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FAQ 4b. Websites about Mah-Jongg

FAQ 4a (see nav frame at left) lists websites that I refer people to most frequently. THIS part of FAQ 4 lists a lot more mah-jongg sites. When I learn of new useful sites, I always list them on my site somewhere. If you play American mah-jongg or if you're looking for information about your mah-jongg set, check not only below but also FAQ 4a. If you play Japanese mah-jongg, check not only below but also FAQ 25. If you're researching mah-jongg history, check not only below but also FAQ 11. If you play Mahjong Competition Rules (Chinese Official), check not only below but also FAQ 22. And that's not all, but I need to stop writing so this introduction doesn't get too long. The point is, check for additional links in whatever other FAQ or bulletin board contains subject matter you're interested in.

Sites pop up or disappear all the time. I do not guarantee that the links below are all still active. In addition to checking the links below, I recommend that you also search the web yourself. Many of the sites linked below also contain links to other equally great sites about Mah-Jongg -- it never ends!

Oh... and if you are looking for sites about solitaire tile-matching games, see FAQ 12.  This page lists sites about true mah-jongg only.

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MAH-JONGG RULES SITES

American Rules
Chinese Official Rules
Chinese Classical Rules
Hong Kong Rules
Japanese Rules
Taiwanese Rules
British (Western) Rules
Zung Jung Rules
MJ Masters Millions Rules
Korean Rules
WMPA Rules
New Style Rules
Singapore Rules
Malaysian Rules

GENERAL MAH-JONGG INFORMATION SITES
MAH-JONGG FORUMS & DISCUSSION SITES
MAH-JONGG MERCHANDISE SITES
MAH-JONGG TOURNAMENT SITES
MAH-JONGG LINKS SITES
PRINT-IT-YOURSELF MAH-JONGG KARDS
MAH-JONGG INFO/RULES SITES IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH
MAH-JONGG-RELATED (or maybe not-quite-so-related) SITES

Mah-Jongg RULES Sites

A reminder: because every author describes the rules differently, it is not recommended that you spend a lot of time trying to reconcile one author's rules with another's (even when they are ostensibly defining the same "flavor" of mah-jongg!).

For reader convenience, these sites are categorized by "flavor." For a complete "menu" of the various flavors of mah-jongg, read FAQ 2b. Since some sites describe multiple varieties of mah-jongg, there is some duplication.

American Mah-Jongg



• Linda Fisher's site is the only site on the web that describes American-style mah-jongg as it is played today. http://www.geocities.com/linfishr. AND see FAQ 19 for fine points of the American rules (and commonly misunderstood rules). AND get the booklet from the NMJL (see FAQ 3).
  
• And then there are the 1976-1977 American rules, at Hasbro's website - http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/Mahjongg,nationalleaguerulesfor.PDF. Rule changes have occurred since 1976, so I don't recommend using these old rules as one's authority. Get the booklet from the NMJL (see FAQ 3), and use Linda Fisher's site (above). [Thanks to Eric R. for the link.]
  
• And finally, there's also http://home.tiac.net/~domino32/usamjc/ (Mall Domino's USA Mahjongg Club - an unusual and original variation on American-style mah-jongg)



Chinese Official Tournament Rules

• Download the Official official rules document at http://www.chinamajiang.com/ssxx20.html.
• http://www.mahjongnews.com/comj.htm Mahjong News is practically a complete menu of mah-jongg flavors: Japanese, CC, Hong Kong, WMPA, Korean, and Taiwanese)
  
• You can buy a homemade rules and strategy booklet here on our site: http://www.sloperama.com/tour/rulebook.htm. Booklets available: Chinese Official, HKOS, Chinese Classical, Taiwanese, New Style, or American rules.
  
• FOUR WINDS is a wonderful mah-jongg computer game that incorporates rules for many varieties of mah-jongg, including Chinese Official. Explore http://www.4windsmj.com/ to find written rules.
• http://us.mjclub.com/RulesAndScore - you'll have to navigate the Chinese text (and the site is slow to load)...
• http://perso.wanadoo.fr/sparcollet/pages/livre.htm - Chinese Official rules en Francais
• www.cnmj.org Mahjong Network of the China Mahjong Organization. Rules on numerous variants. But note that even if you have popups blocked, you'll still hear advertising when you visit (at least I did)... Oh, by the way - site is in Chinese.
• World Champion Mai Hatsune and fellow Japanese champion player Takunori Kajimoto have written the definitive strategy guide to Mahjong Competition Rules. It's been translated into English and is at http://museum.takeshobo.co.jp/kokusai/index.html.
• For practice with your C.O. (MCR) strategy, see www.tilehog.net.
• You can try your hand at scoring MCR hands at http://www.mahjong-o-matic.com.
• http://www.mahjong-co.narod.ru/ is the website of Vitaly Novikov, who discusses CO strategy.



