Also published as: Teach yourself Mahjong. Blacklick, Ohio : McGraw-Hill, c2007

The mah-jong set -- Preliminaries -- Playing the game -- Scoring and settlement -- Special hands -- Infringements and penalties -- Elementary strategy -- Advanced stategy -- Mah-jong for two, three, five or six players -- Chinese official international rules -- American mah-jong -- Japanese mah-jong --Other variant forms -- Mah-jong cards -- Mah-jong on computers and the Internet -- History

The ancient game of mah-jong is addictive to play and quickly growing in popularity. With some basic understanding of rules and strategy, you too can become a master. This handbook takes you from the very beginning to advanced advice on strategy and gamesmanship