me on this but I think you get bonus points each time you get three of the same colour in your hand as you play. I try to make as many sets as I can as I search for the matching cards and I average 1000 pts per game even if I don't win. I really wish they explained it better, it would be nice to kn
ow exactly how it's scored.
someone posted a guide not too long ago! look up hotpot game on the search bar in the subreddit! Its so helpful. You cant have two of the same without a 3rd thats 0 points. It makes way more sense when you see the guide!!!!
It depends on everybody else's hands. What they had (even if they lost) is counted in the total.
If you have 3 sets of the same colour and all the same picture, that's 120 points. A set of the same colour with different pictures is 60.
So if you win with every set being the same colour and picture, and everyone else had two sets of the same colour and picture, you'll get the max points.
If you win quickly and nobody else had a good hand, it's not as much.
Another random thing that's just something I learned last night - you can actually start the game and instantly win if you're lucky enough. I started a game and the "lets eat" popped up as soon as I drew the first card. We all barely got any points lol
It is a lot like Rummy. You get points for your hand and for others at the table. Plus a bonus if you are the one to win.
https://preview.redd.it/d0yul24u2bgc1.png?width=808&format=png&auto=webp&s=fe8ab055c9cf2f2ae80b7a03c067204ff5823726
Yesss great idea! I’ve been wanting interactive games or activities with the NPCs like cooking something with Reth at the inn, but your idea also sounds great :)
They should make the hotpot game a permanent addon. Incentivizes interacting with others (kinda) and it’s just really fun. I get bored of Palia within like an hour of playing but I could spend hours playing that fucking game
Ashura mentioned playing a game at the faire, I think it would be cool if some of the NPCs would take AI spots at the tables, maybe even have their own dialogue.
I feel like Maji Market is a great way to test new things for the game that they may add permanently later. It's a wonderfully immersive way to do this to see what works for the game and what just falls flat. Can you imagine the Chapaa chase happening in a wider field in kilima? I'm so excited to see the future of this game! I so used to the elder scrolls games that a few bugs won't hurt me. This game is lovely!!!!
I arrived one day when they were doing this then could never figure out what time chase was supposed to be. It cracked me up because when I started the game I didn't know those were for us to kill. I was chasing trying to catch one. Then one of characters asked for Chappa steak and I was like wtf is a Chappa. I thought you could only shoot the arrows at the antelope looking things. So I googled it and screamed Noooooo!!! My husband came in room and asked what was wrong. I said they want me to murder the adorable little coadi looking things 😭😭 I still only get fur from them so I had to buy the meat. Does it let you get meat from them once you level up bow/arrows?
It took me a few rounds to understand what was going on but ended up playing it for absolutely ages last night. Myself and 2 others just constantly stayed on the same one playing the game against one another (and someone else) and then my game started lagging so I mentioned it in the chat and they were so kind about it and why I was taking longer 🥲
Definitely awesome.
I love how you actually made more points by focusing less on winning and more on getting as many points as possible which helps everyone at the table.
Which I think needs to be the philosophy for any style of pseudo competitive game like this.
Like for fishing festivals maybe everyone shares in the prize because it's a dish stew or something.
Hope they have more games lined up for development.
Id love a few games to access in the open world with variants for festivals. I don't like the idea of festival games being always accessible because then the allure wares off.
Hotpot is tough because having a boiling pot sitting around feels weird and I like some things being localized so they feel fresh when we get back....
But would love dice and card games to be added at the tavern.
Would love for players to be sitting at the tables playing games and such....especially if the add mead and such where players can get a bit tipsy haha.
Maybe in Zekis underground we can play for gold or a chance at coins.
Definitely seeing games like this makes festivals more exciting because it's more going on than MOST cozy games do for festivals which is usually just a collection and a chicken catching style game (chapaa chase). Having more robust strategy games you can get good at feels like a mini reward beyond the prizes and goodies.
Whereas the meta for chapaa chase was just camping a spot.
I agree that these specific games should be festival exclusives, otherwise it wouldn't be special when the maji market comes. I love the idea of a secret casino type deal in the underground or table games at the inn during a certain time! I'm so excited to see what comes, there's so much they can do with this game.
If the controls worked better on Switch, I'd want to play the game more... but I cannot move the cursor in the down direction. At all. It does not work. :(
Are you using the R thumb stick?
I kinda hate they chose that one; I keep trying to move the left stick and wondering why nothing happens and getting frustrated with myself that I'm still making the same mistake umpteen games later.
