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Post by LilyRose on Apr 5, 2019 12:41:14 GMT
I’m currently spending an extended time in FL, and this week I finished taking a Mah Jongg class. Although it’s a lot to learn and keep straight, I am loving it! I want to play all the time!
I hail from Illinois, and I really never hear much about MJ there, but maybe it didn’t register since I wasn’t a player. I hope I can find people to play with. In my head, I guess I think of MJ being most popular on the East coast.
So I’m curious—any other Mah Jongg players here in Pealand? And where are you? I’m curious if my theory is correct.
ETA: I play the American version. There is also a Chinese version (I think that’s what was played in a Crazy Rich Asians).
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Post by liya on Apr 5, 2019 12:49:47 GMT
I don't play but I grew up in the NYC area and I remember ladies playing at the pool I went to in the Summer time. So your theory about it being an East coast thing might be correct. I can see myself playing; I was always fascinated by the tiles.
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Post by lizacreates on Apr 5, 2019 13:47:16 GMT
My girlfriends and I play mahjongg several times a year. Nothing hardcore as we just play for nickels and dimes, mostly just because we want to meet up and shoot the breeze. We play a simplified version where honors, flowers and dragons have no value. I’m in Chicago and I don’t see this game as popular here except in SE Asian communities. I have family in CA whom I visit often and it’s very popular there.
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Post by caangel on Apr 5, 2019 13:51:50 GMT
In So Cal and my mom plays all the time. She is Taiwanese so it was something she grew up with. My dad (American) also plays if they need him.
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Apr 5, 2019 13:56:40 GMT
I have friends who have a group and play twice a month. We are in Houston but they are all former expats and learned the game while overseas. They tried to teach me but I was hopeless, so I stick with bridge.
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Post by workingclassdog on Apr 5, 2019 13:59:50 GMT
Heard of the game but never been around anyone that plays it. Totally foreign to me. My group (at one time) are Bunko players.. Love Bunko.. (the dice game)
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Post by mnmloveli on Apr 5, 2019 14:07:35 GMT
I love playing MahJongg. Years ago I was in a group and we played every Friday. Currently no group but my husband and I play, just the two of us. We change-up the rules a little since there’s only 2. I live in New York (Long Island).
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Post by oh yvonne on Apr 5, 2019 14:15:04 GMT
I don't, but there is a group of ladies (Caucasian) who meet up to play at our local breakfast place. I always think it's such a cool looking, sophisticated game. I'd love to learn but I'm terrible at complicated things.  |
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Post by PolarGreen12 on Apr 5, 2019 14:21:11 GMT
I play MahJonng. I'm in Oklahoma. My Gramma taught me as a kid. There are quite a few MahJonng groups around here. We also have a large Vietnamese, Korean, and Thai populaion though that I'm sure influenced it. I don't know why you would think it's an East Coast thing.
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Post by pancakes on Apr 5, 2019 14:31:22 GMT
My friend has a game night every Wednesday, where we play pretty serious games, but we occasionally play something different like mahjong.
We play her family’s bastardized Filipino/Chinese version, ha. There’s always a family version!
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Post by anaterra on Apr 5, 2019 15:08:21 GMT
I only play the solitaire version of it on my phone...
West texas.. there is a group that plays at our local library...
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Post by katlady on Apr 5, 2019 15:19:59 GMT
I only play the solitaire computer version. Growing up I had a girlfriend who’s mom played in Chinatown. One time we stopped by because she had to get something from her mom. It was interesting to watch, but I never learned, though I wish I knew how.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2019 15:30:28 GMT
I play the solitaire version on my iPad or iPhone.  |
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Post by mnmloveli on Apr 5, 2019 15:44:34 GMT
I play the solitaire version on my iPad or iPhone. I do too ! Very very different from the 4-player tile game. I consider MahJongg more like Poker, but with a lot more suits/pisdinle hands. |
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Post by scrapmaven on Apr 5, 2019 15:50:56 GMT
My mom played every week and I learned from that. I used to play, but haven't in a few years. Though I would love to do so. I play the American version through the National Mah Jongg League. The version that I play is an excuse to play some Maj and socialize.
