The Australian Variant of the American Mah Jong Game

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1 The Australian Variant of the American Mah Jong Game By Linda Ilsley 2014

2 2. index HISTORY & LEGEND OF THE GAME OF MAH JONG 4 & 5 THE AMERICAN MAH JONG SET 6 THREE SUITS 6 DRAGON TILES 6 THE FLOWER TILES 7 THE WIND TILES 7 THE JOKER TILES 7 SETTING UP THE PLAY 8 GOING FISHING WITH FISH TOKENS 9 THE 16 FLOWER TILES - FLOWERS & SEASONS 10 NO CHOWS IN THE AMERICAN GAME 10 SHUFFLING THE TILES 11 BUILDING THE WALLS 11 CHOOSING THE PLAYER S WIND 11 BREAKING THE WALL & DEALING THE HANDS 12 THE CHARLESTON 13 PUNGS, KONG & QUINTS 14 PLAYING YOUR JOKERS A STOLEN JOKER IS SWEETER THAN A DEALT JOKER - ALWAYS! 17 WHAT DOES THE STOLEN PLAY LOOK LIKE? 18 PROCEDURE FOR STEALING A JOKER TILE 19 THE AMERICAN MAH JONG ASSOCIATION 20 ONE SUIT, TWO SUIT & THREE SUIT GAMES 20 CURRENT YEAR HANDS (2014) & NEWS HANDS HANDS 21

3 ADDITION HANDS 21 SINGLE TILE HANDS 21 PAIR HANDS 21 THE SEQUENCE OF LEARNING FOR THIS VARIANT 22 SPECIALTY GAME LIST FOR PLAYERS LEAVING BASIC PLAY 23 & 24 SPECIALTY HANDS FOR LINDA S AMERICAN MAH JONG VARIANT PURITY HANDS 25 & 26 YEAR HANDS 2014 / ALL HONOUR HANDS 27 PAIR HANDS 28 & 29 RUN HANDS HANDS 30 QUINT HANDS 31 LIKE NUMBER HANDS 31 SINGLE TILE HANDS 31 CONSECUTIVE NUMBER HANDS 32 ADDITION OR MULTIPLICATION HANDS 33 GUIDE TO TILE LAYOUT IN SPECIALTY HAND LISTS 34 QUICK OVERVIEW OF MY AMERICAN MAH JONG VARIANT 35 & 36 MY AUSTRALIAN VERSION OF THE AMERICAN GAME 37 & 38 AVALABLE from my Ebay store: Mymahjong333 or New Web Page 39 TO 42 COLOURED MONEY STICKS, COLOURED DICE, 39 FISH TOKENS: beads, Cloisonné, Murano Lamp-work Glass, etc 40 & 41 SOME OF THE TYPES OF MAH JONG SETS I HAVE AVAILABLE 41 & 42 RACKS, WIND INDICATOR CARDS, PLUS TOO MUCH TO LIST 42

4 4. History & Legend of the Game of Mah Jong Three thousand years ago in China, in the splendid palaces of the Emperor of Wu, a beautiful Princess was kept in luxurious isolation. Her name has been lost to the passage of time but she was said to be the most beautiful woman in the entire kingdom. The Emperor kept her in a wing of his palace attended to by a few handmaidens, surrounded by the high walls and tranquil gardens of a small pavilion and courtyard garden, all so that none could enjoy her beauty but himself. Her life was full of splendour but also one of loneliness while she waited the long hours away until the Emperor came to her. Being an intelligent woman, she decided to make up a game to play with her handmaidens while she waited. She took ivory and gold carving small gold encased rectangular tiles and painting them ornately with the characters of her game. When she was happy with her tiles she taught her servants how to play.

5 5. The little Princess named the game after the small sparrows that were so tame that they would eat from her hand, keeping her company and making her laugh with their bright, cheeky antics. bnd so the game of bah bong or Sparrow was invented. Soon the t whole court was playing this infectious game and the Emperor made it a royal decree that none but the royal court could play bah bong. bny commoner caught playing the game was to be instantly beheaded as punishment. For two thousand years bah bong remained the province of royal personages until the game was allowed to pass onto the common people one thousand years ago. The Game was eagerly adopted by the farm workers and peasants as primarily a betting game. bnd so it is in bsian countries to this day. Sailors and merchants brought the game to many other countries but the biggest spread of bah bong took place during WW2. bmerican troops brought the game back to their homeland and the rules were modified to suit bmerican players, making the bmerican Variant their own. This is how the oldest game was invented - what a shame that history has forgotten the little princess name.

6 6. The American Mah Jong Set bs soon as you look at an bmerican bah bong set you will notice that it has tiles not the t 144 of the bsian/bustralian sets. bmerican sets are great to look at and you can play all three variants on the bmerican set,, bmerican, Chinese and Western (U3b) bah bong. The bmerican Set is made up thus: THE THREE SUIT TILES: Bamboo Suit numbers 1 to t 9 by four of each = 36 tiles zxcvbnm,. Character Suit numbers 1 to 9 by four of each = 36 tiles asdfghjkl Circle Suit numbers 1 to 9 by four of each = 36 tiles qwertyuio THE HONOUR TILES THE DRAGON TILES: Red and Green Dragons (usually depicted as Chinese dragons) four of each = 8 tiles White Dragons (usually depicted with a rectangle border design) four = 4 tiles

7 7. THE FLOWER TILES: Eight Flower and Eight Season tiles called collectively the Flower Suit =16 tiles =]\[/ THE WIND TILES 4123 North, South, East and West tiles called the wind tiles, four of each = 16 tiles bnd most unusual of all, THE JOKER TILES: Eight boker tiles that can be used to substitute for any tile in the game = 8 tiles THbT bbkes 160 TILES BUT bbne SETS CENTbIN bere Two spare bokers and four blank spare tiles are common = 6 more tiles This makes 166 tiles

8 8. SETTING UP THE PLAY bmerican bah bong is set up in the same way as our Western Game with the exception of the accommodation of the extra 16 tiles. Each of the four walls contain 20 pairs of tiles and subsequently the tile racks need to be longer. b pair of dice are required to find out who East Wind is and where we break the wall. It is better to upgrade your dice for larger, l brightly coloured dice that are much easier to read, can be held in the hand better, match your sets and fish tokens, than play with the tiny dice that come with most sets. Hands are still designated as either or. b few concealed hands will require you to draw the last tile (14 th tile) yourself from the wall, not from a table discard =bore money sticks are needed for play as there are no half limit hands or counting hands in this bmerican Variant.. Scoring is in 1000 point limit hands, 1500 point 1½ limit hands and 2000 point double limit hands. boney stick tallies at the start of play are ten each of 100 point, 500 point and 800 point denomination and two 900 point money sticks. This will provide enough money for even the unluckiest of mornings play, when the tiles just won t go your way. Coloured money sticks are easier to use than the plain white ones, the 100, 500, 800 & 900 amounts are in different colours making counting a snap.

