Quick games every day, a real online table you can play with friends, and more than twenty ways to sharpen your game in between. No app. No sign-up to start. Just play.
Three games free every day · every game, all year, with the Game Pass for $29
Giving this year? Gift a seat, or Set the Table for four.
New to the card? Read Prim's free guide, How to Read the NMJL Card, line by line.
Crosswords and other famous games, American Mahjong style
Love your daily crossword, Wordle or Connections? Here are sixty puzzles built from the 2026 NMJL card, easy to hard, each with one answer. Print the PDF for the table, or play every page online.
A Christmas gift for every player on your list: both digital and paper.
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Play real American Mahjong online with your friends. Your own private table, optional video, the whole ceremony, together. Nothing online feels closer to your real table.
"I've been watching your discards, and I have opinions. Strategy for the current card, the week's gossip, and a little grace, every Thursday. This is my voice, and I'd love you at the table."
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A letter on the discard pile, and how to read it.
Read the latest letter →Three quick games, about two minutes each. A fresh set every day. An easy habit, and a painless way to get sharper.
Match each Mahjong term to what it means, before the clock runs out.
Sort, hunt, and name every tile until the whole wall is second nature.
Quick questions, one after another, including who plays next. Three strikes and the storm is over.
Not a menu to get lost in. It's a path. Pick the part you want to get better at, and work up to the live table. Every name here opens the game.
Straight answers to the rules people argue about, from Jokers to the Charleston. Every question here opens its answer.
The Order of the Tile is one woman building American Mahjong games in her spare time, first to entertain the friends around her own table, and now to entertain you. What started as a way to keep the game we love alive is turning into the place to play it online.
"Every discard tells a story. I just wanted to build somewhere we could all keep telling them."