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Post by cmpeter on Apr 5, 2019 15:52:34 GMT
I don’t here in WA. But, when I lived in So Cal I was invited to play with a group of ladies. It was so much fun, but we ended up moving to WA before I really got the hang of it. I’d love to take a class and play more...I’ll need to look for a class.
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Post by JoP on Apr 5, 2019 16:18:36 GMT
I play the solitaire version on my iPad or iPhone. @patter can you let me know which app you use? I’d love to learn this - thanks |
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Post by GamGam on Apr 5, 2019 17:04:40 GMT
I have played MahJonng. We had a set when the kids were teenagers, and played as a family. DH traveled a lot to Hong Kong while working, and bought our set while there. I haven’t played in years, however, and gave the set to one of the kids. And we live in Tennessee.
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Post by mnmloveli on Apr 5, 2019 17:35:57 GMT
I play the solitaire version on my iPad or iPhone. @patter can you let me know which app you use? I’d love to learn this - thanks The App versions that I have seen are just matching tiles. Nothing like the real MahJongg game. |
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Post by anniefb on Apr 5, 2019 18:56:59 GMT
My parents used to play with friends and we often played as a family growing up. I have their set which originally dates from the 1920s.
Mum and Dad picked it up when they were living in London after the war and then emigrated to New Zealand.
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Post by ~Susan~ on Apr 5, 2019 20:25:42 GMT
I saw some folks on our cruise last fall playing it and commented that it looked really cool. DH took that to mean that I wanted to learn to play. So, he bought me a very nice set for Xmas and I have no freakin' clue how to play it and neither does anyone else I know  |
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Post by scorpeao on Apr 5, 2019 22:02:19 GMT
My cousin is married to a Filipino girl and her grandmother lives with them. Lola, as she's called, plays it every Friday night with her friends.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2019 22:14:10 GMT
@patter can you let me know which app you use? I’d love to learn this - thanks The App versions that I have seen are just matching tiles. Nothing like the real MahJongg game. Yes, correct; however, I have never played in person so I don't know any different. LOL! I LOVE the matching tiles. And I will get you the name of my app in a bit. On my computer right now. |
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Post by anaterra on Apr 5, 2019 22:55:44 GMT
Sooooo..... because I love YouTube... I watched several... I wish we had some thing like that closer and I wanna join a group... it's kinda confusing... but looks neat
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Post by scrappinghappy on Apr 6, 2019 2:07:13 GMT
I’m in NW Chicago and I play every week. So much fun. Where are you?
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Post by LilyRose on Apr 6, 2019 2:15:56 GMT
I’m in NW Chicago and I play every week. So much fun. Where are you? Elgin area. |
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Post by snyder on Apr 6, 2019 2:18:11 GMT
I use to play the individual version of the game on my computer, but then the site went away and I could never find a good "free" version and lost interest because the free versions I found only would let you play like one or to levels and you had to start over. I'm in Colorado and have never head of group play.
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Post by CarolinaGirl71 on Apr 6, 2019 2:27:09 GMT
I play online, but have never known or seen anyone playing it IRL. I'm in SC.
If there is any strategy or rules, I'm not familiar with them. I just like to match the tiles!
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Post by leeny on Apr 6, 2019 2:29:11 GMT
Yep have played a lot over the years. I even have my grandmother's set. We play American and we are Jewish and it is very popular among our peeps.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Apr 6, 2019 2:31:50 GMT
I learned in Japan and this was a big deal for a Gaijin to attend a parlour I mean scandalous but I played Pachinko and I wasn’t allowed to do that either.
Anyway I just play online mahjong now and love it. LAN and SAKURA are my favourite tiles.
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