9 9. GOING FISHING WITH FISH TOKENS Fish tokens are an important part of play due to the high scores paid out for fishing. In the bmerican Games, Fishing scores are 400 points for limit, 800 for 1½ limit and 1000 points for double limit hands. The fish f tokens prove that you are entitled to be paid for fishing i.e. just waiting for your last tile to go bah bong. Place one next to your exposed tiles when you have reached this point in the game. RULE: No Fish Token up on the rack - no fishing money paid to you. Fish tokens can be made from: burano lampwork glass, brticulated Cloisonné metalwork, bssorted Fish Beads, Er may be represented by glass starfish, shells or sea horses Bright attractive fish tokens add to the glamour & fun of the game.

10 10. THE 16 FLOWER TILES: In the bmerican Variant, the 8 Flower and 8 Season tiles are not placed up on your rack to count towards your score as in the Western game. Flower tiles are used as another Honour Tile in the bmerican game and may be Punged, Konged or Quinted. Eou may have as many Pungs, Kongs or Quints as you wish or as many as your Specialty Hand allows b discarded Flower tile is available first to the player going mahjong or if this is not happening at the time is offered to the next player in the order of the play and so on around the table in order of play until taken up or left as a discard and a dead tile. This is very different to other tile discards where the sequence is bah bong, Quint, Kong, & Pung NO CHOWS IN AMERICAN MAHJONG: The bmerican Game does not include Chows as the Western & Chinese Games do. Some of the Specialty Games do have runs of 1-9 and may contain as many jokers as you like, qwe rty uio or alternate suit hands where you have one of bamboo two of circle three of character etc. z w d v t h m i l Bamboo circle character bamboo circle character bamboo circle character

11 11. SHUFFLING THE TILES It is a long held belief in the game of bah bong that all players need to take part in the shuffling of the tiles, not only for the obvious fact that it is basic good manners to help. By every player assisting in the shuffling of the tiles, each individual s life force is believed to then be absorbed by the tiles and this is said to give the players luck in return. The sound of the tiles clicking merrily together is supposed to represent the twittering of the sparrows. Players are a said to be twittering the tiles when they shuffle them. BUILDING THE WALLS: The bmerican Variant requires walls of 20 tiles long. Tiles are shuffled and pairs of tiles are placed face down along the face of your bah bong racks, with each player building their own walls and assisting slower players. Closing the walls in to meet their neighbour on both sides is said to keep ep the demons of bad luck out! CHOOSING THE PLAYER S WINDS: Each player in turn throw the two dice and total their score. The player throwing the highest dice score is East Wind. South Wind is on East s right. West straight across from East and North Wind is on East s left hand side. DICE THROWS FOR ALL 4 WINDS: EAST:- 1, 5, & 9 SOUTH:- 2, 6 & 10 WEST:- 3, 7 & 11 NORTH:- 4, 8 & 12

12 BREAKING THE WALL & DEALING THE HANDS: 12. East will throw the dice to indicate which wall is broken. The dice throws are as follows: East starts at 1, then 5 & 9, South 2, 6 & 10, West 3, 7 & 11, and North 4, 8 & 12. How can you throw a 1 with two dicec I hear you ask. Some players prefer to use one 12 sided die and using this die, a throw of 1 is then East s wall. The player who has the wall corresponding to East s throw counts from the right hand start of their wall along that many pairs of tiles and picks up the corresponding pair, placing the bottom tile on top of the wall and the top tile in front of it. Here East has thrown an 11 and West wind counts eleven tiles from the right, placing the two tiles up on top to form the flower wall. To the left of the gap formed, west takes four tiles and deals them to East, next four to South, next four to himself and four more to t North. The deal continues with other players taking over as table etiquette decrees. 1. EAST 2. SOUTH 3. WEST 4. NORTH When every player has 12 tiles the first and the third top tiles are given to East. The next tile to south and so on. East has now got 14 tiles and the three other players have 13 tiles each.

13 13. THE CHARLESTON: Ence the walls are up and the tiles are dealt it is time for the Charleston. bust as the Western Variant game proceeds in a goulash, the bmerican bah bong game swaps three tiles with each player in turn before play EVERE GbbE. The sequence of the Charleston is as follows: EAST WEST & SOUTH NORTH EAST SOUTH & WEST NORTH EAST NORTH & SOUTH WEST bll players need to know this sequence so that they do not get lost in the dance. Wind Indicator Cards can have this sequence printed on to aid memory. Some players find the swapping of all these tiles a little daunting, but take heart. Think of it this way; you are dealt 13 tiles to begin with (of course East has 14 tiles) and you are getting nine fresh tiles into your hand. Stands to reason that some of those tiles have to be good ones. By the end of the Charleston, if you didn t do so mething silly, like throwing much needed tiles out, you should have a better hand than you started with. Well that s the theory anyway. It really depends on your own ability to think clearly while you structure your hand; keeping the useful tiles and discarding the dross. Take all the time you need. It is table etiquette not to rush anyone at this stage. It gets tricky when you are trying to form complicated Specialty Hands but time and practice will improve your play. The Erdinary, Pair Hands and Honour Hands should be a piece of cake.

14 14. PUNGS, KONGS AND QUINTS: qqq belds of three identical tiles are called Pungs. Four identical tiles are called a Kong and should be exposed on your rack as soon as you form one - either all face up if you are playing an exposed hand thus: vvvv and require one replacement tile from the flower wall. h55h They are displayed with the centre two turned over thus if you are playing a concealed hand, that way you get the replacement tile from the flower wall. Eou may use one boker in a Pung, one boker in a Kong and one or two jokers in a Quint. bokers can be stolen from any exposed Kong or Quint during a concealed hand. Quints are melds of 5 tiles made up of three identical tiles, a Pung, and two bokers n5n5n Er four identical tiles, a Kong, with one boker r tile to make 5 tiles. ii5ii Quints are singularly found in the bmerican game and require two replacement tiles from the flower wall. If you are adding a tile to a Kong to form a Quint you need only one tile from the flower wall. bost beginners have the incorrect number of tiles during play because they fail to adhere to these rules and forget to take their replacement tiles.

15 15. PLAYING YOUR JOKERS: SUBSTITUTING bekers WITHIN EEUR PbIRS, PUNGS, KENGS & QUINTS PbIRS: b pair in an Erdinary Game of bmerican bah bong must be made from two natural zz tiles or a clean pair. bokers cannot substitute for one of the tiles in the pair element of any of the Erdinary bah bong Hands.. Eou must have a clean pair in your Erdinary bah bong Hand. Some of the specialty hands that you will be introduced to further in this booklet contain elements of dirty pairs and are made up of two tiles of the same number but of qa different suits eg or two different Wind tiles, Dragon tiles or a season and flower tile pair. bokers can often substitute for the partner of a clean or dirty pair tile in specialty hands but read your cards carefully as some specialty hands will read NO JOKERS ALLOWED. PUNGS: : bs all elements except runs must contain more natural tiles than boker tiles, t5t a Pung must contain two natural tiles to one boker eg x5x l5l Place bokers inside the Pung Kong or Quint to show what substitute tile the boker represents because, when you expose your Pungs, Kongs & Quints on your rack side by side, you will l not be able to readily see what tile the boker is substituting for.

