Mahjong

On any Thursday afternoon, in the Nassau Grove Clubhouse, you might find four people sitting around a table, each with a card of various numbers and colors, arranged like a secret code. Tiles are exchanged like a perfectly choreographed dance: right, across, left, then left, across, right. Tossing tiles into the middle of the table, the players call out mysterious names–“Four Crak! Three Bam! Eight Dot!”– until the winner finally shouts “Mahjong!”

To the uninitiated, the process is foreign. To those familiar with the game, this is just a typical afternoon with friends, an event that has been happening in America for nearly 100 years. You are invited to join the Mahjong players of Nassau Grove on Thursday afternoons from 1 – 4 in the Card Room. New to Mahjong? That’s okay, the Mahjong gurus are willing to teach you the game.  Contact Joyce Bauchner, joyce.bauchner@gmail.com, if you have questions.