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Chinese Mahjong

Mahjong Set with Racks - Sesame

A complete set: 144 tiles, spare blanks, racks and dice, so the first game happens without a second order.

Racks and dice arrive with the tiles, nothing to order after
2 blanks held back, so a lost tile never retires the set
Suits casual play and serious play, so it grows with the table
The whole game travels in one hand, under a kilo
20 mm tiles, travel size. Expect to lean in; these are made to pack, not to read at distance.

$119.99

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Complete, and what is actually in the box

The word complete is used loosely on mahjong listings, so here is the contents in full: 144 tiles, 2 blank spares, 2 racks and 2 dice.

Note the rack count. Two, not four. That is enough for 2 player game or for 2 players in 4 seat game to have racks while the others hold their hands. If you want a rack at every seat, a second set of racks is a separate purchase, and it is better to know that now than on the evening.

The blanks

2 spare tiles look like nothing and are the reason a set survives its first year. Mahjong tiles are lost rather than broken, and a set missing one tile cannot be played properly. Single tiles cannot be reordered from a Chinese factory, so the spares in the box are the only replacements that will ever exist for this set.

Dice, and why they matter

Dice determine the deal: where the wall is broken and who starts. Playing without them means improvising the deal, which works until somebody disputes it. They are trivial to include and routinely left out.

Tile size

At 20 x 14 x 10 mm these are travel sized. Good for a bag, harder to read across a full table, and a poor choice for someone learning the faces.

Who this set suits

Someone buying a first Chinese set who wants to start playing immediately rather than assembling equipment over several orders. The travel tile size makes it a poor choice for a weekly table at home, and a good one for a household that plays occasionally and does not have a dedicated space.

If the game is going to become a habit, treat this as a starter and expect to move to full sized tiles within a year.

Care

Barely damp cloth. Count the tiles back in at the end of every session.

144 mahjong tiles
2 blank spare tiles
2 racks
2 dice

Tiles: 144
Tile size: 20 x 14 x 10 mm
Set weight: 2.2 lb (1.0 kg)

Tiles	144, plus 2 blanks
Tile size	20 x 14 x 10 mm
Racks	2
Dice	2
Weight	1 kg (2.2 lb)
Age	14 and over

Actual size

Drawn to scale. Tile 20 x 14 x 10 mm, next to a standard credit card.

Three things tell you more about a set than its price.

Weight. A full-size set runs around 2 to 3 kg; a travel set can be under 1 kg. That difference is what you feel when you shuffle, and it is listed in the specifications on every page here.

Material. Melamine and acrylic give a bright click. Stone, bone and denser composites are duller and heavier in the hand. Neither is better: they suit different tables.

Tile size. From 30 mm upward reads comfortably from the seat opposite. Between 24 and 29 mm suits two players better than four. Below 24 mm is made to pack, not to read at a distance.

You do not need an expensive set to play well. You need one your table can read and you are happy to handle.

Orders are processed within 1 to 2 business days, with tracking on every parcel. Delivery across the United States takes 10 to 25 days and costs $9.95, one flat rate charged once per order whatever the number of items.

Changed your mind? You have 30 days from delivery to request a return, unused and in its original packaging. Approved refunds go back to your original payment method within 3 business days.

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Play tonight

Tiles, and everything the case holds, in one box. Unwrap it, deal a hand, and your table is running.

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The sound alone

Shuffling a real set is half the pleasure. Weight in your hand, that clack across the table: you can hear it before you see it.

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Yours for twenty years

A set outlasts the group it started with. Choose one you'll still want on the table when someone else is dealing.

Frequently asked questions

There is no single answer, only a match between a set and a table. This one holds 144 tiles with 2 blank spares, 2 racks and 2 dice, and the tiles measure 20 x 14 x 10 mm, which is travel sized. That suits a household that plays occasionally and packs the game away afterwards. A weekly table at home reads faces from a distance and is better served by full sized tiles.

A rack is a long, thin moulded part cut to a specific tile height, and its length makes it awkward and costly to box and to ship, which is most of what sits in the price. Sold on their own, four of them add up quickly. The 2 racks in this set arrive alongside the tiles and the dice, so that cost is absorbed into one purchase rather than a second order placed a week later.

Rather than where racks are stocked, the two things worth checking are length and tile height. A rack is cut to hold a tile of a given depth, and these tiles stand 10 mm deep at 20 x 14 mm, so any rack bought separately has to suit that shallow profile. This set already includes 2 racks matched to its own tiles, so the question only arises if you want a rack at all 4 seats.

Judge any set by what is actually in the box rather than by where it came from. The list here is 144 tiles, 2 blank spares, 2 racks and 2 dice, with tiles at 20 x 14 x 10 mm. Note the rack count: two, not four. The spare blanks matter more than most buyers expect, since a set missing one tile cannot be played properly and single tiles cannot be reordered later.

Play in Style with The Mahjong Section

A mahjong set is handled more than almost anything else in the house: every tile passes through four pairs of hands, several times a game.

That is what we select for. Tiles that read clearly from the far side of the table, edges that stay clean, and a case that still closes after a few seasons of being carried around.

A Set Worth Collecting

Sets differ in ways that only show at the table: the weight of a tile in the hand, how a crak reads from three seats away, whether the case survives the trip to a friend’s house.

When we have the figures, we publish them: tile count, tile size, weight and material. When we do not have one, we leave it out rather than guess.