16 16. KENGS: : In order to contain more natural tiles than boker tiles, a Kong may only have one boker. eg qq5q ll5l z5zzzz Eou must pick up one qq ll zz replacement tile from the flower wall when exposing a Kong or adding to a Pung to make a Kong. QUINTS: The hands in bmerican bah bong may contain a five of a kind element called a Quint. Eou may have either one or two bokers in a Quint. Eg: cc55 55c e5e5e 111 cc 55 Eou must pick up two tiles when exposing a Quint or pick up one tile when adding to an exposed Kong to make a Quint. Failure to adhere to this important procedure will mean that you have insufficient tiles in your hand to go bah bong. bany beginners and experienced players alike make this mistake during play. To ascertain that you have the correct number of tiles, count your exposed and concealed Kongs and Quints as three. In order not to run short of tiles for your hands, expose e Kongs and Quints as soon as they come to your hand, thereby giving you the replacement tiles you will need. RUNS: Some Specialty Hands contain Runs and you may have as many jokers as you like in your Run of tiles. This is the exception to the rule that you must have more natural tiles in any element than bokers. STEbLING bekers FREb CENCEbLED HbNDS: If any player exposes a concealed Kong or Quint containing bekers during a Hand, those bokers can be stolen as in the normal course of the game. bokers are then placed in the thief s hand to be used towards their or Hand. How to count your tiles to check you have the correct tiles in your hand & rack dddd gg hhh Kongs/Quints count as equal 14 tiles - bah bong!

17 17. A STOLEN JOKER IS SWEETER THAN A DEALT JOKER - ALWAYS! The remarkable aspect of play in bmerican bah bong is that other player s bokers are there to be STELEN. That s right, every boker in a Pung, Kong or Quint element is available for capture PREVIDING THbT it is your turn to play and you have the tile in your hand that the boker or bokers are replacing. This is why we must place the boker in the centre of our Pungs, Kongs & Quints just 252 ff5f qq55 55q like this; The reason for this is, when the exposed tiles are beside each other on the rack, all players can easily see the tile that the boker is representing. In a rack of tiles displayed thus: ggg5gaaad gaaad5d you can see at a glance that the tile substitutes required are the 5 of Characters or the 3 of Characters w5ww ww Er in this example you will need a Green Dragon, a Red Dragon or a 2 of Circles to score yourself a boker from your opponent. bny boker used in an exposed Pung Kong or Quint can be taken by another player during his/her turn. Eou can even take your own boker back into your hand if you have the tile that it is substituting for. Eou may choose to use it straight away or put it into your hand for later. 555 Stealing bokers is a very enjoyable part of this game. 555

18 18. WHAT DOES THE STOLEN JOKER PLAY LOOK LIKE? This is what a possible play looks like (you are WEST): q5q EbST exposes a Pung of one circle with two natural tiles and a boker careful to place the boker in the centre of the Pung. East discards to end turn. SEUTH takes a tile from the wall & discards to end turn. WEST (you) takes a tile from the wall (or possibly Pung, Kong or Quint the discard from SEUTH) Eou pass the one of circle tile to EbST asking for the boker. EbST s qqq 5 Pung now looks like this: & you may either put the stolen boker into your concealed hand, to be used when ever you are ready to, or place it on one of your exposed elements (remembering to take a replacement tile when making an exposed Kong or Quint). Eou then discard, ending your turn. Beginners in their excitement to steal from an opponent, often neglect to pick up a tile first from the wall, prior to securing the boker. This will make their hand short one tile.

19 19. PROCEDURE FOR STEALING A JOKER TILE: First pick up from the wall and, while it is still your turn, substitute the correct tile for the boker in your opponent s exposed hand and receive the boker. or alternately, pick up the newly discarded tile from the table and expose a Pung, Kong or Quint. Hand to your opponent the tile that their boker is substituting for and receive the boker. Either place the boker into your concealed hand to be used whenever you wish or use it in a Pung to make a Kong, taking a replacement tile from the flower wall, or use it in a Kong to make a Quint and take a replacement tile from the t flower wall. There is no limit to how many bokers you can steal, providing that you hold the tile that they represent and that it is your turn to play. Eou may also take back your own boker using a tile in hand or drawn from the t wall. Replace the tile from an exposed Pung Kong or Quint on your own rack. Take the boker, either use it in one of your exposed elements (remembering to replace a tile for a newly formed Quint or Kong) or return it to your concealed tiles to be used whenever you wish. Signal the ending of your turn by discarding a tile.

20 20. THE bbericbn bbh beng bssecibtien The bbb designs the 50 or so games that will be played that year in the USb by all players and commences these games on banuary 1 st of each year. bmazingly the games from the previous year are scrapped and are never played again. Players must learn a new set of Specialty Hands every year. The games are not given individual names but are classified into categories such as: ENE SUIT, TWE SUIT & THREE SUIT GbbES: : These games are made up of suit tiles. Some may contain n honour tiles. CURRENT EEbR HbNDS (2014): These hands contain the tiles for the current year. w5qr 2014 hands may be made up from one suit eg s5af x5zv Er contain all three suits eg af zv s5q 5qv w5av x5ar The White Dragon is always used as the zero which is why the tile is usually white with a square zero inside. Beginners often ask if a Flower tile can be substituted for the White Dragon for some reason. Some sets are being made with a simple flower tile no numbers, no seasons, to alleviate this error. The only tiles that have the job of substituting are the bokers. bokers may substitute for any one tile in the set and the 2014 must be exposed as soon as formed so that a replacement tile may be taken from the flower wall. b boker tile may substitute for any one tile in the year element. NEWS HbNDS: : These hands use either one of each wind to spell NEWS or are made up of all the wind tiles. Ene boker may be used to substitute for any tile in NEWS. Ene boker may be used in a matched Pung or Kong of Wind tiles with a maximum of two bokers in a Quint. These should be exposed as soon as possible so that the player can take a replacement tile/tiles from the Flower wall.

