If you play American Mah Jongg, I suspect you are looking forward to the 2023 card (that is, the National Mah Jongg League’s Official Standard Hands and Rules for 2023) as much as I am. After playing ...

In an age when one often reads a novel by flipping the pages of an ebook or plays solitaire by dealing the cards on the screen, describing oneself as a “gamer” is typically preceded by the unspoken ...

NEW BEDFORD — Joan Blanchett will tell you she’s been playing mah jongg for about 100 years, when in reality, it’s been close to 40 years. This milestone has given her the authority on the ancient ...

Jan Esquith is new to mah-jongg but not unfamiliar with the Chinese game of chance that in its American form is similar to the card game gin rummy. “When I was growing up in Burbank, I remembered my ...

Four women stare down at bone-white game pieces in their hands. Plastic tiles clatter and clink in the center of the table. The players gaze over wooden racks with plastic arms that hold a ...

I have always loved to play games, and when an opportunity arises to learn a new one, I am in. I wanted to learn Mah Jongg, so I got the chance to do so last week. Carol plays often and decided to try ...

The gallery of the Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts room was quiet except for the soft clacking of tiles as Mah Jongg players concentrated on searching for chows (a sequence of three tiles), pungs ...

Five years ago when a close friend told me she wanted to start a mah-jongg group and invited me join her, I immediately said yes. Sure, we were in our thirties, not our eighties, but I liked the idea ...

Game night in Sara Linden's Potrero Hill apartment starts off with food and wine. "But not too much wine," Linden says with a shy smile. "Or else you won't win." There is talk of work and books until ...