Mahjong Guide

The first thing most people notice about an American mahjong set is the noise of the tiles. The second thing, once they slow down, is a small group of tiles that don’t behave like the rest. No numbers, no suits you can line up in a run. These are the winds and the dragons, and…

Most of what you need to play American mahjong is printed on the card. The hands are there. The scores are there. What the card can’t teach you is how to actually think at the table, and that’s the part that separates the people who keep improving from the people who stay stuck. The good…