Mahjong is a tiled game that is somewhat similar to the card game of Gin. The goal is to achieve a certain hand to win the game, or Mahjong. A small glimpse of some of the tiles lay below. The game is played with four players (this is not the single-player game), and can be played as a gambling game (which I do not do). The style I prefer the most is Hong Kong style Mahjong.

     Below are some sites that give a brief overview of the game, in addition, you can play multiplayer Mahjong online at Yahoo Games.

Other Sites:
     Mah Jong Collection
     Mah Jong Museum

Background:
     I had always heard about this game and had wanted to play it. So, rather than ask my friends (sorry, ahaha), I went to Yahoo Games and learned the rules there. From that point I began asking my friends to play the game with them, learned a few styles of Mahjong. Eventually bought my own set (the 'pink set' as my friends like to joke about *rolls eyes*).