21 HbNDS: : These hands are used traditionally in bmerican bah bong with Pairs, Pungs, Kongs & Quints of 3 s, 6 s & 9 suit ti les. Some hands also contain selected honour tiles. eg 6666 eee lll cc yyyp 6666 eee lll cc or ooo hhh cc yyy bdditien ER bultiplicbtien HbNDS: : These hands feature addition or multiplication as part of their structure and include honour tiles. For example qq5qq + lll5l = z = 10 plus dragons & winds SINGLE TILE HbNDS: : these hand are formed from single tiles, some times one of each honour tile is used. Some hands use even or odd tiles with honour tiles eg wsxrfvb or 1234 vb qetuoadgjl adgjlzcbm PbIR HbNDS: : These hands may be made up from clean pairs, for example qq ss rr tt hh bb 66 or dirty pairs of suit tiles as in the Specialty Hand Dirty Little Secrets, winds dragons and flowers. For example aq de gb hy uj containing pairs with the same number but from different suits, two different winds or dragons or two Flower tiles; one Season and one Flower. The Hands will state whether or not you may use bokers in your Pair Hand.

22 22. THE SEQUENCE OF LEARNING FOR AMERICAN MAH JONG: FIRST: Learn Orbiting Oregon or the Ordinary American Mah Jong Game.. Dancing the Charleston correctly before each hand is played. Collecting one suit only with any amount of Winds, Dragons & Flower tiles. Using your own Jokers and stealing other players Jokers. Making Four Pungs, Kongs &/or Quints and a clean pair. Forming 2014 either as all one suit with the zero being a White Dragon or one tile from each suit and a White Dragon to form the Forming NEWS with one of each Wind tile. Use the money sticks and your fish tiles every game. SECOND: After becoming proficient at the Ordinary Hand, build on these basics by playing some of the easier hands. They include St. Louis Quickstep or The Ordinary Honour Hand Altura All Honour Pairs or Ordinary Honour Pair Hand Amish Purity or Ordinary Purity Hand Pennsylvania Pairs or The Ordinary Purity Pair Hand New England Pairs or The Ordinary Pair Hand Dirty Little Secrets Single in Seattle Lincoln s Little Secrets Little Dragon Odds Houston Run Oklahoma Odds Hampton Hockey Hand LASTLY; when confidently moving through the above games with ease Start exploring the more challenging specialty hands. Play on a table of players with the same level of ability, don t mix beginners with advanced at this level of play. Be aware that it takes practice to read these hands easily and understand the play. Give yourself and your table mate s time to learn. Begin with hands and move on to the hands. MOST IMPORTANTLY HAVE FUN, ASK FOR HELP IF YOU ARE STUCK, BE PATIENT WITH THE OTHER PLAYERS AT TABLE, OBSERVE ALL TABLE ETIQUETTES AND MANNERS DURING YOUR GAMES AND ENJOY THE UNIQUE PLAY OF THE AMERICAN MAH JONG VARIANT!!! LINDA ILSLEY

23 23. SPECIALTY GAME LIST FOR PLAYERS LEAVING BASIC PLAY LEVEL GAME DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE OF HAND Orbiting Oregon Or An Ordinary American Hand St. Louis Quickstep or Ordinary American All Honour Hand Amish Purity Hand Or Ordinary American Purity Hand Altura All Honour Pairs Or American All Honour Pairs New England Pairs or American All Pairs Pennsylvania Pairs or All Pair Purity Hand One clean pair and four Pungs, Kongs or Quints of all one suit & honour tiles. No Joker in clean Pair. May contain 2014 &/or NEWS EXPOSED /400 fishing One clean pair & four Pungs, Kongs or Quints of Honour tiles and terminals (1 s & 9 s)jokers may substitute for any tile. EXPOSED /400 fishing A clean pair and four Pungs, Kongs &/or Quints all one suit with no Honour tiles. No Joker in Pair. EXPOSED /400 fishing Seven pairs of Honour tiles Jokers may Substitute for any tile. CONCEALED /400 fishing Seven pairs all one suit, may include Honour Tiles. Jokers may substitute for any tile. CONCEALED /400 fishing Seven pairs of tiles all one suit with no Honour Tiles. Jokers may substitute for any tile. CONCEALED /400 fishing 22 d5d s5af kk5k 777 qq llll 333 aaa5a.5. cc zzzz nn5n mmm,,5, ll 55 aa zz 77 qq rr ee oo yy qq yy iip tt ee rr oo

24 GAME Single in Seattle Houston Run Little Dragon Odds Dirty Little Secrets Hampton Hockey Hand Oklahoma Odds 24. DESCRIPTION 14 single tiles suits and honours, all different - none of the tiles paired. All tiles to be taken from the wall including the last. NO JOKERS ALLOWED CONCEALED /400 fishing One Pair and four Pungs, Kongs or Quints of five consecutive numbers from any suits. No Honours. EXPOSED /400 fishing Two Pairs of Dragons, and ten odd numbered tiles from any suits. Jokers may substitute in Dragon Pairs only. CONCEALED /400 fishing Seven Dirty Pairs of mixed suits and Flowers, Dragons & Winds. All tiles to be taken from the wall including the last. Jokers may substitute. CONCEALED /400 fishing A single tile, two Pairs and three Pungs made up of 1 s and 9 s from any suits. PUNGS EXPOSED1000/400 fishing A Pair, two Pungs, a Kong & a Quint of odd numbers in any order, in any mix of suits. No Honour tiles. EXPOSED 1500pts/800 fishing EXAMPLE OF HAND 7 d s v c x t y o m 1 qq vvvv sss ddd ttt5t e z q a j t c l o aq xw hy ol 67 l aaa zzp oop qqq z5z ddd ttt jjjj qq cc5cc

25 25. SPECIALTY HANDS FOR LINDA S AMERICAN MAH JONG VARIANT PURITY HANDS DESCRIPTION PTS/FISHING Amish Purity Or Ordinary Purity Hand Georgia Gates San Josè Odds Tennessee Triple Play Houston Run Oklahoma Odds Salt Lake City Shake Missouri River Run West Virginia Romp A Pair & Four Pungs, Kongs or Quints all one suit with NO Honour tiles. NO Jokers in the Pair qq rrr yy5yy iii ee5e Pung of 1 s in the first suit, numbers 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 in second suit with any tile 2-8 paired, Pung of 9 s in the third suit. Jokers may substitute for any tile. aaa w e r t y u i i... A Pair & a Pung of 3,6 or 9 in the first suit, a Pung & a Kong of 3,6 or 9 in the second & a Quint of 3, 6 or 9 in the third suit. Jokers allowed to substitute. ee yyy ddd llll cc5cc Pungs of 2 s & 6 s & a Pair of 4 s in the first suit, a Pung of 8 s in the second suit, & a Pung of 8 s in the third suit. Jokers may substitute for any tile. www yyy rr kkk,,, A Pair & four Pungs/Kongs or Quints of any 5 consecutive numbers in any suits. Jokers OK. qq www ccc r5rr rr b5b5b One Pair, two Pungs, a Kong & a Quint of odd numbered tiles in any order from any mix of suits. aa eee ccc ll5l.5.5. A Pair, four Pungs/Kongs or Quints of five consecutive numbers all one suit. Jokers may substitute for any tile. qq www ee5e e r5r r t5t5t A Pair, a Pung, Two Kongs & a Quint of any consecutive numbers made from any mix of suits. aa xxx ee5e ff5f nn5nn A Pair, four Pungs/Kongs or Quints of three consecutive numbers in three suits. Jokers may substitute aa sss qqq5q q eee xxx 1500pts 800pts fishing 1500pts 800pts fishing 1500pts 800pts fishing 1500pts 800pts fishing