Chinese Classical Mah-Jongg ("CC")

• Scott Nicholson's mahjong tutorial video at http://www.youtube.com/w/?v=Qxj07M5Ohiw teaches Chinese Classical. You can also get to it from http://www.boardgameswithscott.com where you can find links to other episodes of Scott's VLOG about boardgames.
• http://www.MahJongMuseum.com [formerly http://members.aol.com/pungchow/] (Jim May's excellent Cyber Museum site -- history, Taiwanese rules, J.P. Babcock's "Little Red Book" rules (a variant of CC), and much more - be sure to bookmark this site!)
  
• http://home.netvigator.com/~tarot/Mahjong/Mahjong.html (Alan Kwan's mahjong page - Japanese, CC, and Alan's original Zung Jung rules). Tournament rules may vary slightly. See http://www.world-series-mahjong.com/rules.htm.
  
• http://www.cs.utk.edu/~clay/mahjongg/ (Clay Breshears' CC rules, links, and trivia)
  
• http://otal.umd.edu/~vg/amst205.F96/vj07/project3.html (Wai Ling Cheng's CC rules & history)
  
• http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~sontag/mahjongg (German-language CC rules site)
  
• http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/mah_jong/overview_intro.html (CC rules by Gareth Reagan, for the Mind Sports Olympiad)
  
• http://www.mastersgames.com/cat/table/mah-jong.htm (Sets for sale, and CC rules)
  
• http://www.teaser.fr/u/edetocquev/java/mahjongg/Doc/Regle.html (French-language CC rules site)
  
• http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7956/mj.html ("Mah Jong Collection" - simplified CC rules)
  
• http://www.xs4all.nl/~korntner/mahjong/nanette/nan_notes.html (Nanette Pasquarello's Mah Jong Notes - CC rules, or a variation thereon)
  
• http://www.mahjongg.com/ (Berrie Bloem's site - CC rules)
  
• http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/mahjong/mahjong.html (SoYouWanna Learn To Play Mah-Jong? - simplified CC rules)
  
• http://games.yahoo.com/games/rules/mahjong/mjscoring.html (the CC rules that Yahoo's online mah-jongg game was programmed to use - but most Yahoo players play by HKOS rules instead! See HKOS section, below.)
  
• http://digilander.libero.it/seipalle CC rules, Italian style (Italian language). Webmaster Michele (sigbrando) is seeking help in translating the site into English.
  
• http://www.fimj.it CC rules, Italian style (Italian language).
  
• Learning Mahjong http://www.free-conversant.com/mindspill/156 Blog entry that point to to the author's PDF guide to European Classical. (Thanx to Chris Stamper)
  
• "The American Official Laws of Mah-Jongg" (also known as The American Code of Laws for Mah-Jongg) established by the "Standardization Committee of the American Official Laws of Mah-Jongg" (M.C. Work, Robert Foster, Joseph P. Babcock, Lee Hartman, and J.H. Smith), under the direction of the Auction Bridge and Mah Jongg Magazine, 1924. These laws are included in Work's book Mah-Jongg Up-To-Date and Hartman's Standardized Mah Jong as well as Foster's book referred to in FAQ 11.

Hong Kong (Cantonese) Mah-Jongg ("HKOS" aka Hakka?)

• http://www.imahjong.com (formerly http://www.cofatsui.com/mahjong.html) (Cofa Tsui's IMJ website - variation on HKOS rules)
  
• http://www.lacobie.org/Mahjong.html (Hong Kong Old Style rules)
  
• http://www.geocities.com/coppy1586/ (Coppy explains Yahoo's 3-fan HKOS rules)
  
• http://www.angelfire.com/nj/MahJongg/ (Another site to explain the 3-fan HKOS rules used by Yahoo players, by mjaddict)
  
• http://lion.has.it (And another site to explain Yahoo's 3fan HKOS rules, by Lionheart)
  
• http://www.geocities.com/mahjong_fair_and_honest/tips.html (Yet another site that explains Yahoo's 3-fan HKOS rules)
  
• http://webpages.charter.net/countfan/countfan.htm (It's... guess what? A site that explains... you got it... the 3-fan HKOS rules used by the players of Yahoo's online mah-jongg game. And this one has annoying "Hong Kong Fooey" music as an extra added bonus!)
• http://us.mjclub.com/RulesAndScore - you'll have to navigate the Chinese text (and the site is slow to load)...
• www.cnmj.org Mahjong Network of the China Mahjong Organization. Rules on numerous variants. But note that even if you have popups blocked, you'll still hear advertising when you visit (at least I did)... Oh, by the way - site is in Chinese.

Japanese Mah-Jongg Rules

• An English-language booklet has been made which describes the standard Japanese riichi/dora majan rules of the European Mahjong Association. http://mahjong-europe.org/rules/. Direct links to the 24 page booklet and the 2 page summary: http://mahjong-europe.org/filer/riichirules.pdf; http://mahjong-europe.org/filer/riichisheet.pdf.
• http://www.japanesemahjong.com/ - Ryan Morris' excellent English-language guide to Japanese mahjong is finally back online! Ryan Morris is a representative for the Mahjong Museum in Japan, and a columnist for Japan's manga, Kindai Majan.
  
