American MahJong Practice Wiki

I love that I have a place to practice deciding which hand to go with and I like watching the other players, it has helped me get faster at determining the tiles not to discard. Although I was very confused once that a player discarded a card they had to have needed until I realized they don’t Mahjong. I do have a suggestion regarding concealed hands. Please remove the Concealed Hands in the Tiles options once the player has has claimed a discard. As is true in the real game, you stop looking at concealed hands if you have called a discard. Thanks again for a great game.

Great game, so fun to play! I have noticed one thing that seems to be a glitch. As the players discard, first me as east then south, west, north (which by the way seems to be the wrong direction and in reading I never see any player other than east having a designated direction) sometimes the discards are attributed to me then south then west then back to south, west, north, and then me again. So I check to see what tile south called and nothing is exposed. The rotation shouldn’t have changed without someone calling and exposing a tile.

Eight Bam has done it again. This version of Practice American Mahjongg works perfectly. Displays are crisp and instant. It's a great way to learn the new American Mahjongg Card. The developer continues to improve the app. Practicing on the app provides me with two benefits - I really enjoy playing it and it makes me a better Mahjongg player. There is a wealth of information about each hand you play. In addition, the developer is very responsive. Thank you for one of my favorite apps.

After enjoying and being obsessed with the 2018 app like this I couldn’t wait to purchase this one. I have learned so much by practicing every day. My skills and confidence have increased thanks to this unbelievable app. This is without a doubt the best way to learn the card, use strategy and make you the best Mah Jongg player you can possibly be. I’m sure you’ll be as addicted to this as I am.

I think there’s real value in seeing that list of possible hands, choosing one, realizing that you might actually win with only 4 of its tiles at the beginning, being able to replay the same tiles with the same or a different hand — it’s called “practice” for a reason. After the Charleston, be sure to turn on the “Bots” tab so you can claim the available jokers.

I am a beginner just learning game. I use this to practice building a hand. I am able to go back and replay the hand when I make a mistake. I then can see if I was thinking correctly after they show me that I looked at the card wrong and I didn’t MahJongg. I learn quicker by seeing my mistake and trying to make a correction. I find it very helpful.

I thoroughly enjoy using this app, especially during this time of isolation and social distancing! (I thought I found a glitch, but the developer set this newbie straight on my rules misinterpretation. It’s nice to know someone actually reads these reviews!) Thank you for offering this. Looking forward to using the 2020 version when my card arrives!

Game is easy to use for practice and provides error messages if player makes the wrong move. I like the addition this year 2020 of showing the other hands at the end of the game when the player doesn’t win. It helps to know why no win. And the new colors to differentiate the 4 suits.

I saw a message with a recent update that this app was moving to a monthly subscription. Now it says it’s removing that. I haven’t applied the last two updates because I don’t want to pay a monthly fee. I am happy to pay $1.99 for the new card. Whay’s the current policy?

Love the app, however I continue to experience an annoying bug. Playing on my Ipad, I win a hand for the first time and more often than not it shows up as 2 wins in the win column. Is there a protocol to follow to avoid this? Thank you for the fix! No more unearned double wins.

When the game is over with a Mahjongg or Wall Game the other hands should be revealed/displayed so the player (us) can see what the other hands were playing with. The player has NO idea where the other tiles were being held. It’s optional in a Mahj game if the other players want to reveal their hands.....but in this practice app....it’s helpful. Also....your player (us) Win & Loss count doesn’t work. Or it just tabulates for the day you are playing. I’ve won a whole bunch of games and all I ever see is maybe 1 or 2....... What’s the 4.4 category in the bottom menu line?

I like how this app shows which choices are the best options for your current hand. Like many "game" apps, it seems to know your hand. Most of the time it plays against you but sometimes it lets you win. There is another app that I subscribed to play mahjong online with other people. That one is obvious that it knows what your hand is and is very frustrating to play. As I mentioned, at least this app lets me win sometimes.

This is great to practice playing American Mahjong. I did notice a flaw where you can call a tile then if you decide not to call it you can put that tile back in your hand and discard a different tile. That should be fixed. It would be great if you could have multiplayer so you can play with at least one human and some bots or all four humans.

I love this game and play it often. I have even encouraged my friends to use this app to learn the card. However, the tiles for the “bots” are way too small, especially the cracks. Before the Apple update this week I could see the numbers on the cracks by using my readers but now that doesn’t even work! This is very disappointing since I paid for this app. I also wonder if the creator of this app has ever actually played mahjong before? Unless they change the size of the bot tiles I might have to look for other versions of this game on different apps.