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Enjoy this overview of the NMJL 2025 Mah Jongg playing card

The year of the Dragon brings authority, prosperity and good fortune. The 2024 Wood Dragon adds elements of abundance and improvement to...

The year of the Dragon brings authority, prosperity and good fortune. The 2024 Wood Dragon adds elements of abundance and improvement to...

Flower tiles are my favorite tiles and are the most ornate tiles in Mah Jongg sets. They are rich in symbolism and are associated with...

In Chinese culture, the rabbit is said to be the luckiest out of all the twelve zodiac animals of the lunar calendar!! Grab your lucky...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the United States, nearly six million older adults have Alzheimer’s...

We play the game...but what do we really know about the origin of Mah Jongg? How did Mah Jongg come to the United States? I learned much...

2022 Singles & Pairs Hands Do you gravitate toward certain sections on the playing card? Do you find some categories on the card more...

With only SIX Hands that are repeated from last year’s playing card, the 2022 NMJL playing card promises to be a truly unique and...

With only SIX Hands that are repeated from last year’s playing card, the 2022 NMJL playing card promises to be a truly unique and...

You’ve built the walls of tiles, rolled the dice, cut the wall, and taken your tiles in the unique tradition of Mah Jongg tile...

Betting and Mah Jongg have always gone Hand in Hand…no pun intended! When Mah Jongg is “five-handed,” the fifth player can become a...

Attempt a Singles & Pairs Hand YES, YOU CAN go for a Hand in the category of Singles & Pairs (S&P)!! If a player finds related Single...

April is a time for new Mah Jongg Beginnings! The arrival of the 2021 playing card brings much excitement and eagerness to players of all...

I was delighted to once again be a guest Mah Jongg Instructor interviewed on Fern Bernstein's podcast entitled, "Mah Jongg Mondays!" We...

Decoding the Mah Jongg Playing Card The Mah Jongg playing card is issued each year at the end of March or early April (after the Chinese...

Introducing... The Mah Jongg Charleston Assist Created BY a Mah Jongg player & instructor… FOR Mah Jongg players & instructors! During...

Mah Jongg is not only a challenging, creative, complex, and strategic game, but also, and importantly, it is a social experience. Whether...

Right-Across-Left, second Left-Across-Right – All six passes of the Charleston MUST each contain THREE tiles. The seventh optional pass...

Every MahJongg tile that is discarded during play must be clearly, verbally named. Six Crak, Four Bam, Seven Dot, West, or Green are just...