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Do You Need a Mahjong Mat? The $39 Upgrade Nobo...

Ask most American mahjong groups what is on their table and you will hear about tiles, racks, pushers and the card. Almost nobody mentions what is under all of it....

The Math Hidden in 152 Mahjong Tiles: What Your...

Most games have tidy math. A deck of cards is 4 suits times 13 ranks times some number of jokers, and that is that. Mahjong is stranger, because the number...

Why American Mahjong Has Jokers (And Why Nobody...

Open almost any American mahjong set and you will find 152 tiles. Count them and somewhere in the box are eight tiles that belong to no suit, carry no number,...

How to Teach Mahjong to Someone Who's Never Pla...

Mahjong has a retention problem, and it isn't the game's fault. Most people who quit quit in the first lesson, and most first lessons are taught by someone who has...

Why You Should Start Christmas Shopping in Octo...

The 2026 holiday calendar has a trap in it, and almost nobody notices until the first week of December. Thanksgiving falls on Thursday, November 26 — about as late in...

Automatic Mahjong Tables: An Honest Buyer's Gui...

Automatic mahjong tables used to live in clubs and back rooms. Now they're showing up in dining rooms, which raises a fair question for anyone who plays once a week:...