American Mah Jongg Lesson Fundamentals 1P Introduction for Players (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.   American mah jongg cards use the same conventions (i.e., colors, letters, numbers, format, layout) and are published on an annual basis.  The lessons in this playlist are generic and timeless so everything you learn can be applied to any card and any given year.  Even strategies are transferable.   

When I made the lesson videos, the handouts were presented in four separate tri-fold handouts printed on cardstock.  The content in the handouts have been included in wiki articles and my books:

• Strategy by Wall: https://mahjlife.com/wiki/strategy-by-wall-article-116/
• Variations: https://mahjlife.com/wiki/house-rules-article-50/
• American Mah Jongg Primer: https://mahjlife.com/books 

On Monday’s, there are Nitty-Gritty Let’s Play Livestreams where I demonstrate these strategies and more! Here is the schedule with links to wiki articles and videos: https://mahjlife.com/wiki/amj-s2-matrix-article-210/

This lesson kit is now available for purchase at Mahj Life https://mahjlife.com/lesson-kit/

The lesson kit includes the mock American Mah Jongg card which you can download here: https://mahjlife.com/wiki/american-mah-jongg-article-id-162/

You may find this this presentation handout helpful: https://tinyurl.com/thrau6us

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

NMJL website:  http://www.nationalmahjonggleague.org 
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