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A Mah-jong Handbook: How to Play, Score and Win the Modern Game
by Eleanor Noss Whitney
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Pan Macmillan (1977)
ISBN: 0330252291
EAN: 9780330252294
Paperback: 235 pages
SKU: N2024
Condition: Good
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
As a comprehensive publication for gaining proficiency in this Oriental game, this handbook gives "variations and additions to the official game and some hints to clarify the fundamentals of strategy useful to all players".--"Pensacola News-Journal".
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Customer Reviews
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What am I buying?
Rating  (2)
Date: 2008-02-22
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I am not a Mahjong playe. My wife is. I wanted her to have a reference book on American version. I thought this would be good. Little information available on books contents and objectives except the usual hype about how we cannot get along without it. The book was very difficult to figure out. I still don't know whether or not it can be used for the american version of the game. It was poorly written and organized. I sent it back and paid for the return shipping. I will want more details when I buy another. Maynard
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Even a beginner could learn the game from this book!
Rating  (5)
Date: 2006-11-13
5 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book covers all the questions anybody would have about this complex game. I've searched all over the internet for answers but most rules and gameplay written on line seemed like poorly translated rules from Chinese or whatever with many mysteries left unturned. This book is great and with minimal reading gets you playing in no time.
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A Mah-Jongg Handbook
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-09-30
5 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
Well writen and easy to understand. Particularly for a novice at Mah-Jongg.
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Useful, Comprehensive and Readable
Rating  (4)
Date: 2005-08-24
7 out of 7 customers found this reveiw helpful
A good introduction to the game for beginners, with strategy advice that will be useful to more experienced players as well.
Whitney explains clearly and concisely, using easy to understand diagrams. She even manages to explain Mah Jong's rather complex scoring system, which can be a bit off-putting for beginners.
Her inclusion of the differences between Japanese and American rules is also quite helpful, although I've found that as with any game, some of the rules and terminology vary from region to region.
All in all a good book for those looking to begin playing Mah Jong, particularly those in Japan or with Japanese friends.
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A tour de force
Rating (5)
Date: 2002-08-29
19 out of 19 customers found this reveiw helpful
The Mah Jong Handbook presents an amazingly clear method for approaching the game. The book is easy-to-read, but deals with every aspect of the game in detail.To get the most out of the book, I recommend taking the time to work through the example exercises yourself (before going on to the analysis discussion.) Once you've gone through the book this way, you'll pretty much know everything that an expert player knows. The only thing left is to get in enough playing time to put the theory into practice. In addition to the game aspects, the book discusses the accompanying rituals and etiquette, as well as many variations on the rules.
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