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How to Read an American Mahjong Card
At first glance, the NMJL American Mahjong card can be very confusing. Here is a great lesson explaining a generic card that you can use to learn how to understand the NMJL card each year. If you are looking for an alternative to the standard NMJL card, check out Marvelous Mahjong Cards too!
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Practicing Hands Online with Mahjong Time
It is very important to practice playing Mahjong! But how can you practice at home? A great place to start is the website MahjongTime.com in their Mahjong School. Take a look! You can practice each section on the card to become familiar with how to make a winning hand. You can purchase an annual Mah Jongg card from the National Mah Jongg League.
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Mahjong 101: Sample Hands
Here are some sample hands that you might practice as you get familiar with the rules of American Mahjong. Do you have a favorite hand? Let us know! Back to Mahjong 101: The Rules
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Mahjong 101: Going Dead
A player “goes dead,” (is out of the game) when: She has too many or too few tiles in her hand. She has declared Mah Jongg in error Another player is able to figure out her hand and knows she cannot possibly make it, based on what is on the table. A player has exposed too many or too few tiles to make any hand. Back to Mahjong 101: The Rules
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Mahjong 101: Making Mahjong
When all thirteen (13) tiles match a hand on the card, and you either pick the 14th tile needed to complete the hand, or someone discards it, you may declare “Mahjong” and you are the winner. Scoring is as follows: If you make Mahjong on a discard, you are paid the value of the hand. Discarder pays double. If you pick your Mahjong tile, you are paid double the value of the hand.If you make Mahjong on a discard and you were bet on, you get double, and you share your winnings evenly with the bettor. If you pick Mahjong and are bet on, you get four times the value…
