Mahjong Guide

A lot of new players open the NMJL card, see a wall of columns and numbers, and assume the hard part is memorizing it. It is not. The hard part is smaller and friendlier than that. Every hand on the card is built from the same few pieces. Learn what those pieces are, and the…

Most people hear “American mahjong” and fill in the blanks with something they already know. Usually it is the Chinese game they saw once, or a vague idea that it is a grandmother’s hobby. Almost none of it matches what the game really is. Here are the myths that stop people from trying it, and…