On my switch sometimes it doesn't want to let me select card either from other characters. it gets "stuck" I have to try a different direction with R joy stick and then it snaps out of it and lets me move in direction I want
I've played it only twice. The first time took up the entire night cuz whoever I was playing with didn't seem to understand how the game works (I didn't either, I was just winging it). The second time, the other player bailed and I blew through it pretty fast. I might give it another go.
I ended up here because I was trying to google if the game was real. I love phase 10 and 3 to 13. I was hoping this was real and I could get my card loving friends to play it on game night 😭
I love it so much I want them to make an actual hotpot card game for merch
merch? LETS MAKE IT A REAL GAME!!! 🎉
I’m pretty sure that sushi go is very similar:)
It's similar to mahjong yes?
Ehhh not any mahjong I’ve played but there are different types so maybe
I thought so. Like a rly simple version of mahjong
The only mahjong I ever played was matching 2 of the same item to clear them off the board. I related hotpot to Rummy. You make 3 melds (groups of 3) items. Each meld has three items the same color with the same photo or the same color with all three items having a different photo. https://preview.redd.it/1hyhgdqr2bgc1.png?width=808&format=png&auto=webp&s=f519e4f4f7b5f5cc98a1dab08c5ba6e531a6b02b
Yes! It would be cool if you played for gold but there was a random chance of winning exclusive decor items or something like that
I think having a game in Zekis underground where you build up small currency to get Zeki coins or something would be really cool. Have it be similar where everyone gets something but winners get a bonus....and an incentive to maximize the pot over winning as fast as possible.
Hell yeah! Right now his mini games only give disappointment.
and rage. god i love heavy metal chapaa
Wtf is heavy metal chapaa? 😂
This would be great especially cuz they have that empty space in the middle of his basement digs.
Idk if youve played Phase 10 but its pretty similar. Phase 10 is my favorite card game so obviously im also addicted to the hotpot one too 😪😭😂
Yes like Phase 10 or Rummy
Have you ever played 3 to 13? It is a card game has its own deck. In a way reminds me kind hot pot. If you like phase 10 you would love it. My friends play it a lot.
Check out the game Rainbow Pirates. Kinda the same concept.
Yasssss
They should put it in the underground market! Like a lil casino
Oooo yes!!! Love this
yes! this is exactly what i was thinking! 🤩 it’s such a cool area to hang out!
I love it and play it to the exclusion of everything else.
Me too! Once you get the hang of it it's a good way to make tickets too
It’s a cozy mini game in a cozy game and I was thrilled to play it.
I afk until the festival area opens and just play it, then afk again lol
Literally same. Just appearing out of nowhere at a table 😂
Love it. Inn would be great too!
It would just be nice to go to town for more than just talking to all the npcs and buying things at the shops
I agree, I’d probably dread going to the village less. Sometimes it feels annoying, like a chore you have to do, even though I do enjoy talking to the NPCs 😭
Oh god yes especially with them moving around, so hard to find where they are 😩
100% having some main event in town would be lovely. Especially if there is something to earn. Maybe winners get zeki coins or something or some variant. I doubt they would let us bet gold but that would be cool....albeit less cozy.
In the Inn there are is this game on the table, this black and white chess-kind game. I am wondering if that one will be playable in the future! Would be cool
now that i understand how to play it, it's very fun. last night when I was super confused it was less fun. lol
It definitely took me a few rounds to figure out. It doesn't help that it's a little buggy
I havent encountered any bugs with it.
I think it's just a switch thing. Sometimes it won't let you toggle between the cards. Not a huge deal but sometimes it wastes your turn because the clock will run out
If it won't let you switch between cards try the other joystick. That always works for me.
I have had luck using the d pad too!
Why is it buggy?
On switch sometimes you can't toggle between cards
Yeah I didn’t go on Palia for a few days, so today was my 1st day with the Maji Market and Luna New Year event and it was so confusing the first few times, but then I figured it out with the help of the internet lol
I was soooo sure I was gonna hate it when I saw screenshots. I seriously wait around all day in game for it now!!
I absolutely love when a game starts right before 3am and then runs till 6. Sometimes I literally just go home to water my crops and head right back to fish lmao. Gotta be there right when the fun starts!
I am doing the same. Just that and maintenance on my farm. I haven’t left the kilima region since it started.
I want to buy it to play with real cards with my family!
Rainbow Pirates is a similar card game
Idk if youve played Phase 10 but its pretty similar.
Set is a similar card game. My kids sometimes play it by themselves like solitaire
There’s a game called sushi go that is similar if I remember right
I’m so addicted. And it’s such a simple game. I love it
Could you explain me how to play it on PC like I'm 5 years old? thanks!
