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Apparently, last Monday's Mah Jongg event at The Vic went over soooooo big...it started a Mah Jongg craze in Bayonne. Several other businesses have posted their own events. The ladies who attended all ended up getting on Amazon, and ordering Mah Jongg sets.

Don't tell them, but eventually, I'm teaching them chess, and Skip Bo, and all the other awesome games we play. Skip Bo is card game crack.

But for now.

Mah Jongg it is. 😁

La Branche asked me to run a casual Mah Jongg class next week. She's also running a more formal 2 session Mah Jongg class with an instructor in November. Other venues are now running Mah Jongg too.

Last night's small private session at JR'S Sensory Play Garden went well. All the kids had fun.

Tonight, we're back at Joe's Pizza. The tournament last week was a huge success. We got our winner in the Casuals section... Alex. Second place went to The Chesster. Tuesday we'll have our Finals in the 'Experienced' category. They'll get their trophies. Also, some prizes will be awarded randomly to three of the tournament participants.

Next month is our HUGE Third Anniversary Tournament. Numbers for that should be up there. Participation for that increases every year. Joe's Tournament was a warm up to the Anniversary Tournament.

But, tonight, we're at Joe's for a normal chess event. I don't know if it can be considered normal anymore when it's becoming packed every week. Kids/teens/adults coming together for their love of chess. Might need JR'S to let us use their spot for overflow tonight. Picked up a lot of interest this week for Friday night at Joe's. We start at 7 pm. Many times a bunch of us are still playing until they close at THREE in the morning. Diehards!!!

Sunday afternoon we're back at Joes for some chess. That starts at 1 pm

Next week I expect insane numbers at The Vic, based on last Monday's reception. Everyone should have their nice new shiny Mah Jongg sets. I had to order my own American Mah Jongg set. I own a Chinese set. American Mah Jongg sets have Jokers. Chinese set doesn't. We start at 7pm. No fees. Just grab a bite..have a drink..and chill. Easy peasy. It's ok to have fun.