• http://www.ofb.net/~whuang/ugcs/gp/mahjong/mahjong.html - Japanese rules in English, by Wei-Hwa Huang (renowned puzzle player and Google engineer)
• http://home.netvigator.com/~tarot/Mahjong/Mahjong.html (Alan Kwan's mahjong page - Japanese, CC, and Alan's original Zung Jung rules)
• The Mahjong Denmark Riichi summary sheet covers many of the special cases that exist in Japanese Riichi/Dora Majan, as handled by Mahjong Denmark.   http://mahjong.dk/filer/riichisheet.pdf
  
• A mahjong blog by Jenn and Garthe, two Americans turned professional players and competing on the Japanese Professional Mahjong League tour. http://www.reachmahjong.blogspot.com/. Thanks to Nath for the link. Also on reachmahjong.com you can see a journal from Gemma, a self-professed beginner at Japanese mahjong, from England. http://reachmahjong.com/en/columns.html.
  
• The Japan Professional Mahjong League Official Rules are at http://www.ma-jan.or.jp/rule.htm (Japanese language - you can try translating it using babelfish.yahoo.com or eigo-navi.com.
  Osamuko's Mahjong Blog offers strategy tips for Japanese riichi/dora majan. http://www.osamuko.com/index.php/category/mahjong/
  
• http://mj.giganet.net/ (Japanese-language site; Japanese rules)
  
• http://www.delfosse.com/mahjong.html (Modern Japanese rules in English)
  
• http://hometown.aol.com/wergames/jongg.htm -- The rules "Gamester" uses to play mah-jongg (an intermediate version between Japanese pre-Riichi Classical and Modern Japanese Riichi), illustrated.
• http://us.mjclub.com/RulesAndScore - you'll have to navigate the Chinese text (and the site is slow to load)...
  
• Hai-Shin 2 gamefaqs.com has an English guide that says little to nothing about the Japanese PlayStation2 game "Hai-Shin 2" (a favorite of Tom's BTW), but rather gives an intro to Japanese mahjong. (Thanx to Chris Stamper)
• www.cnmj.org Mahjong Network of the China Mahjong Organization. Rules on numerous variants. But note that even if you have popups blocked, you'll still hear advertising when you visit (at least I did)... Oh, by the way - site is in Chinese.
• http://www.abstreamace.com/mahjong/ - Chinese-language site about the modern Japanese rules.

Taiwanese Mah-Jongg Rules

• http://www.mahjongnews.com/morerules.htm (MahjongNews is practically a complete menu of mah-jongg flavors: Japanese, CC, Hong Kong, WMPA, Korean, and Taiwanese)
• www.cnmj.org Mahjong Network of the China Mahjong Organization. Rules on numerous variants. But note that even if you have popups blocked, you'll still hear advertising when you visit (at least I did)... Oh, by the way - site is in Chinese.
• http://kosti.tripod.com/mahjong16-big5.htm - another one in Chinese, thanks to John Low.
• http://www.MahJongMuseum.com [formerly http://members.aol.com/pungchow/] (Jim May's excellent Cyber Museum site has 16-tile rules, but they don't bear much resemblance to actual Taiwanese scoring or the Filipino method of play)
  
• Steve Willoughby used to have the best description of Taiwanese rules in English on the Web, at http://www.rag.com/~steve/mahjong/ but rag.com is now devoted to the game of Ragnarok, and Steve Willoughby's mah-jongg page might no longer exist. If anybody finds its new URL, please notify webmaster at Sloperama dot com!

  If you want to play Taiwanese style, you may need to buy Amy Lo's book (click FAQ 3 in the nav frame at left).

Western (British) Mah-Jongg Rules



• http://www.mahjongbritishrules.com/ (Peter Gregory's description of BMJA rules)
  
• http://w1.1332.telia.com/~u133200063/ (describes Max Robertson's Western scoring)
  
• Jesper Harder's site is in Denmark; some pages in Danish; Western rules, and a discussion about the Chinese writing on mahjong tiles.
  
• Australian Navy rules are at http://www.gunplot.net/mahjongg/mahjong.html (Much-simplified Western variant)

Alan Kwan's Zung Jung Rules

• http://home.netvigator.com/~tarot/Mahjong/Mahjong.html (Alan Kwan's mahjong page - Japanese, CC, and Alan's original Zung Jung rules)

Mah-Jongg Masters Millions Rules (MMM)

• http://mahjong.real-time.com/mj_ims.html (MMM rules)

Korean Rules

• http://koreanmahjong.ce.ro/ (rules for Korean mah-jongg)
  
• http://www.mahjongnews.com/morerules.htm (practically a complete menu of mah-jongg flavors: Japanese, CC, Hong Kong, WMPA, Korean, and Taiwanese)

WMPA Rules

• http://www.wmpa.net (World Mahjong Players Association site, Korea)
• In 2007, the WMPA changed its name to WMF (World Mahjong Federation). http://www.wmfed.com.
  
• http://www.mahjongnews.com/morerules.htm (practically a complete menu of mah-jongg flavors: Japanese, Western, CC, Hong Kong, WMPA, Korean, Zung Jung, Mahjong Masters Millions, and Taiwanese)

"New Style" Rules

• http://www.mjclub.com/RulesAndScore (Mahjong Network China - Chinese site; rules, chat, forum, free email, and online game) -- thanks to Karl Hung for the link! Note: site is entirely in Chinese. If you live in the U.S., use this link: http://us.mjclub.com/RulesAndScore - but it's still pretty slow to load...)

