Real Mah Jongg

This is my 2nd year online. My MJ group of 4 purchased for a month or 2 during covid so we could still play with just we 4 and also chat with the mic. We’d buy a month at a time due to absences of “snow birds”, summer lake houses, etc. I liked it so much I purchased a year membership, & now another to familiarize myself with the 2024 card. I love knowing that I can turn it on anytime & it’s literally at my fingertips. I like to play fast paced against the computer, but occasionally a friend will purchase a month & we play. We now have 6, due to subs we found. Our newest will hopefully use the generous 14-day free period to test her skills.

I enjoy using this app to play with friends. When play8 g with the computer, though, it is unrealistic and doesn’t follow the logic most maj players would follow. Example: with two tiles played, Computer #2 calls for a 1 and reveals a quint hand using two 1’s and three jokers. Computer #3 and Computer #1 proceed to cannibalize two of the jokers, all within the first five tiles played. Most maj players would never reveal a quint hand with three jokers extremely early in the game, knowing that 1) they are basically giving away two jokers, 2) there is an excellent chance of getting at least one other of the 1s when it is discarded, and 3) Using three jokers so early in the game would make it very tough to maj with a quint hand. I also find that the computer seems to constantly win with the same hands- quints, concealed hands, NEWS, and 2020 - hands that are not played every game. The computer is always playing the concealed hand under consecutive run. Seriously? Its nice to have the “solitaire” feature with this app, but just be prepared to be very frustrated.

I’m new to mah jongg. This lets me practice at my own speed in between weekly games with my friends. I have got to where I’m able to remember what hand I’m going for without checking my card every second. Twice I think the computer was wrong but most likely not. I was playing on slow but now I play fast as the tiles pop up faster and games go quicker. The game does automatically ask me if I want a tile if it could work for me so even though the I’m playing a fast game I don’t miss calling a tile. In real life if you don’t call the tile fast enough you miss out of course but it’s a great way to practice. And sometimes there is a wall game. So I believe that the computer is not cheating. I bought two mah jong tile sets and one set had smaller tiles than the regular ones. Check the sizes if you order something on line. This really is a great game.