Since the arrival on the market of Patricia Thompson and Betty Maloney's two previous books, THE GAME OF MAH JONG ILLUSTRATED and IMPROVE YOU MAH JONG, a wide range of hands from many parts of the world has been sent to them. In this player's companion the authors have put together a cross-filled reference guide where over 120 hands, illustrated in colour, can be quickly identified by following the flip-top headings on each page. A full synopsis of each hand is included. The extra hands give an international flavour to the book, adding new interest and challenges.
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Patricia Thompson and Betty Maloney are well established experts in Mah Jong and have written several books on the game.
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This book has COLOR pictures of all the hands I knew and then some! The group I taught to play fell in love with this book, although it has slowed down play as everyone looks up new hands to try. I love all three of Thompson & Maloney's mah jong books. This is truely for the die hard fan of the game who is always looking for a new hand as well as for the slightly advanced beginner. Seeing the hands helps. The book also breaks the hands into a short list used to start with and then a longer list of even more beautiful mah jong hands.
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A different "Western" mah ....,
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I thought this book would help me understand the American version of Mah better and it did not. It lists many hands and the hands are titled ... but his means nothing to someone who only plays the American version who purchases a new card each year. That said, I am sure it is my ignorance in not knowing what was meant by the title...I am sure this book would be helpful to those playing the game perhaps known as Chinese Mah...and has information on scoring that I didn't know existed. Again, this is probably due to my ignorance of the game but I would never have purchased it had I known it was different than the American version. In a nutshell, had I read the reviews I would have known this and not purchased the book!
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As neophytes at the game of Western Mah Jong, the four of us at the table often play with a copy of The Mah Jong Player's Companion in our laps. The colored pictures are extremely helpful when trying to formulate a hand or when trying to change one.
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The range of winning hands is vast, but one of the factors also contributing to winning play is what might be called the 'body language' of the players. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tile paired, one paired, one suit, same suit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Green Bamboos, Mah Jong, Dragons Run, All Pair Ruby Jade, Grand Sequence, Red Dragons Pung, Winning Fishing, Dragon's Tail, Dragon's Teeth, Red Lantern, Wind Pungs, Windy Chow, Windy Nines, Wriggly Snake, Dragon's Breath, Four Blessings, Four Pungs, Green Dragons Pung, Red Coral, Three Great Scholars, White Opal, Wind Chow, Bottom of Well Four Chows, Dragons Calculate, Green Dragons Three Pungs New!
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The range of winning hands is vast, but one of the factors also contributing to winning play is what might be called the 'body language' of the players. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tile paired, one paired, one suit, same suit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Green Bamboos, Mah Jong, Dragons Run, All Pair Ruby Jade, Grand Sequence, Red Dragons Pung, Winning Fishing, Dragon's Tail, Dragon's Teeth, Red Lantern, Wind Pungs, Windy Chow, Windy Nines, Wriggly Snake, Dragon's Breath, Four Blessings, Four Pungs, Green Dragons Pung, Red Coral, Three Great Scholars, White Opal, Wind Chow, Bottom of Well Four Chows, Dragons Calculate, Green Dragons Three Pungs New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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