Meet the tiles
Three suits, two kinds of honours, and the tiles that depend on your game.
A place to begin. Plenty to discover.
Meet your
next great game.
Start with the tiles. Find the rhythm. Then bring your own ideas to the table. Short lessons, real examples, and room to learn at your pace.
Your first six lessons
A hand at a time.
Start here if you are new to set-based mahjong. Each lesson explains what changes between rulesets.
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See the sets. Find the pair.
Break a busy rack into small, readable shapes. Then try a few yourself.
Your first turn, without the rush
Know what you are looking at, what you can do, and when to let the next player act.
Should you take that discard?
A claim can help your shape and change your scoring options. Check both.
A finished shape. But can it win?
Keep hand structure, qualification and payment as three separate checks.
Feel ready for your first table
A short pre-game conversation makes a better evening than a long rules argument.
Progress stays in this browser. No account, timer or streak to keep up with.
Follow your curiosity
Start with a question.
American mahjong: start with the card
The annual card changes how you read a hand. Here is where to begin.
Riichi: yaku first, dora second
Two ideas that look similar on a score breakdown but do different jobs.
What does a mahjong experiment actually tell you?
Read the comparison before believing the headline.