“My mahjong sets are expensive,” he admits. A full set of hand-carved tiles costs HK$5,500 (US$700), he says, whereas machine-carved ones are around HK$2,000. The price reflects the time spent ...

with the object being to match a hand of 14 tiles to make mah-jongg. That is accomplished by creating pairs and sets (more than two) of tiles to create a winning hand with four sets and a pair.

You are Kwazi. Starting from a mysterious birth at a mountaintop monastery and ending as a wizened old man, you use your grandfather's ancient Mah Jong set to solve an ever-challenging series of ...