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  Traditional Games - History and Useful Information
In 1905, Mah Jong was not really known outside its original area but over the next 15 years it spread incredibly quickly across most of China and in doing so supplanted Chess as the most popular Chinese game.
Mah Jong was taken to America by Joseph P. Babcock who began importing sets in bulk to the USA in 1922.
Nowadays, although the usual proliferation of rules exists, the British Mah Jong Federation publish a set of rules that are a distillation of the way that Mah Jong has been played in Britain during the 20th century and these rules are closer to the Chinese game than the Japanese or American varieties.
www.tradgames.org.uk /games/Mah-Jong.htm   (2002 words)

  
 Buy Mah Jong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Mah Jong or Mah Jongg is the traditional Chinese tile game now played the world over.
Similar to rummy, the game of mah jong is easier to play than at first appears and is highly aesthetic to boot.
Unlike other variants, each Japanese round is an all-out race to be the first to go Mah Jong as opposed to a more careful campaign with the long term objective of amassing the greatest number of points over a series of games.
www.mastersgames.com /cat/table/mah-jong.htm   (1174 words)

  
 About Mah Jong | Gareth Saunders and Jane Saunders v.5.0 -- an associate of Amazon.co.uk
Mah Jong is a Chinese tiles game which is similar to the card game Rummy...
I've been playing Mah Jong since I was a child - on account of my maternal-grandparents returning from Malaya in the 1950s with a set.
At first glance a Mah Jong set may look quite bewildering, but with a little familarisation and a couple of games it quickly begins to make sense.
www.garethjmsaunders.co.uk /mahjong   (438 words)

  
 Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot Mah Jonng Pussers Bones
Mah Jong became the new national past time being played everywhere by everyone, and served as a great diversion during the hard times of the great depression.
Mah Jong instructors sprang up as quickly as clubs during this period each incorporating a little different strategy and rules to coincide with their strategy despite the existence of the standardize set of rules.
Through the popular computer solitaire games that utilize mah jong tiles that began appearing in the early 1980's, and now through the subsequent introduction of versions incorporating the traditional four-player game, a resurgence of the game is beginning in the United States.
www.gunplot.net /mahjongg/mahjong.html   (1858 words)

  
 Mah-Jong Sets
Mah Jong tiles are small rectangular blocks of wood, ivory, or plastics.
Mah Jong can be grouped as 108 suit tiles (bamboo, circles, and characters), 28 honor titles (wids and dragons), and 8 flower tiles.
Mah Jong is used to be considered as just for grandmothers, but not any more.
store.shop72.com /mahjongset.html   (219 words)

  
 Nanette's notes on playing Mahjong
In Chinatowns throughout the country, mah jong is played regularly and often associated with gambling and serious competition.
For those who simply love games, mah jong can be played with the same enthusiasm and competitive spirit for "bones" or "chips" signifying points.
The literal translation of "Mah Jong" is "flax/hemp" "sparrow clattering." Those who play the game love the sound of the tiles as they are mixed together prior to the start of each hand.
www.xs4all.nl /~korntner/mahjong/nanette/nan_notes.html   (3657 words)

  
 Mah Jong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Mah Jong has been around in theUS since the roaring twenties and has insinuated itself into our culture.
Covers the fundamentals of Western Mah Jong play and scoring, as well as suggesting alternate styles of play such as those used in other countries.
Covers most of the special hands used in Mah Jong in an organized easy to find manner, so players don't hold up play searching for their special hand.
ishigames.com /mahjong.htm   (402 words)

  
 Mindzine - Mah Jong - Overview: Introduction
Mah Jong is a game of Chinese origin, which is usually played with tiles, similar to dominoes, made of bamboo and ivory engraved in color, though it can also be played with cards of equivalent design.
The literal translation of Mah Jong is "flax/hemp" "sparrow clattering".
Mah Jong is played differently in China, Taiwan and Japan, and when the game was brought to the USA yet more variations were invented there.
www.msoworld.com /mindzine/news/orient/mah_jong/overview_intro.html   (387 words)

  
 Santiago's Mah Jong Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Mah Jong, for those of you who do not know, is a game that has been played in China for several hundreds of years, and has spread to other areas of the world.
In its modern form, it is played with a set of 144 (or 136, depending on the variation) tiles divided into three suits and honor tiles.
Mah Jong Scoring - A handy quick-reference table that summarizes how to score a hand in Mah Jong, in PDF format
santiago.mapache.org /games/mahjong   (301 words)

