Four women stare down at bone-white game pieces in their hands. Plastic tiles clatter and clink in the center of the table. The players gaze over wooden racks with plastic arms that hold a ...

SAN FRANCISCO - November 16, 2005 - Your eccentric great uncle just left you his journal in his will, which instructs you to embark on a globe-trotting mission in search of his missing golden mah jong ...

I remember my mother having weekly Mah Jongg games that rotated among the players’ homes. When it was her turn to host, she put out lots of yummy snacks, and I watched the women laughing and ...

Mah-jongg, a game in which players match or sequence sets of tiles, is often referred to as China’s “national pastime.” However, its rise as a globally beloved game has roots somewhere else: in the ...

Perhaps it was the memorable scene in 2018’s “Crazy Rich Asians” that sparked new interest in an old game. Or, maybe it was about a year later when Julia Roberts revealed to “The Late Show” host ...

Lunchtime at Thomas Jefferson Middle School. Cup of french fries? Check. Mini-carton of chocolate milk? Check. Small plastic tiles embossed with dragons and flowers? Check. For one group of Arlington ...