Since the add states that there are no directions included, how do you play? I play American Mah Jongg.
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First you and your 3 friends will need to purchase a 2014 mah Jongg card. You can do so from the haddasah mah Jongg league. The card game is played the same as American tile mah Jongg with 8 flowers and 8 jokers/ wild cards.
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This was a gift. I will inquire of the person to who I gave this and get back in touch with you in another post.
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You Need a National Mah Jongg League card can order from NMJLalso. 3-4 players is fine 2 no so good. 1 draw stack and either a stack for discard or leave hem turned up as you discard. Be sure and check your cards you may need to use both seasons and flowers to have total of 8, I only had four of each in my pack of cards. Hopefully they sent extra jokes and some blank cards also. I find the cards ae good for practice when not playing. I really do not like to play You may like a Mah Jongg travel set better. Good Luck
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I would play the same way as you play with tiles, just there is no wall, perhaps just use the rest of the deck. Take out any cards that don't apply to American, just like you have to remove nonapplicable tiles from most tile sets. I taught myself American Mah Jongg from a book and use the cards to practice when I'm on a trip and don't feel like lugging the whole tile game with me. Never tried it with four people but I think if you improvise a bit it should work the same
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1st you need to buy a 2014 mah Jongg card from the haddasah mah Jongg league . You will need to play with 4 players like regular tile based mah Jong .
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It's just like you're used to only, instead of a wall of tiles, everyone draws from the deck.
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If you purchased American Mah Jongg Kards, then you play it just as you would Mah Jongg. There are stands to hold your Kards in front of you, but as far as walls, I think you have only two piles - the new picks and the discards which would leave only one Kard visible.
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We were not able to locate any instructions. As stated in the previous reply you need to pull out the Chinese version of cards. We thought about the game with the tiles and made it work for the cards. You still will hold the 13 cards in your hand and we still build a wall with the other.
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I wish I could help you, but my suggestion would be to contact the Mah Jongg League or look at the different dealers on the internet.
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I bought two books on line called American Mahjong for Beginners and Strategies of Mahjong on line. Part of the problem is that there are the chinese cards mixed in with the American version which need to be sorted out. I use the cards when traveling because the mahjong set I own is cumbersome and expensive. I would imagine you could download directions on line for the tile game and directions for mahjong. You are correct in that instructions for the cards would have been good.
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dear elizabeth, if you still have those instructions could you please email me the diagram i was able to follow very easily when i first got it but seemed to have missed place them during my move recently and my cats keep looking for it they love the thing and its fun to watch them play as well. they seem much happier with it up so if you could get back with me on that asap that would be great :) email is mccormick.misha@gmail.com or if you could lead to to a site that has the diagram as well which ever works for you i would just really love to get my hands on the instructions again. all the polls have the numbered stickers on them still so it should still be easy to follow. thanks again dear elizabeth, if you still have those instructions could you please email me the diagram i was able to follow very easily when i first got it but seemed to have missed place them during my move recently and my cats keep looking for it they love the thing and its fun to watch them play as well. they seem much happier with it up so if you could get back with me on that asap that would be great :) email is mccormick.misha@gmail.com or if you could lead to to a site that has the diagram as well which ever works for you i would just really love to get my hands on the instructions again. all... » Read More dear elizabeth, if you still have those instructions could you please email me the diagram i was able to follow very easily when i first got it but seemed to have missed place them during my move recently and my cats keep looking for it they love the thing and its fun to watch them play as well. they seem much happier with it up so if you could get back with me on that asap that would be great :) email is mccormick.misha@gmail.com or if you could lead to to a site that has the diagram as well which ever works for you i would just really love to get my hands on the instructions again. all the polls have the numbered stickers on them still so it should still be easy to follow. thanks again « Show Less
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the instructions are in the box. You roll the dice, move your piece around the board. Almost every time you land you build a part of the mouse trap. Once it's complete you can launch the trap and try to catch the other players to win. Hope that helps!
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In the cards there is no instructions. Go figure. There is an instruction booklet in each of the sets that have the tiles.
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You may be able to find a book on mah jongg at your local library, which will give detailed instruction. It is also possible to download instructions from the internet by doing a search for "rules for American mah jongg." Be sure to specify American mah jongg, because the Chinese rules are very different.
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There really are NO helpful instructions with the game. In my opinion, it is way too difficult except for maybe an adult or an older teenager.
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The dice are very tiny, I bought a set at walmart for under $2.00 that I like better. The mahjong set is wonderful. Have fun
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This is a Chinese rules set, so there are no Joker tiles. You'll need to search for "American Mahjong set" to find one with Joker tiles. It is a very nice set though.
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Depends whether you want to use the winning strategy. Took me 3 games to figure it out (and I wasn't trying to!). Never lost a game afterwards. Never played the expansions. Maybe that fixes the game.
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We did the same thing. Then realized that we thought you could "ONLY" do what the screen told you. Re-read the directions. You EITHER move to an adjacent room (one that's connected by a walkway) OR choose "secret passageway" on the DVD. It was incredibly frustrating until we figured this out!
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You may be able to add your own game pieces (use a quarter or a button or something) for extra players. When I play, I often play with more than six, but I do not use the board. It can be a lot of fun to just play with the cards. I hope this helps!
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I did not get anything but the scorecard from Amazon. I think you have to purchase the card from the League to be a member, but I am new at Mahjongg and don't know if this is true.
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A game played using this card would go by the same basic rules published by the NMJL for how American Mah Jongg is played. This just gives you additional hands that can be created, which vary from the NMJL card, with some really fun twists which is a nice break sometimes from the "official" card. As far as I know, any published card in the U.S. goes by the basic rules of the NMJL. Each group is still free to establish some of their own table rules as they wish.
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It comes with instructions on how to play double six dominoes. But no playing card.