  
 Mah-Jong Bracelets Designed by Jan Carlin
Two tone burgundy backed bakelite mah jong 2 color bracelet with fl plastic pony beads.
Mah jong greenish fl 1940s bakelite, with fl plastic pony beads.
Mah jong star bead ceramic with Bakelite mah jong tiles from the 1940s.
www.decodermot.com /mahjong.htm   (1239 words)

  
 Mah Jong for Macintosh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It would have been nice to be able to port Mah Jong to java and make it possible to run Mah Jong on any kind of system.
Mah Jong for Macintosh is a programming project I have been working on for some time now.
Mah Jong is an old Chinese four player game where you combine tiles to make a winning hand.
www.ludd.ltu.se /~matti/mahjong   (216 words)

  
 Rules of Card Games: Mah Jong
Mah Jong originated in China in the 19th century, and has become one of the most popular games in China and Japan.
The Mah Jong Luck web site offers an on line Mah Jong game against live opponents for fun or real money.
Readers interested in solitaire tile matching games using Mah Jong or other tiles should visit the Tile Matching page of this web site.
www.pagat.com /rummy/mahjong.html   (379 words)

  
 Mah Jong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The rules for a real Mah Jong game have been simplified for this game.
Mah Jong is played much like rummy, but not quite.
An additional tile is picked up at the beginning of each turn so that the player has the opportunity to make four sets of three (or four) tiles and a pair.
www.patricklewis.net /games/mahjong   (794 words)

  
 Trafford Publishing: Let's Play Mah Jong!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Since its introduction into America in the 1920s, Mah Jong, the national game of China, has acquired a variety of forms, using the same name and tiles, but with limited relationship to the original game.
Fascinated with researching Mah Jong and a player since childhood, the author has contributed over a decade of volunteer time teaching hundreds of students this ancient game.
The author, a former ghost writer, and publisher of her own How-To book, is now retired but continues to teach and play Mah Jong.
www.trafford.com /4dcgi/robots/01-0260.html   (442 words)

  
 Mah Jongg Software at Board Game Central
There are 4 exciting ways to play Mah Jong: Classic mode allows you to play like you've always played Mah Jong Solitaire.
Mah Jongg Wall adds more mystery, strategy, challenge, and a beautiful set of ancient looking game pieces including tiles with bone faces dovetailed into bamboo backs, wind discs, bone counters, and Chinese dice.
Play Mah Jongg solitaire with 17 different tile layouts, 4 different tile patterns, dynamic tile resizing, hints, undo, shuffle, 2D and 3D views, stats, sound, and support for color, gray shade and BandW dispays.
boardgamecentral.com /mahjongg/software.html   (2152 words)

  
 free online Mah Jong - Border
This game is more challenging than Mah Jong - Solitaire.
Mah Jong - border is simple: just click on two matching tiles (with the same pictures) which are ALSO ON THE SAME SIDE.
The goal of Mah Jong - Border is to remove all the tiles from the board.
gotofreegames.com /mah_jong_border/free_online_mah_jong_border.htm   (131 words)

  
 Mah Jongg Home Page
Besides, so many others have done a fantastic job of documenting the game's rules and history, providing software and even setting up games that can be played in real time across the Net.
I've also left my rules on how to play Mah Jongg on a separate page for those of you that would like to get started playing.
Mah Jong Cyber Museum -- Excellent Site with rules, history, and merchandise.
www.cs.utk.edu /~clay/mahjongg   (428 words)

  
 Mah Jongg Solitaire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Since its original release Mah Jongg has proven to be a very popular and even addictive solitaire game.
Mah Jongg can be played as a simple form of relaxation or as an intense mental exercise...the choice is yours!
Mah Jongg runs using 16 color graphics in 640x350 pixel mode.
www.flightsim.com /arcanum/mahjongg.htm   (235 words)

  
 GameHouse - Download Games
Mah Jong Medley: 300 layouts and 4 ways to play your favorite puzzle game!
Super Mah Jong: A meditative game for all ages.
Mah Jong Quest: An epic tale of tile matching!
www.gamehouse.com /mahjong   (104 words)

  
 MavicaNET - Mah-Jong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Contains traditional Mah Jong for Windows 95 with wide variety of rules and game options.
Mah Jongg is an ancient Chinese game that dates back as far as 960 A.D. Some say that Mah Jong was Confucius' faviorte game!
This used to be a very loose page for describing the hands, or yaku, in Mah Jong (or Mah Jongg as it is sometimes spelled).
www.mavicanet.com /lite/fra/7805.html   (394 words)

