Naturelich Games

My first real Mah-Jongg game has arrived. I am a great fan of Mah-Jongg solitaire which is a very popular PC game. Currently, I am playing Kyodai Mahjongg a lot. The popular PC game is a one-player solitaire variant played with the Mah-Jongg tile set. Playing is so much more fun with real tiles. Feels very good to physically touch and remove the tiles.
The Mah-Jongg game comes in a rosewood box with metal fittings and an engravement on the top: the Chinese symbols Zhen Chang (treasure chest). The tileset itself contains figures from the Chinese epos Shui hu zhuan (Outlaws of the Marsh, a.k.a. Water Margin). There are 108 heroes of this Ilias-like odyssey representing outlaws, intelligence, anarchy, philosophers, etc. The epic describes many individual and collective adventures dealing with an uprising of outlaws (lead by Song Jiang) against the Chinese Emperor and his corrupt government. More details on the epic Water Margin can be found here.

I have taken some pictures to give you an impression of my tileset.

The next project: playing the real Mah-Jongg game with four players. I have ordered the official German rules and hope to learn it soon...