Let the games for 2026 begin! Some MPWC ladies played Mahjong today at the clubhouse parlor marking the beginning of another year of all sorts of fun games to play. This is one game, however, that requires skill, strategy and luck and is very challenging. The game has walls and tiles; the tiles include circles, cracks, bamboos, and dragons and is based on an official Mahjong card of options that changes every year to keep you on your toes.
Mahjong originated around the mid-to-late 1800s during tChina’s Qing Dynasty. Its popularity reached the U.S. in the 1920s. American Rules were standardized in 1937 with the creation of the National Mah-jongg League. A few years ago, Lori Miller helped many of us learn the game. She is ready to start up a new training group. If anyone is interested, please contact her and get in line to learn a very interesting game. This is one game you have to play regularly to get good at it.
The name Mahjong means “sparrow” due to the clacking sound of the tiles. If you do go to a game, besides the clacking of tiles, you might also hear a lot of ‘clucking of of hens’ busy chatting and playing this unusual game!