  
 Mah Jong - Modern Japanese Rules, v1.54
This page assumes a basic knowledge of how to play Mah Jong, as in you have played several hands, but you still have no clue what you are supposed to be doing.
In fact, in the book I have on Mah Jong, several of the rules we play by directly conflict with rules in it.
You may want to dress informally when playing Mah Jong, and with short sleeves to avoid knocking over tiles and to keep cool (it can get pretty hot).
www.delfosse.com /mahjong.html   (3056 words)

  
 Mah Jong Solitaire Games
Confucius was of the Kong family his full name being Kong-Fu-Tze, he married a girl named Che and adopted the term "Chee" meaning 'to connect' which occidentals corrupted into "Chow".
Concepts and the technical terms of the Mah Jong solitaire.
In a standard Mah Jong Solitaire game there are 144 tiles.
www.mahjong-solitaire-game.com   (119 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Game of Mah Jong Illustrated: Books: Patricia A. Thompson,Betty Maloney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Mah Jong for Beginners (Books to Span the East and West) by Shozo Kanai
This is my favorite book to use when teaching mah jong to friends.
If you are starting out playing Mah Jong, this book is a great way to learn the game quickly.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0684868431?v=glance   (895 words)

  
 Mah Jong Library
Kanai, Shozo and Farrell, Margaret, Mah jong for beginners; based on the rules and regulations of the Mah Jong Association of Japan, Rev.
Naftaly, Philip, Rules and directions for the Chinese game of "ma cheuck" (sparrows), also known as "ma jong", "mah diao", "pung-chow", "le-ping', and other translations of the different Chinese dialects; A simple and complete explanation of the original Chinese game, translated and compiled from Chinese rule books, and aided by Chinese experts of the Game.
The Mah Jong Museum has transcripts of some of the magazine articles listed.
www.jaegerstudio.com /mjlibrary.htm   (3270 words)

  
 Mah Jongg Rules
Any player may "Pong," "Kong," of "Mah Jongg" from any other player (with "Mah Jongg" taking precedence over "Pong" and "Kong" no matter who called it first).
Tiles are drawn until a player achieves "Mah Jongg" (4 sets and a pair) or there are 14 tiles remaining (the separated portion).
Each non-winning player must "pay" the winning player the difference between their score and the winning score (rounded up to the next multiple of ten).
www.cs.utk.edu /~clay/mahjongg/rules.html   (1120 words)

  
 Mah Jong Players, Mah Jong Meetups, events, clubs and groups in your area - Meetup.com
Mah Jong Players, Mah Jong Meetups, events, clubs and groups in your area - Meetup.com
681 Mah Jong Players, friends, and people who want to learn more.
Meet with other local people looking to play Mah Jong, the ancient Chinese tile game.
mahjong.meetup.com   (42 words)

  
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 Mah Jong Play Solitaire Mahjong Free, A traditional Chinese Tiles Game 02
Mah Jong is a game for four players (although two, three or five may play) played at a table with a set of 144 tiles,
The intention of this book is to describe the play, clarify the scoring and give some alternative versions for Mah Jong, so that players may select the game that gives them most pleasure.
This handsome game set, which comes in a suitcase-like carrier (complete with keys), is an ideal way to get into the ancient Chinese game of mah jongg.
www.lechinois.com /game/mahjong02en.html   (913 words)

  
 Mah Jongg Maven The Complete Mah Jong Resource.
Mah Jongg is gaining in popularity in the USA.
Mah Jongg may one day be the most popular board game in America.
A FREE Mah Jongg Tile Keychain and a FREE Mah Jongg Tile Magnet with the purchase of each FULL SIZE Mah Jongg Set.
www.mahjonggmaven.com   (349 words)

  
 Mahjong solitaire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Mahjong (Mahjongg, Mah Jong) solitaire is a free puzzle game based on a classic Chinese game for four persons.
The goal is to remove all 144 tiles from the board.
The game uses a modified old tileset from the author of Kyodai Mah Jongg for Windows.
www.by-art.com /mjong/mjong.php   (105 words)

  
 Mah Jong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
To play the game one need a Mah Jong set, four racks and a card table.
A Mah Jong set is made up of 4 of 144 pieces known as "TILES".
The object of the game is to get a Mah Jong hand - there are 41 different ones.It may take some time to memorize the tiles and the different hands but once this is done, the game is very enjoyable.
freespace.virgin.net /raymond.platts/mahj   (187 words)

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