  You may need to get Amy Lo's book - see FAQ 3.

Singapore Rules

• Rules for Singapore mah-jongg can be seen at http://sky116688.tripod.com/mahjong/rules.html .

Malaysian Three-Player Rules

• Vincent Cheah wrote about the 84-tile 3-player Malaysian game, with some editing and images by Tom Sloper. You can see it at: www.sloperama.com/mahjongg/malaysian.htm

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General Mah-Jongg INFORMATION Sites

• http://www.sloperama.com/mjfaq.html (this FAQ and the other mah-jongg newsgroup FAQs)
• http://www.charli.org/Mah_Jong/Museum/welcome.htm - CHarli's museum page is a great resource if you are looking for information about collectible mah-jongg sets.
• My Grandfather was the Partner of Mr. Babcock, a 2009 article on Jelte Rep's website.
• http://www.coololdgames.com/MahJonggallery.html - Some photos of nice mah-jongg sets.
• Well-informed "GiocAreA" articles, by Sergio Mastromarino, are at http://www.davincigames.it/giocarea_eng/13/cover.htm.
• There's a nice introduction to Mah-Jongg video at: http://www.youtube.com/w/?v=Qxj07M5Ohiw Or you can get to it from http://www.boardgameswithscott.com where you can find links to other episodes of Scott's VLOG about boardgames.
  
• http://www.mahjongnews.com (a wealth of information and reviews, in Dutch and English, by Martin Rep)
• How to play Sichuan-style mahjong: http://www.jasonpym.com/blog/2007/08/10/sichuan-mahjong/.
• A website that shows a Japanese mah-jongg game with food-themed tiles (available in Japanese and English): http://characters.butterfly-stroke.com/ma_rule/topRule_eng.html (thanks to David Willems)
• An English-language fansite about "Mahjong Legend Akagi" (discussed in column 297 ): http://www.truepariah.net/ (thanks to David Willems)
• A website where you can see the 26 episodes of "Mahjong Legend Akagi" (discussed in column 297 ): http://www.crunchyroll.com/showseries?id=116 (thanks to David Willems)
• Japanese mahjong stuff is available at www.japanese-mahjong.com. The site was formerly known as "Hirohurl.net" where miniature (17×12×10mm) Akagi-style acrylic tiles were available - maybe they still are!
  
• http://www.MahJongMuseum.com [formerly http://members.aol.com/pungchow/] (Jim May's excellent Cyber Museum site -- collectible mahjong sets, info on history, Taiwanese rules, Babcock rules, and much more)
• http://www.coololdgames.com was created by an anonymous collector of vintage Mahjong sets. The section about history, identification and restoration of vintage plastics is well done. (Thanks to "Nath Krismaratala" for the link.)
  
• Jesper Harder's site is in Denmark; some pages in Danish; Western rules, and a discussion about the Chinese writing on mahjong tiles.
  
• http://home.netvigator.com/~tarot/Mahjong/Mahjong.html (Alan Kwan's mahjong page)
  
• http://www.mahjongg.com/begin.htm (Berrie Bloem's guide for beginners)
  
• http://www.hakata21.com/suzume/ - Suzume no Oyado(Guesthouse of sparrows) Essays by "Hyakkanjan". The good old age of Japanese mahjong. (Japanese)
  
• http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown-Denei/5222/dic.htm - Konchan Jiten(Mahjong dictionary by "Konchan") (Japanese)
  
• http://www.ambitious-net.com/ - Empire of the Mahjong, all about mahjong in Japan. Must see "Beginner's Area". (Japanese)
  
• http://mj.giganet.net/ (Japanese-language site)
  
• http://www.iMahjong.com (formerly http://www.cofatsui.com/mahjong.html) (Cofa Tsui's IMJ info and rules site)
  
• http://www.cs.utk.edu/~clay/mahjongg/ (Clay Breshears' rules, links, and trivia)
  
• http://otal.umd.edu/~vg/amst205.F96/vj07/project3.html (Wai Ling Cheng's rules & history)
  
• http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~sontag/mahjongg (German-language site)
  
• http://www.ifa.au.dk/~harder (Jesper Harder's site -- in Denmark; some pages in Danish)
  
• http://members.aol.com/crlancastr/blgupc/khanhoo/deck.htm (Khanhoo, Chinese card game from the 1890s, possibly a precursor game to mah-jongg)
  
• http://www.xs4all.nl/~pega/mjlist.htm (Peter Gallagher's collection of mah-jongg sets)
  
• http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/mah_jong/overview_intro.html (Mind Sports Olympiad)
  
• http://web.ukonline.co.uk/james.masters/TraditionalGames/MahJong.htm (UK site; history and sets for sale)
  
• http://www.gouden-draak.nl (Martin Rep's club page) (Dutch)
  
• Check out the Wright-Patterson OWC's great new website, at http://www.wrightpattersonowc.org/mahjongg.html.
  
