Mah Jongg: The Game of the Sparrows

Mah Jongg: The Game of the Sparrows

Spring (4-8 hours) | This course is completed

10 Hilton Field Road Hanover, NH 03755 United States

Pond Room

NEW

4/9/2019-4/30/2019

2:30 PM-4:30 PM EDT on Tue

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$40.00

Mah Jongg, similar to bridge, is a popular Chinese tile game played with four people. The American version of Mah Jongg came to be in 1937 when the National Mah Jongg League was formed in New York City. Tiles are exchanged to duplicate a set hand from the Official Standard Hands and Rules card, a necessary tool to play the game. The card changes each year.

In this course, you will learn the names of the tiles, suits, hand combinations, and strategy to allow you to excitedly call out, “Mah Jongg!” This will be a hands-on class, with explanation and instruction provided at the start of each session, followed by time to practice what has been covered. Many Mah Jongg groups follow the optional practice of betting on each game, usually for loose change. We will learn the betting practice, but not bet. OSHER@Dartmouth has an anti-gambling policy to which we will adhere.

  • Required Materials:
  • Optional Texts:
    • Mah Jongg Made Easy - National Mah Jongg League (available via nationalmahjonggleague.org)
    • A Beginner’s Guide to American Mah Jongg - Elaine Sandberg (ISBN-13: 978-0804838788)

Mary Ann Holbrook arrived in Hanover, NH, coming from Baltimore, MD, in 1963. Her children were raised in Hanover. She practiced nursing for 20 years at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. She became an Osher member in 2001 and was chair of the Membership Committee, responsible for many social functions, including the organization’s 20th anniversary party. She led a travel group to Spain and has taught Mah Jongg for several terms. She is currently a curator for the OSHER@Dartmouth Art Gallery.