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Site designed & created by Burton Joyce U3A.

© 2013 -2017 Burton Joyce & District U3A  All rights reserved.

U.K. Registered Charity No. 1157213

Group Co-ordinator

Sandra Giles  01159665144

Venue:


Group Leader’s Home

Meeting Dates

 & Times:

1st and 3rd Wednesday in the month

10:30am - 12:30pm

Additional Charges:

None

Description: Mahjong is a game that originated in China, normally played by four players at a square table.


It is a game of skill and strategy and involves a certain degree of chance.


Although it can be a gambling game, we play purely for fun! The four player table version should not be confused with the computer game (Mahjong solitaire).


The game is played with a set of 152 tiles based on Chinese characters and symbols and is started by building the .great wall of China', discarding tiles and collecting sets until players complete a legal hand.


By the end of the first session, you won't know it all, but you will know how to play and to form a basic mahjong hand.



Mah-Jong

ABOUT MAH-JONG

Mah-Jong involves adding and discarding tiles from your hand to make melds. It is believed by some to be the ancestor of card games such as Rummy and Canasta which also involves making melds by adding and discarding cards.


BOOKS ON MAH-JONG

A&C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd, publish a booklet, now

in its 4th edition, on Mah Jong, in their “Know The Game” series.

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