• http://www.mahjongmuseum.com/wrghtpat.htm (Wright-Patterson info at the Cyber Museum site)
  
• http://www.mahjongg.com/ruleswp.htm (Wright-Patterson info at Berrie Bloem's site)
  
• http://www.wmpa.net (World Mahjong Players Association site, Korea - info and rules in four languages!)
  
• http://www.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/mj.htm (Gareth Saunders' UK site; includes valuable information on how to buy mah-jongg stuff in Great Britain and lots more great stuff)
  
• http://kinma.takeshobo.co.jp/ (Takeshobo's page about their Kindai Majan series of comic books) (Japanese)
  
• http://www.fanfic.net/~colette/ -- Colette's Suchie-Pai Connection. Fan site for series of Japanese mah-jongg videogames by Jaleco. These games involve female characters who take their clothes off if you win at mah-jongg. There's a lot of information about games, books, and all the characters in this Japanime universe.
  
• http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/studentwork/cns/2002-04-03/386.asp (Article: "Mah jongg takes the 30-somethings by storm" By Alison Damast)
  
• There's a free online games magazine at http://www.dice2mice.com/ (not sure if the magazine covers mah-jongg, but if you like games...)
  
• http://www.mah-jong-contacts.net/ is an international contact platform for Mah-Jongg players where they can search for and find other players worldwide.
• The Bay Area Mahjong Dojo's mahjong.wikidot.com strives to be "the first comprehensive English wiki site for mahjong," and they have an online discussion forum at bamjd.forumer.com.

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Mah-Jongg FORUMS & DISCUSSION Sites

• http://www.sloperama.com/majexchange/ (Tom Sloper's Q&A bulletin board -- bulletin boards for finding players, and for buying and selling mah-jongg stuff)
• The Bay Area Mahjong Dojo's mahjong.wikidot.com strives to be "the first comprehensive English wiki site for mahjong," and they have an online discussion forum at bamjd.forumer.com.
  
• http://groups.google.com/ is a web gateway to all the newsgroups, including news:rec.games.mahjong (the latter link may not work properly depending on whether your computer is configured for newsgroups - if the latter link doesn't work, use the Google link instead).
• http://www.reachmahjong.com is Jenn Barr's site, replacing the gap left by Yakitori Online.
• http://1189cn.com/ (new in 2009)
  
• Mah Jong Group http://groups.msn.com/MahJongClub/messageboard.msnw Lightly posted forum on MSN (Thanx to Chris Stamper)
  
• http://www.amja.net (American Mah-Jongg Association)
  
• http://www.ambitious-net.com/ (Empire of the Mahjong)
  
• http://www.mahjongplayer.com/ (mah-jongg community; bulletin board; history)
  
• http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/mah_jong/overview_intro.html (Mind Sports Olympiad)
  
• http://www.mjclub.com/ (Mahjong Network China - Chinese site; rules, chat, forum, free email, and online game) -- thanks to Karl Hung for the link! Note: site is entirely in Chinese.
  
• http://mahjongfrance.free.fr/ is all about mah-jongg in France. Tournaments and a forum. Hope you can read and type French!
  
• http://www.mah-jongg-forum.de/ is Stephan Hilchenbach's discussion forum in Germany (German and English both spoken there).
  
• http://www.mah-jongg-ohz.de/ is the club-forum for the DMJL.
• www.mahjongg.csv.pl has mah-jongg rules in Polish.

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Mah-Jongg MERCHANDISE Sites



• http://www.mahjongmart.com/ (MahjongMart is your one-stop destination for mahjong goods - especially Japanese mahjong goods.)
  
• http://www.amja.net (site of the American Mah-Jongg Association)
  
• http://nationalmahjonggleague.org (home page of the NMJL)
  
• http://www.ymimports.com/
  
• http://www.travelwizardtravel.com/majon.htm (Tournaments and MJ merchandise)
  
• http://www.eclectic-elements.com/ (Eclectic Elements - Handcrafted Beaded Artisan Jewelry, Specializing in Mahjong Mah Jong jewelry and bracelets as well as other fun and funky game piece fashion accessories)
  
• http://www.dajamahjong.nl sells mah-jongg books and merchandise in the Netherlands.
  
• http://www.donaygames.com/ (Mah-Jongg and other game supplies, in the UK)
  
• http://www.mahjonggmaven.com (Mah-Jongg supplies, especially for American "Maj")
  
• http://exclusivelymahjongg.com/ (MJ supplies)
  
• http://www.ebay.com/ (MJ sets and accessories for auction; see FAQ 7j and FAQ 7k for details about using eBay)
  
• http://www.domino32.com/mahjong/ (Mall Domino -- MJ sets and tables for sale; rules described)
  
• http://www.chessusa.com/mahjongg/index.html (they do have mah-jongg supplies and books for sale, but you have to dig a little)
  
• http://web.ukonline.co.uk/james.masters/TraditionalGames/MahJong.htm (UK site; history and sets for sale)
  
• http://www.mastersgames.com/cat/table/mah-jong.htm (Sets for sale, and rules too)
  
• http://www.rooneywood.com (maker of wood mah-jongg boxes)
  
• http://www.boardgamecentral.com/mahjongg/ (table games store)
  
• http://www.chess.it/back/mah.htm (mah-jongg sets for sale in Italy)
  
• http://www.mahjongtiles.com/ -- Matthew Shim's website; Mahjong Tile Replacements & Museum; individual tiles for sale.
  