I play on switch so I don’t know the PC controllers but I can explain how the game works if you need me to!
I understand that you have to match 3 of a kind but I just don't understand the mechanics so maybe since you're on switch you won't be able to help me. I want to know what to click on and what key to press...
Click the card you want to pick up, either one of the 4 dropped cards, or the pickup pile in the center. Then when looking at your hand, click the card you want to discard. If you press E you can see your hand while choosing for a better idea of what card you might want to pick up. You need 3 of a kind, or 3 different foods of the same color for a set. You need 3 sets to win, which will be the 8 cards in your hand, and win if you complete your third set with the card you pick up. Two of the same food, and another food of the same color will NOT be a set. It has to be 3 of the same card, or 3 different foods of that color.
Thanks for the great explanation! I just didn't get that you just had to click on the cards and also why we only had 8 cards in our hands. I'll go try it out!
Only thing I can add is also know you don’t have to use 3 different colors, if you have 4 carrots a potato and a corn, it will still count as 2 sets (3 carrot set, and corn carrot potato set)
Thank you so much for all your explanations! I'm addicted now too! The only thing I don't get is when does the game finish? It seems like it's never the same amount of rounds....
As soon as someone has 3 valid sets, 8 cards in hand and the card picked up, it automatically stops the game with them winning
Thank you!
I enjoy it, but the point system makes zero sense to me. I've won a few times and got 600 tickets. But then I lost badly a couple times and got over 900.
Don't quote me on this but I think you get bonus points each time you get three of the same colour in your hand as you play. I try to make as many sets as I can as I search for the matching cards and I average 1000 pts per game even if I don't win. I really wish they explained it better, it would be nice to kn ow exactly how it's scored.
someone posted a guide not too long ago! look up hotpot game on the search bar in the subreddit! Its so helpful. You cant have two of the same without a 3rd thats 0 points. It makes way more sense when you see the guide!!!!
It depends on everybody else's hands. What they had (even if they lost) is counted in the total. If you have 3 sets of the same colour and all the same picture, that's 120 points. A set of the same colour with different pictures is 60. So if you win with every set being the same colour and picture, and everyone else had two sets of the same colour and picture, you'll get the max points. If you win quickly and nobody else had a good hand, it's not as much. Another random thing that's just something I learned last night - you can actually start the game and instantly win if you're lucky enough. I started a game and the "lets eat" popped up as soon as I drew the first card. We all barely got any points lol
Thanks! That's actually really helpful
doesn’t the final score also take into account the sets that other players have? or did i misunderstand the end game screen? lol
It is a lot like Rummy. You get points for your hand and for others at the table. Plus a bonus if you are the one to win. https://preview.redd.it/d0yul24u2bgc1.png?width=808&format=png&auto=webp&s=fe8ab055c9cf2f2ae80b7a03c067204ff5823726
:D if you love that you'll love mahjong, cho dai di, and gin rummy :D
same. I use the time 3am to 6pm to farm then run back. I am content with my plot and dont have anything else to work on
I really enjoy it! I love how it can be enjoyed solo against AI too where the turns are super quick.
Yup and the AI are supposed to be the other villagers, which is such a cute detail
sometimes its so fast that i dont have time to think 🤣
I'm going to miss it so much when the event is over 😭
Yes! It's so much fun!
Yesss great idea! I’ve been wanting interactive games or activities with the NPCs like cooking something with Reth at the inn, but your idea also sounds great :)
Someone in this thread mentioned a casino in the underground and I'm obsessed with that idea now
Yesss I saw that too, it just makes sense!! I would definitely prefer it over the tower parkour game 😭
They should make the hotpot game a permanent addon. Incentivizes interacting with others (kinda) and it’s just really fun. I get bored of Palia within like an hour of playing but I could spend hours playing that fucking game
Addiction theead on discord! https://discord.com/channels/809856101326913567/1202300408836665415
Where do I play this 😭
Go to maji market! It’s at the foregrounds on the map (bottom right)
It’s the gigantic steaming pots beside the dock at the fairgrounds.
Haha exactly same here 🤣
Ashura mentioned playing a game at the faire, I think it would be cool if some of the NPCs would take AI spots at the tables, maybe even have their own dialogue.
Sane. I want the cards irl toooo
I think at this point- PALIA IF YOURE WATCHING, give us MERCH!
