Learn American Mahjong

What this game is, and how you'll learn it.

• Welcome to the tableThe shape of the game, in a minute.→

Meet every tile in the set — suits, winds, dragons, flowers, and the joker.

• The three suitsCraks, Bams, and Dots — each numbered 1 to 9.→
• Winds & dragonsThe honor tiles: four winds and three dragons.→
• Flowers & jokersThe two special tiles that make American Mahjong its own game.→

How to read the year's card — notation, groups, sections, and color.

• What the card isThe menu of hands you're allowed to build.→
• Reading a handPairs, pungs, kongs, and quints — groups of the same tile.→
• Sections & colorHow the card is organized, and what the colors mean.→

Read your rack, pick a target, and judge how close you are.

• Reading your rackLook at your tiles and see which hands are within reach.→
• How far away?Count the tiles between your rack and a finished hand.→
• Picking a targetWeigh distance, jokers, and availability to choose the best hand.→

The tile-passing ritual that opens every American Mahjong game.

• What the Charleston isWhy every game starts by passing tiles around.→
• Passing wellChoose the three tiles to let go.→

Turn order, calling tiles, jokers in play, and how a hand ends.

• The flow of a turnDraw, discard, and go around the table.→
• Calling & exposuresTaking a discarded tile to complete a group.→
• Jokers in playUsing, holding, and swapping for jokers.→
• Winning & dead handsHow a hand ends — in a win, a wall game, or a dead hand.→

Put it all together in a full game against bots.

• Play it throughA full solo game, with coaching a tap away.→