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A 144 tile mini set at 26 mm with illustrated backs, sized for a gathering table and light enough to arrive as a gift.
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Description
keyboard_arrow_downA gathering table is crowded. There are glasses, plates, phones and more people than seats, and a full sized mahjong set needs more space than that room has.
At 26 mm a complete wall builds in a fraction of the footprint, which is the difference between playing at a party and talking about playing at a party.
The illustration is on the backs. The faces are the usual suits, winds, dragons and flowers, so nobody has to relearn anything and an experienced player can sit down mid evening without a briefing.
Illustrated sets are given far more often than they are bought, and the reason is that they read as approachable. A traditional set signals that the recipient should already know the game; an illustrated one signals that they can learn it.
Worth pairing with a cloth if the recipient has no equipment at all, since mini tiles slide on a bare table.
A mini set is worth pairing with a cloth. On a bare table, small tiles slide when somebody knocks the surface, and at a gathering the surface gets knocked constantly. A cloth holds them where they are placed and quiets the shuffle.
It is a small addition and it is the difference between a set that works at a party and one that gets abandoned halfway through.
144 tiles: 108 suit tiles, 16 winds, 12 dragons, 8 flowers and seasons. No jokers, so this is the Chinese game rather than the American one, and the two do not share equipment.
Barely damp cloth, no abrasives on printed backs, out of direct sun. Count the tiles back in at the end of an evening, especially after a party, which is the setting where tiles genuinely disappear.
What's included
keyboard_arrow_downSpecifications
keyboard_arrow_down| Tiles | 144 |
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| Tile size | 26 mm |
| Certification | CE |
| Weight | 1.9 kg (4.1 lb) |
| Age | 14 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.
Whether you’re hosting a casual game night or learning the game for the first time, our collections bring together strategy, fun, and a premium aesthetic that makes every session feel special.
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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No. The game was suppressed during the Cultural Revolution and has been played openly since the early 1980s, in homes, tea houses and parlours across the country. What local authorities restrict from time to time is gambling attached to the game rather than the game itself. The rules played there are the Chinese ones this set is built for: 144 tiles, no jokers, flowers and seasons included.
It describes how numbered tiles group into families three apart: 1, 4 and 7, then 2, 5 and 8, then 3, 6 and 9. A two sided wait always sits on two numbers from the same family, so if a 4 has already been discarded and nobody claimed it, the 1 and the 7 of that suit are comparatively safe to let go. It applies only to the numbered suits, 108 of the 144 tiles here, never to winds or dragons.
It began as a 1920s craze and stayed, largely because the game suited a standing weekly gathering: four players, a fixed table, conversation between hands. In American Jewish communities that weekly game became a tradition carried down through families. The version played is the American one, with 166 tiles, jokers and an annual card of hands, so it needs different equipment from this 144 tile set.
Research on older adults links regular mahjong to modest gains in attention and short term memory, and studies usually credit the social side as much as the game itself. It is not a treatment and nobody should read it as one. What it does reliably is give four people a reason to sit down weekly, hold a hand of thirteen tiles and track what has been discarded, which is a genuine cognitive load.
