What are necessary tiles and unecessary tiles in mahjong? Necessary tiles: the tiles needed to win with least number of exchanges. decrease the shanten number when one of them is drawn. called ...

In a tiny roadside storefront, Ho Sau-mei has been carving mahjong tiles since she was 13 years old. Now in her 60s, she is ...

This repository also contains vector graphics of unofficial tile designs for riichi mahjong. Currently, it contains numbers 10, 11, and 12 of each suit. These were created by myself (kyrawr83) using ...

HONG KONG — Just opposite the entrance to a neon-lit night market, one of Hong Kong’s few remaining carvers of mahjong tiles engraves the two Chinese characters for the number 8,000 on a piece ...

On a recent sunny summer afternoon, the women of Mahjong & Magnolias gather at a home in Franklin. The group of friends gets ...

CHONGQING - The World Mahjong Organization on Wednesday standardized the height of the mahjong tiles that can be used in official competitions in an attempt to ensure the game will be "healthy ...

HONG KONG — Just opposite the entrance to a neon-lit night market, one of Hong Kong’s few remaining carvers of mahjong tiles engraves the two Chinese characters for the number 8,000 on a piece ...

Mahjong became popular during the Qing dynasty in China in the early 1700s. The objective is to collect four “melds,” or sets, and one pair from a set number of tiles. Rules dictate how to deal the ...