Improve Your Mah Jong [Spiral-bound]

Patricia A. Thompson (Author), Betty Maloney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2000

This book is designed for those familiar with the game who now want to improve their skills and maybe teach others to play.

The illustrations are all in colour to simplify identification of the various hands -- 55 in all. The calculator in the back cover makes scoring simple.

The modern Western game of Mah Jong has evolved from the original Chinese game, first recorded about 500BC. Mah Jong is played in slightly different forms in many countries around the world. Once the basic structure of the game is mastered players find no difficulty in adapting to another version of the game.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 64 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia (May 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0684872056
• ISBN-13: 978-0684872056
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,474 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent book with clear easy to read illustrations., October 27, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Improve Your Mah Jong (Paperback)

Having a basic knowledge of the game I was looking for a book to improve my hands. This book covers special hands and has great illustrations of each hand which are clearly drawn and easy to read. This book also provided an overview of the differences between the Western and Chinese games. In other books I've found the sections on scoring to be tendious and off-putting, however, this book describes it clearly and gives examples. In summary: A great graphical book for a game that is quite graphical!

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In Search of Strategy, September 25, 2000

By 

bern campbell (durham, nc United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Improve Your Mah Jong (Spiral-bound)

After five years of playing this game weekly with the same group of four, we thought we'd covered all the strategic moves possible. This publication has made each of us players rethink our playing styles and open our minds to thinking differently about the game of Mah Jong.

This book is an uncomplicated read for such a complex game. We eagerly await the next publication!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Valuable Guide to Mah Jong and including the Scoring Card, September 19, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Improve Your Mah Jong (Spiral-bound)

This book is the best tool I have read to improve upon the game. It provides a valuable tool in the scoring card.
No doubt more poeple would play the game with these well-writtem and truly helpful books.
It is a great companion to the authors' other works, especially Mah Jong Illustrated. SLZ.