About Mahjong Pals
Mahjong Pals teaches American mahjong from your first tile and keeps a table ready whenever you want to play: solo against three bots, online with other players, or, with Plus, at a private table with your friends.
For beginners
Meet the tiles, learn to read a card and trade tiles in the Charleston (the passing before play begins), then play your turns one small step at a time.
Open the lessonsFor experienced players
Know the basics? Deal a hand against three bots right now, take a seat at an online table, or host a table for your friends with Plus.
Play a handWe start with the tiles and take you all the way through your first full game.
Three dragons, one for each suit. Tap the one that goes with the dots.
Short lessons introduce the tiles, the card, the Charleston and how a turn goes.
Later chapters go deeper: calls, jokers, defense and the finer points of the card.
Play full hands against three bots, and tap Suggest when you want a hint.
Every win and every finished lesson earns lanterns. Spend them in the shop on tile sets, mats and badges, and collect achievements along the way.
Play solo against three bots, sit down at an online table, or host a private table for your friends with Plus. Before you deal, set the rules your group plays by.
When someone in your group moves away or can’t make it, open a friends table and send the link. A bot takes any empty seat.
Elaine Ready
Ruthie Ready
MargePicking a matNo countdown at a friends table. Deal when everyone’s settled in.
A practice line that isn’t on any card: a pair of flowers, 2026, then two kongs (four matching tiles) of 4s. Fourteen tiles, matched exactly. The more you play, the faster lines like this read.
How to read a mahjong cardNo. The lessons assume you’ve never touched a tile. You’ll meet the tiles first, then learn the card, the Charleston and how a turn works, one small step at a time.
As long as you like. The lessons are short and hands-on, with a real table to try each idea, so you’re playing from the first one.
Whoever you want. Play solo against three bots, sit at an online table with other players, or open a private table for your friends with Plus.
Yes, with Plus. Open a friends table and send your pals the link. Hosting a friends table and joining one both need Plus.
Not to play here. You choose before you play: NMJL 2026, The Big Card 2026, Marvelous 2026, or our own Mahjong Pals house card. The card you chose is one tap away at the table.
No. Mahjong Pals runs in your browser on a phone, tablet or computer. On an iPhone there’s also the Mahjong Pals app on the same account: a free account takes the first lessons there, and Plus covers the whole app.
Yes. The table is built for phones, with your rack along the bottom of the screen, and it plays the same on a tablet or computer.
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