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12 things for "jokers"

• lesson Jokers

  Taking a joker back with the real tile, a thrown joker, and the tiles a joker can never stand for. (3 minutes)

• article Jokers, and the edges of the rules

  Eight jokers: they make three of a kind or more but never a pair, with allowed and not-allowed examples in tiles, how to swap one off another player's rack, and why a thrown joker is dead.

• article How many tiles, jokers and flowers are in American Mah Jongg

  152 tiles: 108 suit tiles, 16 winds, 12 dragons, 8 flowers and 8 jokers. Why most sets come with more than 152, what the blank tiles are for, and why older sets have fewer jokers.

• lesson The tiles

  The three suits, four of every tile, the winds and dragons, the flowers and jokers: all 152. (4 minutes)

• page American Mah Jongg rules

  The rules of American Mah Jongg, the way the table plays them: 152 tiles, the Charleston, claiming discards, jokers, dead hands and how a hand is paid, with every house-rule option.

• rule Hands and the card

  A card is a set of winning hands. A hand is exactly 14 tiles, made of groups of identical tiles: Jokers substitute in groups of three or more, never in singles or pairs.

• rule Which hands are possible at all

  A hand can be well formed and still impossible. The deck holds four copies of most faces, eight flowers and eight jokers, so a hand asking for more naturals than exist can only stand if jokers cover t

• article American Mah Jongg tile names

  Every tile in an American Mah Jongg set with its picture and the name players say out loud: Bams, Craks and Dots, the winds, the dragons and Soap, the bird on the 1 Bam, flowers and jokers, and how th

• article American Mah Jongg cheat sheet

  One printable page with the whole game on it: the tiles, the Charleston in order, a turn, calling a discard, jokers, winning and paying, and the habits of the table. Free, and made to sit next to your

• article How to play American Mah Jongg

  The whole game in eight steps, from the 152 tiles to a winning hand: the card, the deal, the Charleston, a turn, calling a discard, jokers, how a game is won and paid, and the mistakes beginners make.

• article How American Mah Jongg is scored

  Where a hand's value comes from, who pays the winner and how much, the doubles for the thrower, a self-drawn win and a hand with no jokers, worked examples, and how tournament scoring differs.

• article American Mah Jongg strategy, from the deal to the last tile

  The habits that win hands, in the order a hand asks for them: reading the card for your tiles, passing, the first five turns, choosing and changing a line, when to call, jokers, and when to stop attac