American Mahjong

Lessons

At a Real Table

The small print, the wall, calls, mistakes, money, and house rules.

You can sit down with a new group and keep up with the parts nobody explains.

Lessons in this topic

  1. Reading the fine print: Colors, "any," "like," runs, and matching dragons (4 min)
  2. Building the wall: Shuffle, stack, push out, roll, break (3 min)
  3. The deal: Four at a time, then East goes first (3 min)
  4. Two callers, one tile: What you can call for, and who gets it (4 min)
  5. When something goes wrong: Dead hands, misnamed discards, mahjong in error (4 min)
  6. Settling up, worked out: Self-draw, jokerless, and the exceptions, with real numbers (4 min)
  7. House rules and pace: Ask before the first deal. Keep your turns short (3 min)
  8. The Daily and a real table: Same rules. A few habits to leave at home (3 min)