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  <title>Mahjongg</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Mahjongg's a new game I learnt whilst in Taiwan. When I say Mahjongg I mean the 4-player version which is also a kind of Chinese rite of passage, not the solitaire kind. I'd hinted to my mum in the past that I wanted to learn how to play but had assumed that this had fallen on deaf ears. I was wrong. A trip last month to my aunt's place was, unbeknownst to me, all about an opportunity to teach David this essential life skill. 
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It was a pretty surreal experience. As soon as I'd got in my aunt's door, out came the mahjongg table and the chairs, the tiles were whipped out and I found myself sat down with granny on my left, my mum opposite and my aunt to my right, all three of them fully absorbed in counting their money <strike>and no doubt psyching themselves up</strike>.
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After a while I overcame the intensely combative atmosphere and with a healthy dollop of beginner's luck actually won a few rounds. I kept winning money off granny which was the best if not most wicked part. Money talks especially when you don't share a common language. It should be noted that <strike>un</strike>fortunately the money was fake. Anyway, it's a good game and was a lot of fun to play. Here's <a href="http://www.gravon.de/english/hilfe.php">a site where you can play online</a>, along with classic games like <a href="http://www.edcollins.com/stratego/">Stratego</a>.<br /><br />Tags: <a href="http://www.nimisis.com/tags/Mahjongg" rel="tag">Mahjongg</a>, <a href="http://www.nimisis.com/tags/Taiwan" rel="tag">Taiwan</a>]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2004 15:23:05 GMT</pubDate>
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