American Mahjong is a wonderful game if you can learn to play it. From a very basic Chinese game, came one of great skill & challenge, that is played across Europe as well as America. Unfortunately, Mahjong's popularity is waning and has become almost elitist. Its potential lost beneath notoriously difficult rules, and an unbalanced scoring system that defies logic. However, beneath the complexities, Mahjong is still a great game. Working alongside Pauline Day (Griggy) - a veteran player of some fifty years' experience, I stripped back the game to re-evaluate every hand. I simplified how they were described and scored. I checked multiple sets of rules and included only those that enhanced the gameplay. My aim was simple: To make American Mahjong accessible to all. To further assist, this edition is in large print (point size 14 and larger).Our first breakthrough was to select 44 of the most classic hands, build, and photograph each of them to form 'Hand Cards'. Immediately, we could see that the majority were scored unfairly. Why should a hand that is easy to collect score more than a difficult one? I developed a scoring formula that awards each hand a score based upon its mathematical difficulty. Printing Hands Cards with both the Mahjong and Fishing scores, made end-of-round scoring faster, easier and fairer. Two-player game scores were then added. Instruction manuals are often confusing at best and online guides, though numerous, include contradictions and overly complex explanations confusing even to veterans. One claimed that players needed to learn two-hundred hands. Griggy's Universal has taken a fresh approach: Hundreds of games were played using the new 'Hand Cards' and changes made where needed. The Cards were then reprinted and tested again to ensure the scoring formula worked. The cards were then sorted by type and difficulty before being spliced into the guide. Indexing and cross-referencing now became an option and Griggy's New Universal Mahjong was near completion. One of the most challenging aspects to Mahjong is choosing what hand to collect at the beginning of each round. Here, Griggy's Universal offers the beginner help: Hands requiring Circles, Bamboo, Characters as well as Wind & Dragon tiles are in sections, and additional guidance suggests individual hands based on what tiles you may have been dealt. Richard T Weston -Co-AuthorWe tried to learn the game from Robertson's 'The game of Mah Jong' - It was not easy. Now, as players of som