Riichi Mahjong: The Ultimate Guide to the Japanese Game Taking the World By Storm

Mahjong--the most popular game in the world. This is the game thatlegends adorn, of scholars, and treasures, where dragons are borne. With winds that blow and fortunes that flow, it's here through it all, ourgood fortune will call.

Prepare to learn about a four-player tile game of winning hands, lucky tiles, sacred discards, glory, and woe. Are you up to the challenge?

Scott D. Miller is an assistant clinical professor at TexasTech.University, and a college instructor of mahjong. He also happens to be the acclaimed author of Mahjong from A to Zhú, the editor-in-chiefof Mahjong News, and the author of Tiles of the Unexpected, acolumn published in the international periodical The Mahjong Collector.He's competed internationally in mahjong championships and pickup gamesin places near and far, from Austria to Nepal, and many countriesin between.

Dr. Miller has shared his books and knowledgewith people of all walks of life from children to heads of state. Forhis mahjong knowledge and expertise, Dr. Miller has been certified bythe European Mahjong Association as one of their original riichimahjong referees; he also refereed for the first World RiichiChampionship hosted in Paris in 2014. Since that time, he has beeninvited to sit on the World Riichi Championship Committee, and along with his fellow committee members now presides over the official rules ofthe competition. He also serves as vice president for theMahjong International League based in China. When he's not playing,teaching, or judging mahjong, he lives and works in Amarillo, Texas with his wife and four beautiful children.