Mahjong in 3 minutes
A four-player tile game. Collect sets of tiles until your hand is complete.
- 1
Meet the tiles
Three numbered suits, 1 to 9, plus winds and dragons. Four copies of each.
- 2
Draw one, throw one
On your turn, take a tile from the wall, then discard one. Your hand stays at 13.
- 3
Make sets
A set is three in a row in one suit, or three identical tiles.
- 4
Four sets + a pair wins
Complete your hand and call "Mahjong!"
Find the set
Pick the 3 tiles that make a set: three in a row of one suit, or three of a kind.
Pick your style
Most sets are made for one style. Tell us who you'll play with and we'll match the set.
16-tile mahjong
- Tiles
- 144, including 8 flowers
- Hand
- 16 tiles, win with 17
- Feel
- Fast, lively, lots of scoring combos
- Good for
- Friends who learned in Asia, family games
Racks & jokers
- Tiles
- 152–166, including jokers
- Hand
- 13 tiles, matched to a yearly card
- Feel
- Strategic, social, colourful sets
- Good for
- Ladies' groups, clubs, game nights
Our favourite lessons
Hand-picked videos. Each one opens on YouTube.
Learn how to play mahjong in 2.5 minutes
South China Morning Post · YouTube
Easiest mahjong tutorial for beginners
Alpaca Alix · YouTube
How to play Taiwanese mahjong
Mary's Mahjong Class · YouTube
How to play American mahjong
Gather Together Games · YouTube
Game Night Kit
166 tiles with jokers, racks and pushers. The same set you can order.
See full specsCommon questions
Taiwanese or American: which should I buy?
Taiwanese uses 16-tile hands and flower tiles. American uses jokers, racks and a yearly card of winning hands. Tell us who you play with and we'll suggest one.
How many people do I need?
Four is standard. Three-player variants exist too.
How long does a game take?
A round takes 10–20 minutes once everyone knows the rules.