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Wright-Patterson
USAF spouses, Ohio
Sources
The documents this entry rests on, as published. Each can be opened and checked; nothing in this part is anybody’s reading of them.
Sloper, Tom. "FAQ 2b: Identifying a Mah-Jongg Variant." Sloperama. supporting checked 2026-09-18
https://www.sloperama.com/mjfaq/mjfaq02b.html
chart’s note Tile counts, hand sizes, flower handling and scoring for roughly 50 named variants. Primary source for most leaf nodes in this chart.
Also cited on: Chinese archaic, Late Qing style, Chinese pre-classical, Chinese classical, Shanghai / Hong Kong new style, Hong Kong old style and 44 more · bibliography #1
The Mahjong Line. "History of the Game." canonical checked 2026-09-18
https://themahjongline.com/pages/history
chart’s note Wright-Patterson origins among Air Force officers' spouses at Wright Field, Ohio.
Also cited on: NMJL card · bibliography #15
Analysis
Written by an AI model from the sources above. It is a reading of them, not a source in its own right: every figure in it points back to a numbered source, and where the two disagree, the source is right.
Assessment
- Confidence
- documented a published ruleset or rule description exists and is cited
- Evidence
- corroborated two or more independent sources agree on the facts that define this variant
Cross-comparison
What each source was read to say, set side by side. The numbers are the sources above.
| Source | Tiles | Hand | Flowers | Scoring | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [1] | 144 (some add 2 jokers for 146, probably a table rule) | 13, out on 14 | melded instantly when received | count points for pongs/kongs/pairs, then double | all players earn points |
- [1] 70-80 special hands; has a Charleston. Books: Wright-Patterson AFB OSC
- [2] Wright-Patterson origins among Air Force officers' spouses at Wright Field, Ohio; described as a distinct American approach played by military families
Reading it
Sloperama and The Mahjong Line agree on the Wright Field, Ohio origin among Air Force officers' spouses. Sloperama adds 144 tiles, 70 to 80 hands and a Charleston, which places it closer to Western than to NMJL American.
In the tree
Descends from Western / British Empire style, as the source chart draws it.