Our family and in-laws love to play mahjong, but Karen and I didn’t have a mahjong set ourselves until recently. A relative brought back a set for us from Taiwan, and when we saw the package, something told us it wasn’t a professional set.
It’s called “Gold Brings Luck” Mahjong set, and comes with an extra large wind die (see middle bottom):
When we started playing with it, I immediately felt something different, but I couldn’t pinpoint it. It wasn’t until I looked closely that I noticed that the pieces were not of the same sizes! Notice the piece on the right is slightly bigger than the piece on the left.
Also, it didn’t come with was a set of rulers for straightening out the pieces, so I had to look for a home-made solution…
Home Depot paint sticks! Interestingly it also provides xylophone-esque music when the tiles hit them during shuffling, which is an additional plus! However, as much as I love the music that comes along with these home-made sticks, I would happily replace them with real ones.