Mahjong (also called Májiàng, Màhjeung, Máquè, Màhjeuk) and sometimes spelled mahjongg, majiang, mah-jong or mah-jongg is a game originated in China. In Asia, mahjong is popular as a gambling or computer game.
Legend has it that Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher, invented the game around 500 BC.
Mahjong is a game of strategy, intelligence, skill, calculation and luck.
The object of the game is to build complete suits (usually of threes) from either 13 or 16 tiles. The first person to achieve this goal wins the game. The winning tile completes the set of either 14 or 17 tiles.
This Hong Kong Style Mahjong set comes in an elegant attache case with large tiles for easier stacking and reading. There are 144 tiles in the game. The tiles have numbers on them as well as the standard Mahjong images and characters.
The tiles are larger than usual (20 x 26 x 36mm) which makes them easy to be stacked.
It also comes with counters, dice and bettor.