About 10 years ago, when a friend suggested that several of us learn how to play mah jongg (or mahjong ... with their calligraphic versions of wind, dragon and flower imagery; the sound of ...

Everyone chuckles. Each player has a card printed by the National Mah Jongg League, based in New York City, which displays the various combinations allowed that year. The league updates the cards ...

“One bam,” “four dots,” “one crack,” “green dragon,” players ... cards and changed every year, keeping the game vibrant and interesting. National Mah Jongg League President Larry ...

Five bam. Flower. Two crak. Soap. West. Nine dot. Call – Mah Jongg! Sounds like secret code, but it’s what you might hear when you walk into a room where American Mah Jongg is being played.

Hearing they planned to break the previous Mah Jongg record of 25 hours, someone once asked the Sea Trail women, “Are you the Dragon Ladies?” The name stuck. In a 28-hour-long, round-the-clock ...

But there is more to the story. Oro Valley has a Mah Jongg League called the Dangling Dragons. Holly Ravitz won first place last year, and this year, her sister, Janice Shinn, was the winner.

Hotels and resorts are adding Mah Jongg play and instruction as an amenity. It responds to growing interest in the game among ...

Chinatown's main Lunar New Year festivities are taking place at the Dragon City Mall ... a luncheon of Chinese dishes and a mah-jong tournament. Admission is free and events take place Saturday ...