26 PURITY HANDS Johannesburg City Jump New Orleans Odds Pennsylvania Pairs or All Pair Purity Hand 26. DESCRIPTION A Pair & four Pungs of the numbers 3, 6 & 9 in two suits only. Jokers may substitute for any tile. yy eee ooo ddd hhh Pairs of 1 s & 3 s in the first suit, Pairs of 1 s, 3 s & 5 s in the second suit, two Pairs of 1, 3 or 5 in the third suit. aa dd qq ee tt zz bb Seven Pairs of tiles, all one suit, with NO Honour tiles. Jokers may substitute for any tile. zz cc b5 v5.. mm bb PTS/FISHING 2000pts fishing YEAR HANDS DESCRIPTION PTS/FISHING Orbiting Oregon or an Ordinary American Hand St. Louis NEWS Mt. Jefferson Jumble Future Dragons 2014 Winds Hand 2014 Royal Hand A clean Pair & four Pungs/Kongs/Quints of all one suit with Winds, Dragons, Flowers, NEWS or No Joker in Pair but Jokers may substitute elsewhere. s5af ww rrr u5u5u 777 A Pair & a Pung of Flower tiles, the numbers 214 in two suits, two White Dragons and one of each Wind w5qr x5zv 4123` A Pung of Dragons, & a Pung of Winds, a Quint of Flower tiles, one White Dragon & in one suit the numbers 214, 15. Jokers may substitute for any tile w5qr qt Pungs of Red & Green Dragons, 214 in first suit & 215 in the second suit Pair of White Dragons & Pair of Flower tiles. Jokers may substitute for any tile x5zv 777 s5ag Three Pungs & a Pair of Wind tiles spelling NEWS, 214 in one suit & one White Dragon. May use Jokers w5qr A Pair of Flower tiles, the numbers 214 in two suits, two White Dragons, a Pung/Kong of any Dragons & one of each wind spelling NEWS. Jokers may substitute. 55 x5zv 4123 w5qr pts fishing 2000pts fishing 2000pts fishing 2000pts fishing 2000pts fishing

27 ALL HONOUR HANDS ST. Louis Quickstep or Ordinary All Honour Hand Altura All Honour Pairs or Ordinary All Honour Pairs Winifred Winds Denver Dragons Wings Over Florida Wichita Winds Hampton Hockey Hand Atlanta Additions 27. DESCRIPTION Four Pungs/ Kongs or Quints & a Clean Pair of Honour Tiles made up of Winds, Dragons, Flower tiles, & Terminals ie 1 s & 9 s from all three suits. Jokers may substitute for any tile except in the clean Pair qqq zz lll 7757 Seven Pairs of Honour tiles including Winds, Dragons, Flowers & Terminals. Jokers may substitute for any tile aa qq 55.. A Pung/Kong/Quint of Flower tiles, one Pair, one Pung, a Kong & a Quint of Wind tiles spelling NEWS Jokers may substitute for any tile Three Pungs of Dragons, a Pair & a Pung of Wind tiles. Jokers may substitute for any tile Three Pungs of Wind tiles spelling NEWS & a Pair of 1 Bamboo tiles. Jokers may substitute. zz NEWS made up of a Pair & four Pungs/Kongs or Quints of Wind tiles. Jokers may substitute for any tile One single tile, two pairs & three Pungs made up of 1 s & 9 s from any suit. Jokers may substitute for any tile. a ll zz qqq ooo... Two Pungs of Flower tiles, Pung of 1 s in first suit, Pung of 9 s in second suit, single 1 tile in third suit and one White Dragon. Jokers may substitute for any tile qqq +... = a5 PTS/FISHING 1500pts 800pts fishing 1500pts 800pts fishing 1500pts 800pts fishing 2000pts fishing 2000pts fishing

28 PAIR HANDS New England Pairs or All Pairs Pennsylvania Pairs or All Pair Purity Hand Altura All Honour Pairs or Ordinary All Honour Pairs Dirty Little Secrets Little Dragon Run New Orleans Odds Tennessee Twins Happy Families Double Dragon Run 28. DESCRIPTION Seven Pairs all one suit. May include Honour tiles ie Dragons, Winds, Flower tiles. Jokers may substitute rr oo qq yy Seven Pairs of tiles, all one suit, with NO Honour tiles. Jokers may substitute for any tile. zz cc b5 v5.. mm bb Seven Pairs of Honour tiles including Winds, Dragons, Flowers & Terminals. Jokers can substitute for any tile aa qq 55.. Seven Dirty Pairs of mixed suits and Honour tiles ie Flowers, Dragons, Winds. All tiles to be taken from the wall including the last. Jokers may substitute aq vr ol 57 A Pair of Flower tiles, Pair of Dragons & five Pairs of consecutive numbers all one suit. May use Jokers. 55 qq ww ee rr tt 77 Pairs of 1 s & 3 s in the first suit, Pairs of 1 s, 3 s & 5 s in the second suit, two Pairs of 1, 3 or 5 in the third suit. Jokers may substitute for any tile. aa dd qq ee tt zz bb A Pair of Flower tiles, three pairs of any numbers from all three suits with their corresponding Dragons. Jokers may substitute for any tile. 55 zz 66 rr 55 jj 77 Pairs of NEWS tiles & three Pairs of consecutive numbers all one suit. Jokers may substitute for any tile zz xx cc Two Pungs & a Pair of any three consecutive numbers, one in each suit & two Pungs of Dragons. Jokers may substitute for any tile. qqq ss ccc PTS/FISHING

