An Update Long Overdue
Hello, everyone! It has been a long time, hasn’t it? A lot has changed in the world in a short time, and it has affected numerous aspects of our daily lives (the drop in my posting frequency among them). In a small lull I have in my day-to-day schedule I thought I’d make a post […]
Read More → An Update Long OverdueHonors as Valuable Blanks
No, I’m not referring to the fact that in many mahjong sets the white dragon tile is commonly just a blank tile without a design. I chose this title because it is one of the tools I use when I look at my hand, conceiving of the ways I could win with it. Due to […]
Read More → Honors as Valuable BlanksHappy Holidays!
Happy holidays to everyone from ZungJungMahjong.com! Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season and a happy New Year, as well. We’ll see you in 2020! -ZJMJ
Read More → Happy Holidays!Happy Thanksgiving!
For all those who will be celebrating tomorrow, a happy Thanksgiving to you on behalf of ZJMJ! Hopefully this will be a time for family and friends to get together, enjoy each other’s company, and make memories – maybe even over a game of Zung Jung!
Read More → Happy Thanksgiving!Cowardly or Cunning? A Chat about the Chicken Hand
A recent comment on the site had me thinking about the place the chicken hand has in Zung Jung. A perennial topic of discussion in almost all forms of Mahjong, Zung Jung is unique in that it allows for the chicken hand. For those unfamiliar with the term, it is the slightly derogatory name for […]
Read More → Cowardly or Cunning? A Chat about the Chicken HandWaiting for Your Call – An Introduction to the Concept of Hand Speed
You pull out your cell phone, you dial the number, hit Call and wait for it to start ringing. Sometimes it takes just a second to start ringing, but sometimes it takes 5 or even 10 seconds for it to finally start ringing. In the telecommunications industry they call this call delay. What does this […]
Read More → Waiting for Your Call – An Introduction to the Concept of Hand SpeedNot Quite My Tempo – The Role That Claiming Tiles Has in Hand Completion
Watching people play mahjong quickly is a thing of beauty. Even more, playing mahjong quickly is a thing of beauty. One gets into a rhythm and a tempo that makes an intimidating-looking game feel effortless. However, today’s article is about a different kind of tempo. This isn’t about music or beats per minute. This is […]
Read More → Not Quite My Tempo – The Role That Claiming Tiles Has in Hand CompletionTwo Weeks In
Wow! I can’t believe it’s already been two weeks since I got everything online. It’s been such an interesting experience. I’ve learned more about how the internet works in two weeks than I did in 2 years. I finally got listed on Google (still not on the first page when you search for Zung Jung […]
Read More → Two Weeks InAlmost Better Than Houdini: The Disappearing and Reappearing World Series of Mahjong
For those who aren’t aware, the World Series of Mahjong (WSOM) is a big tournament that bills itself as an international tournament for mahjong which allows people who play different variants to compete against one another. How does it do this? By using Zung Jung of course. In fact, Alan Kwan is the head judge […]
Read More → Almost Better Than Houdini: The Disappearing and Reappearing World Series of MahjongThere’s Strength in Numbers: The 5- and 10-point Patterns of Zung Jung
“5 points? 10 points? Who really cares? If I go for those, in a few hands one of my opponents will blow me out of the water with some 40-point pattern! In fact, you just had an article all about that! What gives?!” Yes, well I did just talk about the Top Ten patterns to […]
Read More → There’s Strength in Numbers: The 5- and 10-point Patterns of Zung Jung