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Real Mah Jongg is a social game that originated in China thousands
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of years ago. Four players, named after the four winds, take tiles
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from a wall in turn. The best tiles are made of ivory and wood;
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they click pleasantly when you knock them together.
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The object is to remove all Mah Jongg tiles from the playing field
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by taking one matching pair at a time. Generally, two tiles match
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if they have identical pictures on top. There are some exceptions:
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any season tile (spring, summer, autumn, or winter) matches any
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other season, and any flower tile (bamboo, orchid, plum, or
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chrysathemum) matches any other flower. There are 144 tiles in all
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-- one of each season and flower, and four copies of each of the
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following: 1 to 9 dots; 1 to 9 bamboo sticks; characters for 1 to
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9; the four winds (north, south, east, and west); and three dragons
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(red, green, and white).
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