29 PAIR HANDS 29. DESCRIPTION Blooms of Baton Rouge Port Jackson Pairs Topeka Twin Gardens Hand Even Garden Beds A Pair of Flower tiles, pairs of 1 s & 9 s in first suit, pairs of 2 s, 4 s, 6 s & 8 s in the second. 55 qq oo xx vv nn,, A Pair of Flower tiles, a Pair of Dragons & five Pairs of consecutive numbers all in one suit. May use Jokers. 55 zz xx cc vv bb 77 A Pair of Flower tiles, Pairs of 1 s, 3 s & 5 s in the first suit. Pairs of 5 s, 7 s & 9 s in the second suit. 55 qq ee tt bb mm.. Three pairs of Flower tiles, four Pairs of 2 s, 4 s, 6 s & 8 s all in one suit. Jokers may substitute for any tiles. 55 xx vv 55 nn,, 55 PTS/FISHING 1500pts 800pts 1500pts 800pts 1500pts 800pts 1500pts 800pts RUN HANDS DESCRIPTION PTS/FISHING Georgia Gates Long Beach Run Powder River Run Bridgeport Blues Pung of 1 s in the first suit, numbers 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 in second suit with any tile 2-8 Paired, Pung of 9 s in the third suit. Jokers may substitute for any tile. aaa w e r t y u i u... Run of 1-9 in all one suit with one tile Paired, one of each Wind & a Flower tile. May use multiple Jokers in run. q w e r t y u i o po Run of 1-9 all one suit, one Dragon tile & one of each Wind, any tile paired. May use multiple Jokers in run. z x c v b n m,. n Pung of Flower tiles, Run of 1-9, a pair of any suit tile. All one suit. May use multiple Jokers in run. 555 q w e r t y u i o t t (Expose NEWS) (Expose NEWS) Red Bluff White Bluff Run of 1-5 in one suit, NEWS, one of each Dragon, Pair of Flower tiles & any tile paired. May use Jokers a s d f g Run of 5-9 in one suit, NEWS, one of each Dragon, Pair of Flower tiles & any tile paired. May use Jokers g h j k l (Expose NEWS) (Expose NEWS)

30 369 HANDS 30. DESCRIPTION PTS/FISHING Thomas Threes Toledo Triples San Josè Odds Tulsa Thirds Mobile 369 Hand Indi-viduals Colorado Confusions A Pair & a Pung of Flower tiles, three Pungs of the numbers 3,6 & 9 in three suits. Jokers may substitute. 55 ddd yyy A Kong or Quint of Flower tiles, a Pair, a Pung & a Kong of 3 s, 6 s & 9 s in one suit & a Pung of Dragons ee yyy ooo 777 A Pair & a Pung of 3,6 or 9 in the first suit, a Pung & a Kong of 3,6 or 9 in the second & a Quint of 3,6 or 9 in the third suit. Jokers allowed. ee yyy ddd llll cc5cc Four Pungs & a Pair of the numbers 3, 6 & 9 in two suits only. Jokers may substitute for any tile. ddd eee hhh ooo ll A Pair of Flower tiles, a single 3 tile, a Pair of 6 tiles & a Pung of 9 s in two suits. Jokers allowed. 55 e yy ooo c nn... A Pair & a Pung of Flower tiles, the tiles 3, 6, & 9 in all three suits. Jokers may substitute for any tile d h l c n. e y o A Pung & a Pair of 3 s & 6 s in the first suit, Pungs of 6 s & 9 s in the second & a Pung of the corresponding Dragons from the third suit. Jokers may substitute. cc nnn 777 yyy ooo ng 1500pts 800pts fishing 2000pts fishing Johannesburg City Jump A Pair & four Pungs of the numbers 3, 6 & 9 in two suits only. Jokers may substitute for any tile. yy eee ooo ddd hhh 2000pts fishing

31 QUINTS QUEMADO QUINTS North Dakota Quints 31. DESCRIPTION Four Quints and a Pair of anything. Jokers may substitute for any tile ff5ff zz5zz w5w5w w qq A Pung of Dragons & Winds, a Quint of Flower tiles, a Pair & a Quint of any numbers 1-9 from all one suit r5r5r r uu PTS/FISHING 2000pts fishing 2000pts fishing LIKE NUMBERS DESCRIPTION PTS/FISHING East Meets West Hand North Meets South Hand Louisiana Like Numbers Pungs of East & West Winds, two Pungs & a Pair of the same EVEN numbers from all three suits 111 www sss xx 222 Pungs of North & South Winds, two Pungs & a Pair of the same ODD numbers from all three suits. 444 qqq aaa zz 333 A Pair & a Pung of Flower tiles, three Pungs/Kongs or Quints in all three suits made up of LIKE NUMBERS qq5qq aaa zz5z 2000pts fishing SINGLE TILE DESCRIPTION PTS/FISHING Dirty Little Secrets Lincoln s Little Secret Single In Seattle Single In San Diego Seven Dirty Pairs of mixed suits and Honour tiles ie Flowers, Dragons, Winds. All tiles to be taken from the wall including the last. Jokers may substitute aq vr ol 57 One of each Dragon tile, NEWS, one Season & one Flower tile, two Mixed Pungs with one of each suit wsx yhn Fourteen single tiles any suit or honour tiles, none paired, all different. All tiles to be taken from the wall including the last. NO Jokers allowed. q e r t g d j z v n m 6 7 NEWS, one Dragon tile, one Flower tile, a Run of 1-9 in ALTERNATING suits. Jokers may substitute q s c r g n u k. (Expose NEWS) 2000pts fishing 400 fishing (Expose NEWS) 2000pts fishing

32 CONSECUTIVE NUMBER HANDS Port Jackson Pairs Happy Families Double Dragon Run Salt Lake City Shake Missouri River Run West Virginia Romp 32. DESCRIPTION A Pair of Flower tiles, a Pair of Dragons & five Pairs of consecutive numbers all in one suit. Jokers may substitute for any tile. 55 zz xx cc vv bb 77 Pairs of NEWS tiles & three Pairs of consecutive numbers all one suit. Jokers may substitute for any tile zz xx cc Two Pungs & a Pair of any three consecutive numbers, one in each suit & two Pungs of Dragons. Jokers may substitute for any tile. qqq ss ccc A Pair, four Pungs/Kongs or Quints of five consecutive numbers all one suit. Jokers may substitute for any tile. qq www ee5e e r5r r t5t5t A Pair, a Pung, Two Kongs & a Quint of any five consecutive numbers made from any mix of suits. Jokers may substitute for any tile aa xxx ee5e ff5f nn5nn A Pair, four Pungs/Kongs or Quints of three consecutive numbers in three suits. Jokers may substitute. aa sss qqq5q q eee xxx PTS/FISHING 1500pts 800pts 1500pts 800pts fishing 1500pts 800pts fishing 1500pts 800pts fishing

33 ADDITION OR MULTIPLICATION HANDS Madison Garden Multiplier 33. DESCRIPTION Two Pungs of Flower tiles, Pung of 5 s & Pung of 7 s a single 3 & 5 tile. All in one suit or all three suits ttt x mmm = dg PTS/FISHING Atlanta Additions Alabama Additions Arizona Additions Tallahassee Lassie Two Pungs of Flower tiles, Pung of 1 s in first suit, Pung of 9 s in second suit, single 1 tile in third suit and one White Dragon. Jokers may substitute for any tile qqq +... = a5 Two Pungs of Flower tiles, Pung of 5 s & Pung of 8 s, single 1 & 3 tiles. In one suit or all three bbb + kkk = qe Two Pungs of Flower tiles, Pun of 4 s, Pung of 9 s & single 1 & 3 tiles. In one suit or all three rrr + ooo = +qe Two Pungs of Flower tiles, Pung of 6 s & Pung of 7 s, & single 1 & 3 tiles. In one suit or all three nnn + mmm == = zc 2000pts fishing 2000pts fishing 2000pts fishing 2000pts fishing *JOKERS MAY SUBSTITUTE FOR ANY TILE, UNLESS HAND SPECIFICALLY STATES NO JOKERS ALLOWED. 555

