Directory of Mah Jongg Resources

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A game of Chinese origin usually played by four persons with tiles resembling dominoes and bearing various designs, which are drawn and discarded until one player wins with a hand of four combinations of three tiles each and a pair of matching tiles.

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Resources in This Category

• A Selection of Pictures of My Mah Jongg Sets

  http://www.xs4all.nl/~pega/mjlist.htm
  Peter Gallagher's collection of Mahjong sets.

• A Spotlight On Games: Mah Jongg Scoring Chart

  http://spotlightongames.com/chart/mj.html
  Summary of the scoring for Chinese classical rules.

• A Spotlight On Games: Playing Winning Mah Jongg

  http://spotlightongames.com/analysis/mahjongg.html
  Basic tactics and various tips.

• Analytical Articles on Mah-Jong

  http://www.mahjong-co.narod.ru/
  Bit and pieces of mathematical studies about Mahjong. Mostly Chinese Official rules.

• CHarli's Web: All Things Mah Jong

  http://www.charli.org/
  Mahjong sets dealer giving advice about care, restoration and purchase of vintage sets.

• Cool Old Games

  http://www.coololdgames.com/
  Devoted to vintage board games of the 1920s through 1940s with an emphasis on Mahjong. Includes photo galleries and information on care and restoration.

• Four Winds Mah Jong Knowledge Base

  http://www.4windsmj.com/kb/kb.htm
  Information on the history, symbolism and rules of major Mahjong variants. Maintained by Lagarto, the maker of Four Winds Mah Jong game software.

• Gareth and Jane Saunders: About Mah Jong

  http://www.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/mahjong/
  Lists outlets in England, Scotland and Ireland where Mahjong sets can be purchased on-line and on the street. Downloadable print-it-yourself Mahjong kards

• Hiroshima Cock's-Eye Mahjong News & Other Stuff

  http://hirohurl.blogspot.com/
  This weblog reports on the activities of a group of Hiroshima-based foreigners and their Japanese friends who play three-player mahjong.

• Japanese Mahjong

  http://www.japanese-mahjong.com/
  Detailed instructions on playing Japanese Four and Three-Player Mahjong.

• Japanese Mahjong

  http://www.japanesemahjong.net/
  A complete reference for the Japanese Mahjong (reach mahjong). Rules, strategy guides and everything related to the game.

• Learning Mahjong

  http://www.free-conversant.com/mindspill/156
  Weblog entry that points to the author's PDF guide to European classical rules.

• Let's Play Mah Jongg With Chinese Tiles or Kards

  http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/Mahjongg,nationalleaguerulesfor.PDF
  1976's official hands and rules of the National Mahjongg League, Inc.

• Mah Jong - Modern Japanese Rules

  http://www.delfosse.com/mahjong.html
  Loose summary of Japanese terminology, game play and scoring.

• Mah Jong History and Useful Information

  http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Mah-Jong.htm
  History of the game, prior and after the 1920's.

• Mah Jongg - Worldwide Web Site

  http://www.mahjongg.com/
  Includes related software, beginners guide, rules, history, symbolism, club and tournament listing, and links.

• Mah-Jong, British Rules

  http://www.mahjongbritishrules.com/
  An illustrated description of Mah-Jong (BMJA rules) with beginners’ guide. Advice & info about other sites, buying sets, clubs, organizations, teachers.

• Mah-Jongg Forum

  http://www.mah-jongg-forum.de/
  Forum mainly for players in Germany. In English and German.

• Mah-Jongg: The Tiles That Bind

  http://www.mahjonggmovie.com/
  Documentary film about Jewish and Asian women who play Mahjong.

• Mahjong 3 Fan For Dummies

  http://www.angelfire.com/nj/MahJongg/3fan.html
  Explains Yahoo's 3-fan Hong Kong Old Style rules

• Mahjong News

  http://www.mahjongnews.com/
  International competitions news, calendar and forum. European Mahjong Association player rankings. Summary of major rules used in tournaments. Book and computer game reviews. In English and Dutch.

• Mahjong Singapore Style

  http://sky116688.tripod.com/mahjong/maj_start.html
  Rules and a Java-based computer game for the Singapore style of Mahjong.

• Mahjong Wiki

  http://mahjong.wikidot.com/
  A wiki-style site. Focuses on the rules and scoring for different types variations.

• MahjongMahjong.com

  http://www.mahjongmahjong.com/
  A website dedicated to old Mah Jongg games and accessories.

• Nanette Pasquarello's Notes On Playing Mahjong

  http://www.xs4all.nl/~korntner/mahjong/nanette/nan_notes.html
  Notes taken and adapted from various sources about the game.

• Reach Mahjong : The Only Way To Play

  http://www.reachmahjong.blogspot.com/
  Weekly columns about the game of Mahjong as it's played in Japan.

• Red Dragon

  http://www.mahjongcalculation.com/
  Software for tracking and calculating game results.

• Safalra's Mah Jong Rules

  http://www.safalra.com/other/mahjong.html
  Designed to have a scoring system that is simple, while emphasising skill rather than luck.

• Sloperama's Mah-jong Zone

  http://www.sloperama.com/mjfaq.html
  Repository of the rec.games.mahjong newsgroup's FAQ. Documentation about most aspects of the game : rules variations, types of sets, accessories, tips for buyers and sellers, basic strategies, books, links. Exchange board to find players and trade sets.

• Solitaire MahJongg

  http://home.halden.net/vkp/vkp/index.html
  A website by Vegard Krog Petersen. Contains history, rules, layouts, and tilesets.

• The Lacobies: Mahjong

  http://www.lacobie.org/Mahjong.html
  Rules and guide to the game of Mahjong, with an emphasis on Hong Kong Old Style Scoring.

• The Mahjong Archives

  http://www.imahjong.com/maiarchives.html
  Archives of all postings made on Usenet rec.games.mahjong between January 1998 and November 2000.

• The Rules for Modern American Mah-jongg

  http://sites.google.com/site/mahjrules/
  Describes American-style Mahjong as it is played today.

• Webring: The World of Mahjong

  http://www.webring.org/hub?ring=mahjong
  List of Mahjong links.

• Wikipedia: Mahjong

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahjong
  History of the game. Descriptions of major rule variants and gameplay.

• Zung Jung Mahjong Scoring System

  http://www.zj-mahjong.info/
  A website about Mah Jongg scoring system developed for international competitions.

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