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My husband inherited a Mah Jong set a few months ago. It is a Chinese game of skill, strategy, intelligence, calculation and luck. The set consists of 144 rectangular tiles. With three different suits and the equivalent of court cards (dragons and winds), the general aim is to compile a recognised hand from a random mix.
The game is intended forfourand can go on for days, but we play a shorter, home-grown version for two. It begins with the tiles being shuffled face down, a process known...