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Meets: Weekly on Monday afternoons 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm
Where: Oakroyd House, Dunmow
Mah jong is a game of skill, strategy and calculation, similar to the western card game rummy, played with 144 tiles and involving a degree of chance. The name is Chinese for chattering sparrows, and refers to the sound the tiles make as they are shuffled on the table. Evidence points to it being developed in the Ningpo area of China in the 1870s, and it was played almost exclusively in China until the early 1920s. It is played by three or four people at a table, with the tiles built into four touching walls and then dealt. There are many variations, and each player not only plays the others but plays themselves, trying to get the best hand. The game can be as simple or as complex as players please. The group meets every Monday from 4pm until 6pm at Oakroyd House.
- Newcomers Many people think mah jong is very complicated, but as you learn the tiles and the different hands you see how easy it becomes. The group is very friendly and welcomes beginners, whether to learn or to carry on playing.
- Cost, as stated 25 Aug 2026 £2 a session
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Updated 6 Oct 2026
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