American Mah Jongg Lesson Fundamentals 5 Reading the Card (mock card)
Channel: Michele Frizzell #MAHJLIFE
Date: 2018-11-04

Mah jongg is the 4-player Chinese tile game that took America by storm in the 1920s.   The format and color code of the  American mah jongg card can be a bit daunting at first glance.  In this video, I walk you through reading a mock American mah jongg card.  This card is generic and timeless.  Once you understand the formatting and the color code, you will be able to read any American mah jongg card because they use the same conventions. 

Mock American Mah Jongg card https://goo.gl/MqqaUb

The mock American Mah Jongg card is timeless and generic.  This way, no matter when someone new to the game watches the video, they will have a stable reference as they learn how to play the game. 

The content in the handouts have been included in my Amazon Kindle American Mah Jongg Primer books: https://www.amazon.com/American-Mah-Jongg-Primer-confidence-ebook/dp/B09P64Q9X3
NMJL website:  http://www.nationalmahjonggleague.org 

There is a typo in the screenshot at https://youtu.be/7WygnpfFbMQ?t=1584. The text should read, any three suits. 

Below is an index of videos covering the fundamentals:

Introduction for Teachers https://goo.gl/d1SYii 
Introduction for Players https://goo.gl/wGVQLu 
The Tiles https://goo.gl/LfbSzs 
Block Modeling https://goo.gl/DWioGm 
Suit Modeling https://goo.gl/b76hU3 
Reading the Card https://goo.gl/zJxNmr 
Category Modeling https://goo.gl/vNYZZR 
Charleston Modeling https://goo.gl/Qi7EpP 
Shuffle up and Deal https://goo.gl/heqNSM 
Phase 1 The Charleston https://goo.gl/27JkC5 
Phase 2 Pick and Discard https://goo.gl/mo34Zd 
Phase 2 How to Exchange a Joker http://bit.ly/2ocJhzf

The next playlist covers skill builders https://goo.gl/3TQAsM
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