The Mahjong Card is organized in categories but each year the specific hands are changed. They main categories of hands are: YEAR – Year hands or other special hands are usually the current year.These hands utilize tiles which make up the year: i.e., 1’s and 9’s.for 1999, 2’s and 0’s for 2000. The white dragon represents a zero, as there is no tile with an actual zero.You cannot use a joker for any tile in a year; i.e., 2009.  They are considered singles and pairs. 2468 – Self-explanatory. Hands concentrate on even numbers. MULTIPLICATION – These hands perform a type of multiplication, such as FFFF 5555 x 5555 = 25 . You would need four flowers, four…

After the optional last across pass, East discards a tile from her rack, placing it face up on the table and naming it out loud. The player to East’s right then picks a fresh tile from the wall, looks at it, and decides whether or not she wants to keep it. If she keeps it, she places it in her rack and then discards a tile. If she does not want it, she places it face up on the table and names it. The play continues in turn, with each player picking and then discarding. When a wall is exhausted, the wall to the left gets pushed out. The last wall to be played…

Each player puts her tiles on her rack, facing her but concealed from the other players. The player then organizes her tiles in groups and pairs according to the categories on the card. Three unwanted tiles are picked for passing. The passing is organized into two “Charlestons,” as follows: First Charleston (compulsory):Each player gives 3 tiles to the player on her RIGHT; thenEach player gives 3 tiles to the player ACROSS from her; thenEach player gives 3 tiles to the player on her LEFT. At the end of the first Charleston, any player may decide to halt the passing and proceed to the final Optional pass. Second Charleston ( compulsory ): If no one…

One person is selected to be East. You can choose East by throwing the dice, arbitrarily choosing the hostess or by actual seating arrangement. To begin dealing, East throws the dice. The number on the dice indicates where East will break her wall. If, for example, East throws a 10 on the dice, she will take ten groups of two tiles from the right end of the wall and keep them separate. They are reserved until the end of the game. East takes four tiles (two groups of two) from the remainder of her wall. Then the player to the right of East takes four tiles and then the next player to…

The modern American Mahjong set has 152 tiles.  The tiles consist of: CRAKS (also called Characters) – Numbers 1 through 9 – Four (4) each. BAMS (also called Bamboos) –  Numbers 1 through 9 – Four (4) each. DOTS (also called Circles) – Numbers 1 through 9 – Four (4) each. Four (4) red DRAGONSFour (4) green DRAGONS Four (4) white DRAGONS (“soaps”) Four (4) WINDS for each direction: North, East , South and West for a total of sixteen (16) Winds  Eight (8) FLOWERS Eight (8) JOKERS The tiles are mixed, turned face down, and each player makes a wall in front of their rack – nineteen tiles long and…