Sparrow: Learn Mahjong

Never played mahjong? Start here. Sparrow teaches American mahjong to total beginners in 7 short days. Each lesson takes about five minutes and uses real tiles on screen. By day 7 you can sit down at a real mahj night and keep up. We start at zero. What the game is, how many players, what you are trying to build, and how a turn works. Then we add one piece at a time. YOUR 7 DAYS Day 1: How mahjong works, from the very beginning Day 2: Spot the tiles at a glance (bams, craks, dots, winds, dragons, flowers) Day 3: Jokers and the rules Day 4: How to read the mahjong card Day 5: The Charleston, and what to pass Day 6: Calling and exposing tiles Day 7: Mahj night ready, with a full dress rehearsal PLAY REAL PRACTICE HANDS Play full hands of American mahjong against three players, with a new deal every time. Pass in the Charleston, draw, discard, call tiles and declare Mahjong. ASK THE EXPERT…