American Mah Jongg Lesson Fundamentals 9 Phase I The Charleston (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.  A hand of American mah jongg is divided into two phases, Phase I is The Charleston.  The purpose of the Charleston phase of the game is to gather tiles that strengthen your starting position. The first Charleston is compulsory where you get 3 tiles at one time in 3 passes - that's 9 tiles! The second Charleston is optional. While it is true that the second Charleston can be stopped no questions asked, it can improve your position exponentially if you continue. Those 9 tiles can make or break your position going into the pick and discard phase of the game.  In this video, I act as each player and demonstrate the process of the Charleston.  Videos that demonstrate strategy will be in the next playlist.

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
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 

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/LT8kCP 
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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