2027 card drops in April. Get the email →

Your bag is empty

Chinese Mahjong

Outdoor Mahjong Set - Sienna

A small set built for playing outside, tiles at 20 mm in 4 colours, light enough to bring without deciding whether it is worth it.

Light enough that bringing it is never a decision
Small tiles hold their place on a blanket where large ones roll
4 colours, so sets stay apart when groups meet in a park
CE certified, worth having on a set a mixed group handles
20 mm tiles, travel size. Expect to lean in; these are made to pack, not to read at distance.

$129.99

(0 reviews)

delivery_truck_bolt Estimated delivery: -

package_2

Flat $9.95 shipping · 30-day returns from delivery

What outdoors does to a mahjong set

Playing outside changes three things about the equipment, and none of them are obvious until the first attempt.

Surfaces are uneven. A picnic table has gaps, a blanket has folds, and a full sized tile standing 40 mm tall topples on both. Small tiles have a lower centre of gravity and stay upright where large ones do not.

Light is bright. Outdoors, in daylight, small markings are easier to read than they are indoors under a lamp, which is why a mini set that struggles in an evening room works perfectly well in a garden.

And things get lost. Grass swallows tiles. This is the setting where counting the set back in matters most.

Weight as the real test

An outdoor set has to be light enough that nobody weighs up whether to bring it. Under a kilo passes that test; 2 kilos does not, and the 2 kilo set stays home while the picnic happens without it.

4 colours

Practical rather than decorative. Where several people in a group own sets, a stray tile in the wrong bag is only recoverable if the sets look different.

Which colour to take

The four options are brown, blue, black and yellow. Outdoors the practical consideration is contrast against what the set will sit on: a picnic blanket, a wooden table, grass. Black and brown disappear against dark wood; blue and yellow hold their edge on almost anything.

If the set will mostly live in a bag and come out on holidays, colour is the only reliable way to identify it when a group brings several.

Care

Dry the tiles before putting them away if they have been on damp grass. A barely damp cloth otherwise. Count them back in, every single time.

Full set of 20 mm mahjong tiles

Tile size: 20 x 14 x 10 mm
Set weight: 1.9 lb (0.86 kg)

Tile size	20 x 14 x 10 mm
Colours	Brown, blue, black, yellow
Certification	CE
Weight	0.9 kg (1.9 lb)
Age	12 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.

inventory_2

Play tonight

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

graphic_eq

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.

history

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

Stock varies from one retailer to the next, so the more useful question is what to check before buying rather than where. Confirm the tile count, the tile size and whether the set is the Chinese game or the American one, since the two do not share equipment. This one is built around 20 x 14 x 10 mm tiles and weighs 0.9 kg in total, a specification aimed at picnic tables and blankets rather than a dining room.

Judge any set on its specification rather than on where it came from. The three numbers that decide how it plays are tile size, total weight and whether the count is the 144 tile Chinese set or the 166 tile American one with jokers. This outdoor set is deliberately small at 20 mm and light at 0.9 kg, which makes it steady on a blanket and easy to carry, and less comfortable to read than a 40 mm household tile.

Scoring, in the same role as counting sticks. Instead of a written tally, tokens pass across the table as each hand settles, and what sits in front of you is your position. Some traditions use coins, others sticks, and plenty of casual tables use neither and keep score on a phone. They come separately from this set, which is tiles only at 20 by 14 by 10 mm.

Cost follows material and finish more than anything else. A full set is 144 individually moulded and engraved tiles, and the price climbs with density, engraving depth, hand polishing and the case they arrive in. Sets that stay affordable do so by using lighter plastic, smaller tiles and no box. This outdoor set sits at that end on purpose: 20 mm tiles, 0.9 kg total, nothing added that would make it heavier to carry.

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.