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American vs Chinese Mahjong: The Key Difference...
If you learned "mahjong" from a movie, a relative, or an app, you may have met a completely different game than the one played in American clubs. American mahjong is...
American vs Chinese Mahjong: The Key Difference...
If you learned "mahjong" from a movie, a relative, or an app, you may have met a completely different game than the one played in American clubs. American mahjong is...
How to Clean Mahjong Tiles (Without Ruining Them)
Mahjong tiles are handled by four people for hours at a time, so they pick up skin oil, snack residue and the faint film that makes faces hard to read....
How to Clean Mahjong Tiles (Without Ruining Them)
Mahjong tiles are handled by four people for hours at a time, so they pick up skin oil, snack residue and the faint film that makes faces hard to read....
Defensive Mahjong: How to Read Discards and Whe...
Offense wins hands; defense keeps you from paying for everyone else’s. A player who only ever chases their own hand will have brilliant nights and disastrous ones. A player who...
Defensive Mahjong: How to Read Discards and Whe...
Offense wins hands; defense keeps you from paying for everyone else’s. A player who only ever chases their own hand will have brilliant nights and disastrous ones. A player who...
How to Read the NMJL Card and Pick Your Hand
The annual NMJL card is the rulebook for the year, and to a newcomer it looks like a wall of numbers and symbols. It is not. The card is a...
How to Read the NMJL Card and Pick Your Hand
The annual NMJL card is the rulebook for the year, and to a newcomer it looks like a wall of numbers and symbols. It is not. The card is a...
Common American Mahjong Fouls (and How to Avoid...
Most new-player disasters are not bad luck — they are rule slips that quietly kill a hand or trigger a penalty. American mahjong is stricter than it looks, and the...
Common American Mahjong Fouls (and How to Avoid...
Most new-player disasters are not bad luck — they are rule slips that quietly kill a hand or trigger a penalty. American mahjong is stricter than it looks, and the...
American Mahjong Scoring Explained: Multipliers...
The first time a new player wins a hand and someone says “that’s a twenty-five,” confusion follows. The number on the card is not points — it is a multiplier,...
American Mahjong Scoring Explained: Multipliers...
The first time a new player wins a hand and someone says “that’s a twenty-five,” confusion follows. The number on the card is not points — it is a multiplier,...
