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"Ma Jong" is a
popular Chinese game introduced to the west in
the early 1920's, Ma Jong games were imported and
sold under a variety of names including Ma Jong,
Mah Jong, Mah Jongg, Man Chu, Mah Diao, Ma Chong,
Mah Chong, Pung Chow, Ching Chong, Kong Chow, Mah
Deuck, Mah Cheuk, Ma Chiang, Pe Ling, Lung Chan,
Mah Lowe, Baak Ling, Chinese Game of Four Winds,
The Ancient Game of the Mandarins, The Ancient
Game of China, and Ma Jiang. 1923 marked the
height of the mah jong craze in the United
States, mah jong sets numbered 6th in exports
from Shanghai totaling in excess of $1.5 million.
During this period cow bone was actually shipped
from Kansas City and Chicago to Shanghai to meet
the demand for production of new sets. Companies
formed across the United States to meet the
demand of the growing craze. New sets where
manufactured in every imaginable style, from the
traditional bone and bamboo housed in a rosewood
cases, box wood tiles with painted paper faces
housed in cardboard boxes, to paper playing
cards. 
A number of American
companies also began production of mah jong sets,
Parker Brothers, United States Playing Card, and
Milton Bradley to name a few. It's said that mah
jong rescued the ailing Milton Bradley Company
from the brink of bankruptcy and had its
factories working 24 hours a day to help meet the
demand for new sets. As we enter the new
millennium mah jong is beginning its second wave
of popularity in the United States, and with a
new generation discovering the joy of this
intriguing game it is securing it's place in
western history.
Mah
Jongg Full Set: $120.00