You might think of mah jongg as something your grandmother played in the 1950s or 1960s -- and that went out of fashion years ago -- but you'd be wrong. The Chinese tile game that became a huge fad ...

The ladies are talking smack early on a Friday morning at Kelly O’Brians Sports Bar. What has fueled such competitiveness? Mah jongg, the tile-based game developed in China around the mid-1800s that ...

This past fall I visited my friends Geraldine and Israel, formerly of the Queens neighborhood Forest Hills, at their new rustic fixer-upper along the Hudson. The fireplace was working, the couch was ...

Admit it. You just pictured a bunch of grannies sitting around a table clicking tiles into semi-mysterious patterns. But that assumption – though widely shared – is largely wrong. At least for now. By ...

After discovering and falling in love with the game Rummikub, friends Marnie Wekselblatt and Laura Galvan started a group called RummiKlub so they could play it with others in a chic environment.

MINNETONKA, Minn. — As families gather for games over the Thanksgiving holiday, chances are a good number of people will be ...

NORTH TEXAS — It's a craze sweeping the nation where each player has a wall of 13 to 14 tiles. Those who master the game of Mahjong said it teaches them critical thinking skills while reducing stress.

Mahjong has been around for hundreds of years. The game originated in China centuries ago and features beautifully adorned tiles meant to be arranged in specific combinations for a winning hand. Won ...

On a Saturday night in Beverly Hills, nearly 150 stylish people filter into a grandiose ballroom for an exclusive event. Martinis are flowing and skinny French fries are arriving on small plates.