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Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Equipment and Accessories

Tiles

Racks

Counters

Dice

Chapter 2: Preparation for the Game

Building the Wall

Winds

Opening the Wall

Flower Tiles

Optional Tiles

Chapter 3: The Basic Game

Pung: Three of a Kind

Kong: Four of a Kind

Chow: A Sequence of Three Tiles in the Same Suit

Pillow: A Pair, or Two of a Kind

Basic Hands

Clean Hands

Pure Hands

Playing the Game

Charleston (or Razzle): An Optional Procedure

Ding Dong: An Optional Procedure

The Kitty (or Goolie): An Optional Procedure

Discards

Going Mah Jong

Chapter 4: Scoring, Penalties, and Variations

Counting

Doubling

Examples of Scoring

Settling Stakes

Dead Hands

Penalties

Two-Handed Mah Jong

Three-Handed Mah Jong

Chapter 5: Special Hands

Pair Hands

Sequence Hands

Jewel Hands

Honor Hands

Gates Hands

Numbers Hands

Odds and Ends

Chapter 6: Strategy

Basic Strategy

Advanced Strategy

Phase One—Build, Collect

Evaluate

Discarding

Shaping

Calling

Phase Two—Choose, Attack

Choosing

Discarding

Calling

Phase Three—Defend, Hold

Safe Discards

The 1-4-7 Principle

Keeping

Calling Patterns

Tips and Tricks