History and Development of Mahjong

Archive for March, 2007

History and Development of Mahjong

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

A brief summary of the history of the game of Mahjong.

Mahjong Game Play

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

An overview of Mahjong game rules and explanations of key terminology.

To start the game, depending on the version of Mahjong being played, each player is dealt either 13 or 16 tiles. Read more... (2065 words)

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Mahjong Tile Sets

Monday, March 26th, 2007

A description of the types of tile sets used in different versions of Mahjong and Mahjong Solitaire.

Chinese Mahjong

Monday, March 26th, 2007

Mahjong is a big part of common culture in China. It is one of the most common social activities and pervades many aspects of social and family life.

As examples of the popularity of Mahjong; Read more... (221 words)

Most people have a Mahjong set at home

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The Four Main Mahjong Variations

Monday, March 26th, 2007

This article describes the four main variations of mahjong rules – Chinese Classical Mahjong, Cantonese Mah Jong, Japanese Mah Jong and Western Classical Mah Jong.

Mah Jong Games – Issues Concerning the Varieties

by Robert Thatcher

Though variants of mah jong games are being introduced time and again, there are only four variations that are widely accepted among players: Read more... (633 words)

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