• http://www.charli.org/ -- CHarli's Stickers; joker labels for American mah-jongg tiles.
  
• http://www.kmaindustries.com/ (KMA Industries' mah jongg merchandise site)
  
• http://www.heirloomgiftbazaar.com/othergamesets.html - sets for sale (and other kinds of games too).
  
• http://www.puzzlesdownunder.com.au, in Australia, has mah-jongg books available.
  
• http://handsonemb.com/mahjongg.htm has mah-jongg hats for sale.
  
• http://www.esdeeandbyhishand.com carries mah-jongg jewelry and more.
  
• WhereTheWindsBlow.com has fine quality mah-jongg accessories.
  
• The Oriental Collection, at www.netshopuk.net/mahjong/, is a seller in the British Isles. They have old (pre 1940) and new sets on their website and on eBay. They have antique and moden import sets from china.
  
• Patty Cornett is "Phenolic Phenom," a seller who carries lots of mah-jongg chochkes and sets. See http://wholesaleheaven.50megs.com and http://stores.ebay.com/phenolicphenom. We're not in Kansas anymore, Toto. Oh wait, we are! (And don't call me Toto!)
  
• http://www.mah-jong-shop.com/ is Stephan Hilchenbach's store site in Germany.
  
• http://www.boardgamego.com/ has some mah-jongg stuff for sale.
  
• http://www.farscapegames.co.uk/ offers mah-jongg merchandise in the UK.
  
• http://www.themahjez.com/ offers silkscreened mah-jongg tablecloths.
• MahjongMahjong.com specializes in selling "vintage" mah jong sets.

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Mah-Jongg TOURNAMENT Sites



• http://nationalmahjonggleague.org (Home page of the NMJL)
  
• http://www.amja.net (Site of the American Mah-Jongg Association)
  
• http://www.mahjongg.org/ (Mah Jongg Madness - American mah-jongg tournaments)
  
• http://www.travelwizardtravel.com/majon.htm (American mah-jongg tournaments and MJ merchandise)
• http://mahjongfederation.com (The North American Mahjong Federation, founded in 2008)
  
• http://www.mahjonggfunla.com (Mah-Jongg Fun Day tournaments in Los Angeles & the San Fernando Valley, organized by Bill and Judi Nachenberg - American mah-jongg)
• http://4windsmahjongg.synthasite.com/ (4 Winds Mah Jongg tournaments in Long Beach, organized by Sheryl Perry - American mah-jongg)
  
• For information on weekly American-style tournaments in West Palm Beach, FL, contact Dorothy Kornheiser by email at bdko@webtv.net or call her at 561-689-8299.
  
• http://mahjongfrance.free.fr/ is all about mah-jongg in France. Tournaments and a forum.
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• http://www.msoworld.com/index.html (Mind Sports Olympiad may eventually include actual mah-jongg competitions)
  
• http://www.gouden-draak.nl (Martin Rep's club page, the Netherlands)
  
• The first ever World Mah-Jongg Championship occurred in October 2002 in Tokyo, Japan. CLICK HERE to read all about it - and see LOTS of photos!

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Mah-Jongg LINKS Sites

Sites where you can find links to lots more mah-jongg sites - it never ends!
• http://www.sloperama.com/mjfaq.html (this FAQ)
  
• http://www.ninedragons.com (home of HKMJ; books and sets for sale)
  
• http://www.mahjongnews.com (a wealth of information and reviews, in Dutch and English, by Martin Rep you must bookmark this site!)
  
• http://www.MahJongMuseum.com [formerly http://members.aol.com/pungchow/] (Jim May's excellent Cyber Museum site -- history, Taiwanese rules, Babcock rules, and much more - you must bookmark this site too!)
  
• http://home.netvigator.com/~tarot/Mahjong/Mahjong.html (Alan Kwan's mahjong page)
  
• http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown-Denei/5222/dic.htm - Konchan Jiten (Mahjong dictionary by "Konchan")
  
• http://www.cs.utk.edu/~clay/mahjongg/ (Clay Breshears' rules, links, and trivia)
  
• http://www.ifa.au.dk/~harder (Jesper Harder's site -- in Denmark; some pages in Danish)
  
• http://mahjong.startpagina.nl/ -- massive collection of mah-jongg links (Dutch)
  
• http://dmoz.org/Games/Tile_Games/Mah_Jongg/ (lots o' mah-jongg links)
• http://eng.riichi.nl - European Championship Riichi Mahjong.

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PRINT-IT-YOURSELF Mah-Jongg KARDS

Why do I call them "Kards," you ask? See FAQ 7i.
• http://www.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/mj.htm (downloadable print-it-yourself mah-jongg kards by Gareth Saunders)
  
• Robert Kalin's "print them yourself" kards site is at http://www.angelfire.com/alt2/robertkalin/create.html . He has several different decks available. And older versions of Kalin's creations are available here at Sloperama. Click here to go get'em.

