Yellow Mountain Imports Jade Horizon Mahjong Set vs Hey! Play! Chinese Mahjong Set

Buy the Jade Horizon if you play American mahjong or want a set that covers both American and Chinese rules. Its 166 melamine tiles include 10 jokers and 4 blanks, and it ships with four wooden racks with built-in pushers, a wind indicator and scoring coins. The Hey! Play! set is a smaller Chinese-rules set with 146 tiles, two dice and no racks or jokers, so it suits casual Chinese-rules play and travel. Owners rate the Jade Horizon higher (4.8 from 16 ratings versus 4.3 from 89), though some call its wooden racks rustic and say the rack magnets slip when pushing out a wall.

• Choose the Jade Horizon if you play American mahjong, need jokers, blanks and racks with pushers, or want one set that plays both American and Chinese rules.
• Choose the Hey! Play! set if you only play Chinese rules, want a compact set that packs into a small ornate case, and don't need racks or jokers.