The Great Mahjong Book is a perfect resource for the beginning or experienced mahjong player. This comprehensive book covers the entire history of mahjong as it spread around the globe, on the equipment and accessories used in the game, the basic rules, how and where the game first developed and all the international variants of mahjong--including China, the U.S., Holland, the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Hong Kong. Filled with hints, fun facts and numerous illustrations of memorabilia and artifacts, this authoritative and thoroughly enjoyable book is a perfect gift for anyone interested in this ancient and beguiling game.
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"Anyone seeking to learn mahjong, improve their skills, or especially, play the game while visiting another nation, is enthusiastically recommended to immediately add a copy of The Great Mahjong Book to their personal library."—Midwest Book Review
Mah jongg instructor Rep, a Dutchman, casts a wide net to provide general background on the game and explain how it is played today and has in the past been played around the world. [The book] is clearly written and well illustrated with numerous examples."—Library Journal
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Author Jelte Rep is a passionate proponent of the Game of the Thousand Miracles, researching its history, equipment, playing variants and cultural artifacts. In addition to teaching mahjong and organizing mahjong tournaments, Rep spends his time filming documentaries and writing dramas for television.
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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Enthusiastically recommended,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Great Mahjong Book: History, Lore, and Play (Paperback)
Written by globe-trotting mahjong enthusiast Jelte Rep, The Great Mahjong Book: History, Lore, and Play is a thorough guide to the history and play of mahjong world wide - illustrated throughout in full color, which is particularly helpful when it displays sample mahjong tile groups. The straightforward text covers both basic and advanced mahjong rules for gamers of all skill and experience levels, and an index allows for quick and easy reference. Anyone seeking to learn mahjong, improve their skills, or especially, play the game while visiting another nation, is enthusiastically recommended to immediately add a copy of The Great Mahjong Book to their personal library.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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A great mahjong book, indeed,
By Mikko Saari (Tampere, Finland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Great Mahjong Book: History, Lore, and Play (Paperback)
Jelte Rep's Great Mahjong Book, originally published in Dutch, is an interesting tour of mahjong around the world. It starts from the history of the game - not thousands years like many sources like to claim, but actually more like 150 years.
Then he takes a look at how the game is played in the US, Japan, China, other Asian countries and several European countries. The local variations are described, not always in great detail, but detailed enough so you can try them out if you wish. If you want to learn a particular style well, get a book or a web site focused on that variant, but for a general overview, Rep's book is excellent. Add to that a sleek, stylish layout and plenty of good pictures, and you get a rather fine book on a rather fine game. This book will serve both newbies and enthusiasts.
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Mahjong explained..,
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I like this book and have given it as a gift to mahjong enthusiasts who have also liked and enjoyed it. Its a good explanation to just about everyone of the different rules and the different meanings of the tiles. No one I know thats seen this book hasnt learned something! This comes from a white woman married to a Chinese man and has friends of every Asian background!
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three dragons, imperial jade, bonus tiles, winning tile, basic mahjong, mahjong racks, played concealed, mahjong craze, fourteenth tile, fourteen tiles, joker tiles, eighteen tiles, discarded tile, ming box, tile from the wall, thirteen tiles, mahjong set, sixteen tiles, mahjong tiles, fourth tile, twelve tiles, playing variants, mahjong tables, tile double, half limit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Waiting Hand, Hong Kong, Red Dragon, Thirteen Orphans, Nine Gates, Four Winds, Dora Indicator, Heaven's Blessing, East Wind, Earth's Blessing, Pung of Dragons, Wind Double, White Dragons, All Pungs, All Chows, All Terminals, Only Possible Tile, Green Dragon, Kong of Dragons, All Honors, West Wind, Green Bamboos, Kongs of Dragons, Waiting Player, Four Pungs Browse Sample Pages:
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three dragons, imperial jade, bonus tiles, winning tile, basic mahjong, mahjong racks, played concealed, mahjong craze, fourteenth tile, fourteen tiles, joker tiles, eighteen tiles, discarded tile, ming box, tile from the wall, thirteen tiles, mahjong set, sixteen tiles, mahjong tiles, fourth tile, twelve tiles, playing variants, mahjong tables, tile double, half limit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Waiting Hand, Hong Kong, Red Dragon, Thirteen Orphans, Nine Gates, Four Winds, Dora Indicator, Heaven's Blessing, East Wind, Earth's Blessing, Pung of Dragons, Wind Double, White Dragons, All Pungs, All Chows, All Terminals, Only Possible Tile, Green Dragon, Kong of Dragons, All Honors, West Wind, Green Bamboos, Kongs of Dragons, Waiting Player, Four Pungs Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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