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Strauser, Kitty.
Mah jong, anyone? : a manual of western play / Kitty Strauser, Lucille
Evans with new material by Tom Sloper.—Rev. ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4629-0455-6 (ebook)
1. Mah jong. I. Evans, Lucille, 1909-II. Sloper, Tom. III. Title. GV1299.M3S78 2006
795.3’4--dc22
2006001127
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Contents
Chapter 1: Equipment and Accessories
Chapter 2: Preparation for the Game
Winds
Opening the Wall
Flower Tiles
Optional Tiles
Pung: Three of a Kind
Kong: Four of a Kind
Chow: A Sequence of Three Tiles in the Same Suit
Pillow: A Pair, or Two of a Kind
Basic Hands
Clean Hands
Pure Hands
Playing the Game
Charleston (or Razzle): An Optional Procedure
Ding Dong: An Optional Procedure
The Kitty (or Goolie): An Optional Procedure
Discards
Going Mah Jong
Chapter 4: Scoring, Penalties, and Variations