34 34. Guide to tile layout used in Specialty Hand Lists Bamboo Suit 1 to 9 z x c v b n m,. Green Dragons Character Suit 1 to 9 a s d f g h j k l Red Dragons Circle Suit 1 to 9 q w e r t y u i o White Dragons (White Dragon as zero) w5qr s5af x5zv & 2014 (MIXED SUIT) w5av x5q 5qf s5zr Wind Tiles NEWS Flower/Season Tiles Jokers Substituting w5w g5g5g vv5v 5 REMEMBER in the specialty hands, if your game states that you need a Quint/Kong you do not have to expose this element complete. You may expose a Pung or Kong first, adding tiles or Jokers to it as the game progresses. Only when you have all elements in place and waiting for the last tile can you go fishing. Take your replacement tiles from the flower wall every time you make a Kong or Quint.

35 35. SET UP: A QUICK OVERVIEW OF MY AMERICAN MAH JONG VARIANT 20 PAIRS OF TILES ALONG EACH WALL MONEY ON HAND IS USUALLY 10 X 100, 10 1 X 500, 10 X 800 & 2 X 900 FISH TOKENS NEED TO BE EXPOSED ON RACK WHEN FISHING FOR ONE LAST TILE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE FISHING PAYOUT.. THE RULE OF PLAY IS NO FISH NO PAY. KONGS AND QUINTS COUNT AS THREE TILES WHEN EXPOSED. CHARLESTON TAKES PLACE BEFORE EVERY GAME. THE THREE-SWAP SEQUENCE IS EAST WEST & SOUTH NORTH EAST SOUTH & WEST NORTH EAST NORTH & SOUTH WEST JOKERS: JOKERS CANNOT BE USED IN CLEAN PAIRS IN THE ORDINARY AMERICAN HAND, BUT MAY BE USED IN A PAIR IN MANY SPECIALTY HANDS. READ DESCRIPTION OF THE HAND CAREFULLY. JOKERS CAN ALWAYS BE USED IN A HAND UNLESS THE DESCRIPTION SAYS NO. YOU MAY USE AS MANY JOKERS AS YOU LIKE IN A RUN. YOU MUST HAVE ONE MORE NATURAL TILE THAN JOKERS FOR PUNGS & KONGS, THAT IS YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE JOKER IN PUNG OR KONG. EXPOSING A KONG WILL GET YOU A REPLACEMENT TILE FROM THE FLOWER WALL FOR QUINTS YOU MAY HAVE UP TO TWO JOKERS AND MAKING A KONG INTO A QUINT GETS YOU ONE REPLACEMENT TILE. EXPOSING A QUINT STRAIGHT UP OR ADDING TWO TILES TO AN EXPOSED PUNG WILL GET YOU TWO REPLACEMENT TILES. DISCARDED JOKERS CANNOT BE PICKED UP OFF THE TABLE. A DISCARDED JOKER IS ALWAYS A DEAD TILE. TRY TO ADD YOUR JOKER TO YOUR EXPOSED TILES AND TAKE A REPLACEMENT FROM THE FLOWER WALL INSTEAD. STOLEN JOKERS ERS: BEFORE YOU STEAL A JOKER YOU MUST TAKE A TILE FROM THE WALL OR PICK UP A DISCARD, OTHERWISE YOU WILL HAVE THE INCORRECT NUMBER OF TILES IN YOUR HAND. AN EXPOSED JOKER CONTAINED IN A PUNG, KONG OR QUINT ON ANY PLAYERS RACK CAN BE STOLEN BY A PLAYER WHEN IT IS THEIR TURN BY EXCHANGING IT FOR THE TILE THE JOKER REPRESENTS - EVEN WHEN THE PLAYER IS PLAYING A CONCEALED HAND (BUT IN THIS CASE IT CAN ONLY BE TAKEN INTO THE PLAYER S HAND). YOU MAY USE THE STOL EN JOKER THEN & THERE OR PUT IT INTO YOUR HAND TO BE USED AT A LATER TURN. A PLAYER MAY EVEN STEAL THEIR OWN JOKER, USING IT ON AN EXPOSED ELEMENT OR TAKING IT BACK INTO HIS/HER HAND TO BE USED LATER.

36 QUINTS: QUINTS ARE FIVE OF A KIND MADE UP OF A PUNG & TWO JOKERS OR A KONG AND ONE 36. JOKER. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO MAKE THE QUINT ALL IN ONE GO, YOU MAKE EXPOSE A PUNG OR KONG AND ADD TO IT AS THE GAME PROGRESSES. YOU WILL NEED TO TAKE REPLACEMENT TILES FOR QUINTS JUST AS YOU DO FOR KONGS AS ALREADY EXPLAINED. MOST BEGINNERS FIND THEY HAVE THE WRONG AMOUNT OF TILES IN THEIR HAND UNTIL THEY MASTER THIS. FLOWER TILES: THE 16 FLOWER/SEASON TILES ARE CALLED COLLECTIVELY FLOWER TILES AND ARE ANOTHER HONOUR TILE. THEY CAN BE PAIRED, PUNGED, KONGED & QUINTED A DISCARDED FLOWER TILE IS THE EXCEPTION TO THE SEQUENCE OF DISCARD RULE. FIRST THE FLOWER TILE IS GIVEN TO THE PLAYER GOING MAH JONG. IF THIS IS NOT THE STAGE OF PLAY THEN THE NEXT PLAYER IN TABLE ORDER IS OFFERED THE FLOWER TILE AND SO ON AROUND THE TABLE UNTIL THE FLOWER TILE IS TAKEN UP & EXPOSED OR IS LEFT AS A DEAD TILE AS THE PLAY GOES ON. GAMES: THERE ARE NO CHOWS IN THE AMERICAN VARIANT BUT SOME HANDS DO HAVE RUNS HANDS CONTAIN VARIOUS COMBINATIONS OF PAIRS, PURITY, ONE SUIT WITH HONOURS, TWO SUITS, THREE SUITS & DIRTY PAIRS THERE ARE ONE, TWO & THREE SUIT GAMES, CONSECUTIVE NUMBER AND HONOUR HANDS NEWS HANDS CONTAIN ONE OF EACH WIND. *REMEMBER * TO TAKE A REPLACEMENT TILE WHEN YOU EXPOSE NEWS HANDS CONTAIN THE WHITE DRAGON FOR ZERO AND EITHER 2, 1, 4 IN ONE SUIT OR 2, 1, 4 TILES ONE OF EACH SUIT. THE SUIT YOU USE FOR 2013 DOES NOT HAVE TO BE THE MAIN SUIT YOU ARE KEEPING. REPLACEMENT TILE WHEN EXPOSING YOU MAY HAVE ONE JOKER IN 2014 AND MUST RECEIVE A ADDITION AND MULTIPLICATION HANDS ALWAYS CONTAIN FLOWERS AND TWO PUNGS OF NUMBERS AND TILES TO REPRESENT THE SUM OF THEM BOTH. GAMES WITH THE NUMBERS 3, 6 & 9 ARE PART OF THE AMERICAN MAH JONG GAME LIST AS ARE GAMES WITH LIKE NUMBERS. DURING PLAY: CHECK THE TILE COUNT IN YOUR HAND REGULARLY DURING PLAY SO THAT YOU ARE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE 13 TILES INCREASING TO 14 WHEN YOU PICK UP OR GO MAH JONG. REMEMBER KONGS AND QUINTS COUNT AS THREE TILES WHEN EXPOSED ON YOUR RACK. CHECK YOUR OPPONENT S EXPOSED JOKER TILES TO SEE IF YOU HAVE THE TILES TO STEAL THEM AWAY WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN. REMEMBER TO PUT YOUR FISH TOKEN UP ON YOUR RACK TO INDICATE THAT YOU ARE FISHING. THERE ARE NO ½ LIMIT HANDS AND THE PAY FOR FISHING IS GENEROUS.

