American Mah Jongg
American Mah Jongg, explained properly.
One card that changes every year, a pile of tiles no two tables agree on, and about a hundred years of house rules that nobody ever wrote down in one place. We are fixing that.
Start here
The questions we get asked most, answered without the hand-waving.
-
How to Read the NMJL Card: Every Symbol, Colour and Number Explained
The NMJL card does not use suit letters, and the colours do not mean what most people think. A plain guide to reading the notation, including…
-
How Many Tiles Are in an American Mahjong Set? 152, 160 and 166 Compared
American mahjong sets ship with 152, 160 or 166 tiles and the listings rarely say why. Here is what each number is made of, and which…
What we are building
EASTA is a small studio making an American Mah Jongg set from scratch, and writing the reference we wished existed while we make it.
Right now this site is a library, not a shop. The guides come first. When the first set is ready, the people on our list will hear about it before anyone else does.
The one-page reference
A printable sheet with the tiles, the suits, and the numbers you actually need at the table. Free, and no more than one email a month after it.