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Greetings,
I was browsing the Boardgamegeek site when I found out a list (people
create lists of games in any themes they want and comment on them -
these are called Geeklists) that listed games the list creator had
spoiled because of spilling drinks or food on them. The title was:
SNACKTASTROPHE: When Games + Food = Big Fat Man-Tears
Of course I thought that food + drink + Mahjong go along pretty well
(almost irremediably). I guess it's hard to spoil a Mahjong set with
food or drink (*1), but I suppose those automatic shuffling tables
might be ruined or the table cloth irremediably lost.
Have you ever witnessed such an occurrence?
I suppose Mahjong parlours in Japan must have some policy regarding
this (like: Drinks only allowed in round breaks) - do you know of
something like it?
Oh - and since I mentioned Boardgamegeek - I found out a visitor that
had a list of games played in Vietnam - Mahjong was listed like this:
"Tam cuc. Almost anywhere you go in SE Asia you will hear the
chirruping of tiles, but I only ever heard it once in Vietnam. Some of
my Vietnamese friends had never seen a mah-jongg set before. Instead
they play with cards. They are like western playing cards, but tall
and thin and with the mah-jongg symbols."
Since there is little info about the Vietnamese rules - I tried my
luck with this message:
"Can you give me any further info about Mahjong in Vietnam? I have the
information that they use a specific rule set (particularly 160 tile
sets) - were you aware of it? Any commentaries will be treasured since
there is little info about Vietnamese Mahjong"
To what he replied:
"I have asked my Vietnamese wife but she says she knows nothing about
the game, other than there are Vietnamese cards which resemble my Mah
Jong set. She didn't like getting involved with card games, as too
many of her friends are addicted to gambling. " (*2)
Well, it only this. Perhaps some conclusions may be drawn?
Cheers!
Filipe
*1 - Unless you are drinking grog AND it really has battery acid added
in! ^_^
*2 - This reminded me a lot of my late grandfather - he didn't
know/play a single card game because he claimed he might get addicted
to gambling - when I played next to him he was always asking me to
quit. He told me his father religiously enforced the non-gaming rule
around the house when he was a kid.
Greetings,
I was browsing the Boardgamegeek site when I found out a list (people
create lists of games in any themes they want and comment on them -
these are called Geeklists) that listed games the list creator had
spoiled because of spilling drinks or food on them. The title was:
SNACKTASTROPHE: When Games + Food = Big Fat Man-Tears
Of course I thought that food + drink + Mahjong go along pretty well
(almost irremediably). I guess it's hard to spoil a Mahjong set with
food or drink (*1), but I suppose those automatic shuffling tables
might be ruined or the table cloth irremediably lost.
Have you ever witnessed such an occurrence?
I suppose Mahjong parlours in Japan must have some policy regarding
this (like: Drinks only allowed in round breaks) - do you know of
something like it?
Oh - and since I mentioned Boardgamegeek - I found out a visitor that
had a list of games played in Vietnam - Mahjong was listed like this:
"Tam cuc. Almost anywhere you go in SE Asia you will hear the
chirruping of tiles, but I only ever heard it once in Vietnam. Some of
my Vietnamese friends had never seen a mah-jongg set before. Instead
they play with cards. They are like western playing cards, but tall
and thin and with the mah-jongg symbols."
Since there is little info about the Vietnamese rules - I tried my
luck with this message:
"Can you give me any further info about Mahjong in Vietnam? I have the
information that they use a specific rule set (particularly 160 tile
sets) - were you aware of it? Any commentaries will be treasured since
there is little info about Vietnamese Mahjong"
To what he replied:
"I have asked my Vietnamese wife but she says she knows nothing about
the game, other than there are Vietnamese cards which resemble my Mah
Jong set. She didn't like getting involved with card games, as too
many of her friends are addicted to gambling. " (*2)
Well, it only this. Perhaps some conclusions may be drawn?
Cheers!
Filipe
*1 - Unless you are drinking grog AND it really has battery acid added
in! ^_^
*2 - This reminded me a lot of my late grandfather - he didn't
know/play a single card game because he claimed he might get addicted
to gambling - when I played next to him he was always asking me to
quit. He told me his father religiously enforced the non-gaming rule
around the house when he was a kid.
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