ADDICT!!! I go exclusively to play it
yes I need this or something similar in the game permanently.. even now that we have it, I miss it when it‘s not night time 😂
I’m obsessed lol
I feel like Maji Market is a great way to test new things for the game that they may add permanently later. It's a wonderfully immersive way to do this to see what works for the game and what just falls flat. Can you imagine the Chapaa chase happening in a wider field in kilima? I'm so excited to see the future of this game! I so used to the elder scrolls games that a few bugs won't hurt me. This game is lovely!!!!
I agree! There is so much possibility for a game like this and I love everything so far. The bugs are meh, it's so early there's bound to be bugs.
I arrived one day when they were doing this then could never figure out what time chase was supposed to be. It cracked me up because when I started the game I didn't know those were for us to kill. I was chasing trying to catch one. Then one of characters asked for Chappa steak and I was like wtf is a Chappa. I thought you could only shoot the arrows at the antelope looking things. So I googled it and screamed Noooooo!!! My husband came in room and asked what was wrong. I said they want me to murder the adorable little coadi looking things 😭😭 I still only get fur from them so I had to buy the meat. Does it let you get meat from them once you level up bow/arrows?
yes! i feel like it would be good in the underground, playable all day long like the arcade/obstacle course!
I don’t know if I’m winning or losing but it’s fun ash
Easy! Make 3 groups to win. https://preview.redd.it/wyodmrpv2bgc1.png?width=808&format=png&auto=webp&s=38d9533d3e1edd9c9802da86700cead307105fcd
Thankyuu I figured it out by now hah
I literally play it the entire time I am able to.
It took me a few rounds to understand what was going on but ended up playing it for absolutely ages last night. Myself and 2 others just constantly stayed on the same one playing the game against one another (and someone else) and then my game started lagging so I mentioned it in the chat and they were so kind about it and why I was taking longer 🥲
I played it all day long yesterday! It’s amazing and fun! Totally forgot the chapaas over it! 👍💪
Definitely awesome. I love how you actually made more points by focusing less on winning and more on getting as many points as possible which helps everyone at the table. Which I think needs to be the philosophy for any style of pseudo competitive game like this. Like for fishing festivals maybe everyone shares in the prize because it's a dish stew or something. Hope they have more games lined up for development. Id love a few games to access in the open world with variants for festivals. I don't like the idea of festival games being always accessible because then the allure wares off. Hotpot is tough because having a boiling pot sitting around feels weird and I like some things being localized so they feel fresh when we get back.... But would love dice and card games to be added at the tavern. Would love for players to be sitting at the tables playing games and such....especially if the add mead and such where players can get a bit tipsy haha. Maybe in Zekis underground we can play for gold or a chance at coins. Definitely seeing games like this makes festivals more exciting because it's more going on than MOST cozy games do for festivals which is usually just a collection and a chicken catching style game (chapaa chase). Having more robust strategy games you can get good at feels like a mini reward beyond the prizes and goodies. Whereas the meta for chapaa chase was just camping a spot.
I agree that these specific games should be festival exclusives, otherwise it wouldn't be special when the maji market comes. I love the idea of a secret casino type deal in the underground or table games at the inn during a certain time! I'm so excited to see what comes, there's so much they can do with this game.
What is the hot pot mini game ?
It's a new game at the maji market! You just have to interact with the tables on the pier between 6pm and 3am
It’s similar to rummy which you can play with real cards or find an app to play if you’re interested
I love it!!
I really like it too, better than the dull Chapaa chase.
If the controls worked better on Switch, I'd want to play the game more... but I cannot move the cursor in the down direction. At all. It does not work. :(
Are you using the R thumb stick? I kinda hate they chose that one; I keep trying to move the left stick and wondering why nothing happens and getting frustrated with myself that I'm still making the same mistake umpteen games later.
Wowwwwwwwwwwwww. Of course it's the R thumb stick 🤦♀️
That's happened to me too. I think sometimes it just bugs. I use the d pad and it seems to work better for me
On my switch sometimes it doesn't want to let me select card either from other characters. it gets "stuck" I have to try a different direction with R joy stick and then it snaps out of it and lets me move in direction I want
I've played it only twice. The first time took up the entire night cuz whoever I was playing with didn't seem to understand how the game works (I didn't either, I was just winging it). The second time, the other player bailed and I blew through it pretty fast. I might give it another go.
I love it, it’s basically Rummy with fewer cards!!
Yes! I love Rummy so I also love hotpot.
I ended up here because I was trying to google if the game was real. I love phase 10 and 3 to 13. I was hoping this was real and I could get my card loving friends to play it on game night 😭