9-year-old, Linda Feinstein, sat on porch steps watching neighbors play Mahjong every night outside her family’s Coney Island bungalow. The sound of the tiles mesmerized Feinstein, and it interested ...

Last February, my friend Fiona texted a question to me and two other friends: Who wants to learn how to play mah-jongg? None of us — a group of millennial moms in our late 30s and early 40s — had ever ...

In an age when one often reads a novel by flipping the pages of an ebook or plays solitaire by dealing the cards on the screen, describing oneself as a “gamer” is typically preceded by the unspoken ...

NEW BEDFORD — Joan Blanchett will tell you she’s been playing mah jongg for about 100 years, when in reality, it’s been close to 40 years. This milestone has given her the authority on the ancient ...

The game of mah jongg — a Chinese term meaning ‘hemp sparrow’ — has delighted fans worldwide for hundreds of years. Believed to have originated in China as far back as 500 B.C., the tile game was ...

A line of children was seen forming outside the entrance to a classroom in Tokyo’s Shinagawa Ward slightly past 10 a.m. on a recent Sunday. But these eager pupils did not come for a weekend cram ...

I have always loved to play games, and when an opportunity arises to learn a new one, I am in. I wanted to learn Mah Jongg, so I got the chance to do so last week. Carol plays often and decided to try ...