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Mah-Jongg INFO/RULES Sites in LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH

Just in case English isn't your favorite language... (^_^)
• http://www.mahjongnews.com (a wealth of information and reviews, in Dutch and English, by Martin Rep)
  
• http://www.chinamajiang.com/ (home of the China Majiang Open Championships)
  
• At http://www.ffmahjong.com, websurfers can find all the news about the 'Fédération Française de Mah-Jong'.
• The Dutch Mahjongbond website is at http://www.mahjongbond.org.
  
• http://sydnet.net/mahjong/ provides mah-jongg information in Swedish.
  
• http://purl.oclc.org/net/mahjongmontreal/ ("Mah-jong Montreal", Le Cercle de Mah-jong de Montreal, in French)
  
• http://home.netvigator.com/~tarot/Mahjong/Mahjong.html (Alan Kwan's mahjong page, in Japanese and English)
  
• http://www.hakata21.com/suzume/ - Suzume no Oyado (Guesthouse of Sparrows) Essays by "Hyakkanjan". The good old age of Japanese mahjong. (Japanese)
  
• http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown-Denei/5222/dic.htm - Konchan Jiten (Mahjong dictionary by "Konchan") (Japanese)
  
• http://www.ambitious-net.com/ - Empire of the Mahjong, all about mahjong in Japan. Must see "Beginner's Area". (Japanese)
  
• http://www.sammaniax.com/ (Japanese-language "Sammaniax" site; includes a mah-jongg-specific search engine at http://www.sammaniax.com/search/)
  
• http://mj.giganet.net/ (Japanese-language site)
  
• http://www.mahjong.hu is the website of the Hungarian Mah-Jongg Association. Click the English icon if you can't read Hungarian.
  
• www.dmjl.de - Deutsche Mah-Jongg Liga (DMJL) e.V. - German Mah-Jongg League
  
• http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~sontag/mahjongg (German-language site)
  
• http://www.xs4all.nl/~a3geffen/index.htm (Adrie van Geffen's Dutch-language site)
  
• http://www.ifa.au.dk/~harder (Jesper Harder's site -- some pages in Danish)
  
• http://www.mahjongopas.info/ (Mikko Saari's Mahjong-Opas site -- history, rules, & strategy, in Finnish)
  
• http://www.gouden-draak.nl (Martin Rep's Golden Dragon club page, in Dutch)
  
• http://www.teaser.fr/u/edetocquev/java/mahjongg/Doc/Regle.html (French-language site)
  
• http://www.mjclub.com/ (Mahjong Network China - Chinese site; rules, chat, forum, free email, and online game) -- thanks to Karl Hung for the link! Note: site is entirely in Chinese.
  
• http://www.wmpa.net (World Mahjong Players Association site, in 4 languages: Korean, Chinese, Japanese, English)
  
• http://kinma.takeshobo.co.jp/ (Takeshobo's page about their Kindai Majan series of comic books) (Japanese)
  
• http://www.brmahjong.hpg.com.br (Brazilian mah-jongg site por Flavio S. Liberal) (Portuguese)
  
• http://mahjong.pagina.nl/ -- massive collection of mah-jongg links (Dutch)
  
• http://1kawaya.com/mjtop/mj/zoge/zoge.html

  This online shop offers genuine ivory mah jongg sets. Japanese language site.
  NOTE: Be advised that some countries (like the United States) prohibit the importation of ivory items. Although it is legal to sell ivory items that entered the U.S. before the ban, it is illegal to import them. Also, see our What's It Made Of? page for assistance in how to tell ivory from bone from plastic.
  

• http://mahjongfrance.free.fr/ is all about mah-jongg in France. Tournaments and a forum.
  
• http://digilander.libero.it/seipalle Club Seipalle in Italy. Webmaster Michele (sigbrando) is seeking help in translating the site into English.
  
• http://www.fimj.it Italian mah-jongg federation.
  
• http://www.dragorosso.it Another Italian club.
  
• http://kr.geocities.com/worldmahjong/ In Korean.
  
• http://kr.javagames.yahoo.com/games/login2.html?page=mjs In Korean.
  
• http://www.an-pro.com/majak.htm In Korean.
  
• A Korean site where you'll find lots of information about mah-jongg software. You need a Korean citizens' number to register. http://www.emulzone.com/gamelist.php?code=all&search=%B8%B6%C0%DB Thanks to Dajava for all the Korean links!
  
• Spanish language history and rules (respectively): http://www.acanomas.com/DatoMuestra.php?Id=121 and http://www.acanomas.com/DatoMuestra.php?Id=69
  
• Czech language site about mah-jongg: http://www.volny.cz/broden/Mahjongg/Mahjong_uvod.htm (Thanks to Teelget for the link!)
  
• Russian site - http://www.mahjong.ru (Thanks to Vitaly Novikov aka "Combo" for the link!)
  
• Japanese site showing a hanafuda game in the form of mah-jongg-style tiles - http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/stone2/hanafudahai.html (Thanks to Graham Leonard for the link!)
  
