Mahjong Lessons
What:
Mahjong Lessons
Where:
Collingwood World, 97 Smith St, Collingwood
When:
Every Tuesday, 9pm onwards
How much:
Zero, zilch, nada
Want to impress you hipster friends while simultaneously relieving them of cash? The ancient game of Mahjong may the answer to your grifting tendencies. Combing eastern exoticism and ironic cool, it's the indie world's answer to Texas Hold ‘Em. It's also pretty easy to learn.
Mahjong may look intimidating with its cryptic tiles and elaborate set-up but don't let that scare you; most of it's for show. What the game boils down to is picking up new titles - and discarding old ones - until your have a ‘full house'. Once that happens you yell ‘Mahjong!', reveal your hand and pocket your winnings from the other three players. The whole thing shouldn't take more than 10 minutes.
Okay, so there's a bit more to it than that, but the basic game is pretty straightforward. It's the sort of thing you can learn in under one hour and, thanks to Collingwood World's Tuesday night lessons, you can now do it while sipping cocktails. Or beers. Or whatever fruity drink you're obsessed with this week. Either way, your new found Mahjong skills will totally impress old Chinese people and the Fitzroy art-launch massive.
Ambience: Indoor
Difficulty: Depends how hard you push it
Keywords: gaming, Collingwood world, Collingwood
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