Mahjong Guide

There is a version of American mahjong that a lot of people quietly drop out of, not because they stopped enjoying it, but because the table stopped fitting them. Hands get stiff. Eyes need more light than they used to. A right-handed rack just does not work for a left-handed player. None of that means…

Watch a group that has played together for years and the first two minutes look like choreography. Dice come out, somebody says a number, seats shuffle around, a small marker lands in front of one player, walls get pushed and split, tiles fly onto racks. Nobody explains anything. Thirty seconds later the Charleston is already…