• Israeli Mahjong Association (written in Hebrew, UTF8 Encoding) - http://www.mjong.tk - contact the association at [mjil@ezrs.com.DeleteThis].
  
• There's a site (in German) that shows how to play dominos with mah-jongg tiles at http://www.ebecker.de/djongg/home.htm.
  
• The site of the Italian Mah jong Association (the first association in Italy to use the Official International Rules in tournaments) awaits with impatience your visit to: www.mah-jong.it!
  
• Uwe Martens' German language site (with some parts in English for us furrinners) - with a forum and stuff about his dealing machine too - http://www.mah-jongg.de.
  
• There's a Chinese company, AoToMo, that offers automatic tables - too bad I can't read Chinese. http://www.aotomo.com/mjwh/index.html and www.chinamj.com.cn .
  
• E-mahjong http://store.yahoo.co.jp/e-mahjong/index.html Nice catalog of mahjong tables and supplies. Too bad they don't ship overseas. (Thanx to Chris Stamper)
  
• Mahjong classroom http://www.ream.ais.ne.jp/~aqua/webmj/ - and - http://www.ream.ais.ne.jp/~aqua/webmj/masc0101.htm Japanese primer with glossary. Good reference. (Thanx to Chris Stamper) Tom adds: to read Japanese sites like this one, you can try Eigo-Navi.com (plug the URL into the URL box and select the second language translation option).
  
• Mahjong for Beginners http://www.h6.dion.ne.jp/~nagayu/menu.htm Another Japanese primer (Thanx to Chris Stamper)
  
• Net Mahjong Blog http://www.doblog.com/weblog/myblog/4916 Daily Commentary (Thanx to Chris Stamper)
  
• Daily Mahjong Industry Report http://d.hatena.ne.jp/izumick/ Insider Buzz (Thanx to Chris Stamper)
  
• Austrian Majong Association (Osterreichischer Mahjong Verband). Website: http://www.mahjong.at.gg
• http://perso.wanadoo.fr/sparcollet/pages/livre.htm - Chinese Official rules en Francais
• http://www.abstreamace.com/mahjong/ - Chinese-language site about Japanese mahjong.
• www.cnmj.org Mahjong Network of the China Mahjong Organization. Rules on numerous variants. But note that even if you have popups blocked, you'll still hear advertising when you visit (at least I did)... Oh, by the way - site is in Chinese.
• www.mahjongg-spielen.de is the page of an upcoming regional group, named "Bambus" (bamboo) from the German Mah-Jongg league. (Thanks to Guenter Schulte.)

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Mah-Jongg-RELATED (or maybe not-quite-so-related) Sites

A two-part blog on a mahjong story from the Oowada Hideki manga "The Legend of Koizumi" from the Salon.com feature, "How the World Works," by Andrew Leonard (January, 2009):

• http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/01/15/the_legend_of_koizumi/index.html
• http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/01/16/the_legend_of_koizumi_2/index.html?source=rss&aim=/tech/htww

• http://www.xs4all.nl/~a3geffen/index.htm (Adrie van Geffen's Dutch-language site; fortune-telling with mah-jongg tiles or kards)
  
• http://www.xs4all.nl/~korntner/mahjong/fortune/index.html (fortune-telling with mah-jongg tiles or kards)
  
• http://www.doubledogmusic.com/buffy_mah_jongg/1.html (somebody made a mah-jongg set themed on Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
  
• Playing-cards and mah-jongg are not the same, of course, but there is some shared history and some shared gameplay. The ultimate playing-cards website is http://www.pagat.com/. Especially, the rummy family is related to mah-jongg.
• Pictures of "Games played with Money Cards or Tiles" at pagat.com: http://www.pagat.com:80/class/money.html - Thanks to Pwee Keng Ho.
• Andy's Playing Cards page (nice pictures of money cards) http://www.geocities.com/a_pollett/cards8.htm. Site is under bandwidth restrictions - don't try to visit it right after the link has been posted on the mahjong newsgroup and everybody else is trying to visit it too. (^_^) - Thanks to Pwee Keng Ho.
• Download a scan of Dong Guan cards: http://members.kabsi.at/alscher/dongguanpai.pdf - Thanks to Pwee Keng Ho.
  
• http://members.aol.com/crlancastr/blgupc/khanhoo/deck.htm (Khanhoo, Chinese card game from the 1890s; possible precursor to mah-jongg)
• http://www.ofb.net:80/~whuang/ugcs/gp/ssp/ (Wei-Hwa Huang's description of Si Se Pai, Chinese Chess Cards AKA Four-Color Cards)
  
• http://www.sloperama.com/hanafuda.html (Tom Sloper's Hanafuda page, on this website - rules, info, and links)
  
• A couple of sites about the game of go, by Pieter Mioch: http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/go/special/goseigen.html
  
  
  • Here's 2 (somewhat different) sets of rules for Si Se Pai (四色牌 - Four Color Cards), a Chinese game somewhat similar to Chinese Chess, in English: http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~tnt/rules.html and http://www.ofb.net/~whuang/ugcs/gp/ssp/ Here's a page with more background on the Si Se Pai cards http://a_pollett.tripod.com/cards18.htm. (Thanks to Graham Leonard.)

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