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The 166 tile American game at full 30 mm size, the form of mahjong that has run in weekly games for three generations.
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Description
keyboard_arrow_downJewish mahjong is not a different game. It is the American 166 tile game, played from the National Mah Jongg League card, and the name reflects history rather than rules.
Mahjong arrived in the United States in the 1920s and took root particularly deeply in Jewish American communities. The National Mah Jongg League was founded in 1937 and has published a new card of standing hands every year since. In many families the weekly game has passed through three generations, and the equipment with it.
Someone searching for a Jewish mahjong set is looking for a 166 tile American set. This is one.
At 30 mm these are the size the game is taught at. A hand of thirteen tiles sits in a standard rack, the corner markings read from the opposite seat, and the tile has enough mass to be placed rather than dropped.
Travel sets at 20 mm exist for suitcases. They are not what a weekly table should be playing on.
Three suits, honours, flowers, jokers and spares. The jokers are the mechanism the card is built on: without them, the hands printed on it cannot be made.
These sets outlive their owners more often than most household objects, which is a real reason to care about how they are made. Keep the count complete, keep the set in one container, and replace a lost tile from the spares rather than playing short. Sets are lost to dispersal, almost never to breakage.
Barely damp cloth, out of heat and out of sun.
What's included
keyboard_arrow_downSpecifications
keyboard_arrow_down| Tiles | 166 |
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| Tile size | 30 mm |
| Weight | 2.5 kg (5.6 lb) |
| Certification | CE |
| Age | 18 and over |
Shipping & returns
keyboard_arrow_downOrders leave our warehouse within 24 hours on business days, with tracking on every parcel. Standard shipping across the United States takes 3 to 6 business days and is free over $34.99 — $5.90 below that. Express delivery arrives in 2 business days.
Changed your mind? You have 15 days from delivery to send it back, unused and in its original packaging. Once we receive and check the return, the refund goes back to your original payment method.
Perfect for game nights !
The quality honestly surprised me. The tiles feel premium, easy to read, and the antique box looks beautiful on the table. We’ve already used it several times with friends and everyone loved it. Definitely worth it!
Counted by hand
Every set is opened, counted and checked before it leaves us. What the listing says is what lands on your table.
Made to travel
Cases close flat and latch properly. Take the set to a friend's place without leaving half of it behind.
Easy on the eyes
Deep, clean engraving on tiles that read at a glance, under lamplight as well as daylight.
Experience the timeless joy of Mahjong with beautifully crafted sets designed for both play and display.
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At the beginning of the game, all Mahjong tiles are shuffled face down on the table. Each player then stacks their tiles into a wall. Once the walls are connected together, every player draws their starting hand of tiles.
Players take turns drawing one tile and discarding another. The goal is to slowly build the perfect combination of sequences, pairs, and matching sets while paying attention to the tiles discarded by opponents.
Win the game by completing a full Mahjong hand before the other players. Strategy, observation, and timing are key — every decision can change the outcome of the game and make each round exciting and unique.
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Not a separate version, a name drawn from history. Mahjong arrived in the United States in the 1920s and took root particularly deeply in Jewish American communities, where weekly games have run through three generations and the equipment has passed down with them. What people mean by a Jewish mahjong set is the American 166 tile set played from the National Mah Jongg League card. This is one, at full 30 mm.
The Chinese game uses 144 tiles and no jokers. What is called Jewish mahjong is the American game: 166 tiles including jokers and spares, played from a card of standing hands the National Mah Jongg League has published every year since 1937. The suits look familiar across both, but the counts and the scoring differ, and a set built for one will not play the other. This set is the 166 tile count.
They are standard American tiles: three suits of dots, bams and craks, plus dragons, winds, flowers, jokers and blank spares, 166 in all here at 30 mm. Nothing on the faces is specific to the communities the name comes from, the term describes who has played the game rather than what is printed. The size is worth noting, since 30 mm is what the game is taught and normally played at.
You play it as American mahjong, from the card. Every spring the National Mah Jongg League publishes a new card of standing hands, and every hand you can win is printed on it, which is why the card is bought separately and arrives with no set. Four players, a wall built from the 166 tiles, jokers used as substitutes within a hand, and the card decides what each player is building toward.