37 37. be bustrblibn VERSIEN EF THE bbericbn bbh beng GbbE: I have made the changes needed to the tradition bmerican Play in order for f a player, confident and grounded in the bustralian U3b/Western and the Chinese variants of bah bong to easily and logically decipher the rules and procedures of this challenging unique version. Sadly the bmerican game requires a different set of tiles using tiles instead of the Western game s and the Chinese game s 136. Eou cannot play Western or the bmerican version with a Chinese bah bong set due to the lack of Flower tiles, you can play the Western and Chinese variants with the Western bah bong set but you cannot play bmerican. With an bmerican bah bong set you can play all three types of bah bong. I have developed specialty hands depicting bmerican towns and cities to cover all the categories used by the bmerican bah bong bssociation without the need to learn a whole new set of games each year. The Eear Games just change ie from 2014 to These games and the rest of my Specialty Hands can be learnt, enjoyed and played year after year.

38 38. I have intended the bustralian variant of the bmerican bah bong Game to appeal to the intermediate to experienced bah bong Player looking for new challenges and seeking to increase their game skills while having a lot of fun. bmerican bah bong improves your Hand reading, making you able to decide quickly what tile to discard and what tile to keep to form and develop your hand. This variant also makes you more aware of the tiles in your opponents hand while you quest to steal that boker, and allows you to play new and fun games with elements of play not found in the Chinese and Western Games. There are many players who believe themselves to be purists and spend all their time playing one variant only, but I would say to them that being able to play and enjoy y all three forms of our challenging and ancient game, moving effortlessly from variant to variant, is the height of game play. bah bong is the perfect balance between creative strategy, mathematical ability and social enjoyment that will keep our minds suppler, smarter and healthier for longer. Use it or lose it - the choice is up to you. Whatever you favour, happy bah bonging to all, Linda Ilsley 2014

39 bvailable from Ebay store: bymahjong333 or New Web Page or phone Linda on Coloured boney Sticks: available in Western or bmerican Huge Range of Coloured Dice: large and easy to read.... either bright opaques all or jewel clears, Pearl Dice & bulti-coloured Dice bnd brightly coloured 12 sided single dice *bll dice come with a matching silk bag and can match your Fish Tokens & Sets. Silk Note Books and Cloisonné Pens: : for scoring your hands, notes, addresses etc, by Silk bags come in a stunning array of colours.

40 FISH TOKENS 40. bssorted fish beads: : bright jewelled or ceramic koi sets of four fish 100 s to pick from, come with matching dice and a silk bag Cloisonné articulated metal fish tokens: set of four Big range of colours and sizes all with matching dice and silk bag burano Lamp-work hand-blown Glass Fish: craftsman made beautiful set of four with matching dice and silk bag. Hand-blown burano Glass Starfish: Set of four blso rolled pendant strap so you can wear one as jewellery with a pair of matching earrings, bag. Come with matching dice and a silk

41 41. Hand-blown burano Glass Seahorse: Set of four with rolled pendant strap so you can wear one as jewellery bvailable with a pair r of matching earrings! and a silk bag Come with matching dice Small Travel bah bong Sets: Great to take away with you on a break. Sets come with money, fish tokens & matching dice, wind indicator cards & jewel racks. Don t leave your bah bong at home. SPbRE TILES: : Lost one of your tilesc I keep a large range to suit most sets. I sometimes have the matching tiles to make your Western Set t into an bmerican Set Extra Large Tile bah bong Sets: Great for arthritic players, easy to read numbers and good to handle. Range of coloured backs with coloured money, matching fish tokens, dice and silk fish bag. These tiles are wide enough to stand up by themselves & don t need racks. Easy to Read Larger Numbered bmerican bah bong Tiles: don t stop playing just because your eyesight is getting poorer. Rainbow, bardi Gras and white backs with matching fish, dice and silk bag.

42 42. Basic bustralian U3b bah bong Sets 144 regular sized tiles: These sets come with white or coloured money, Fish tokens with matching dice and silk fish bag. bsk to see sample of the sets currently available bmerican bah bong Sets: 160 Tiles beautiful range of colours, glitter & patterns. Stunning artwork on tiles and come in tote bag with coloured money,, fish tokens and matching dice in silk fish bag, wind indicator cards laminated with Charleston moves and dice throws for all four f winds. New stock always arriving. bsk to see samples of colours and patterns available. bmerican Sets with simple flower/season tiles: - no numbers on flower/season tiles so as not to confuse beginners, etc. NETE; bll bbh beng SETS bre STbNDbRD SIZE (EXCEPT TRbVEL SETS) HbVE WESTERN NUbBERS EN TILES FER EUR bustrblibn PLbE bnd EbSE CbRRE TETE BbGS WITH NbbE TbGS FER EbSE IDENTIFICbTIEN. Set of four Racks: to suit all types of bah bong sets - locally made from a range of beautiful Hardwood Timber or super light Pine, wide deck to accommodate money. Wind Indicator Cards with attractive backs. Show the Wind, names corresponding season/flowers, the Charleston Changes (or Goulash) each wind makes and a dice throws for each wind. bust have item. PLUS TEE buch TE LIST