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Yes — How it works, in six steps shows the whole journey as a picture story, from finding a tribe to sitting down at the table.

On the sign-up page enter your name and email. We email you a link: open it, choose a password, and you're in. The link works once, for 24 hours. Forgot your password? Press “Forgot your password?” on the log-in page and we email you a link to choose a new one (valid for an hour).

Only approved members of a tribe can answer its sessions. If you can read a session but see no buttons, ask to join that tribe from the Tribes page and wait for the leader to approve you.

Yes, as often as you like until the host settles the session. Tap a different option, or on a computer click your own row in the grid.

It marks the date with the most Yes answers. It is only a suggestion — the host makes the final choice. Maybe answers are shown but not counted as free.

The person who starts the session. They can name the place when they start it or choose it when they settle it; members only answer the dates.

When a game has a player limit and is full, new sign-ups are waitlisted in the order they arrive. When a seat frees up — someone cancels, leaves the tribe or deletes their account — the first person on the waitlist is confirmed automatically. The host can change the limit with “Capacity” (raising it confirms people from the waitlist) or press “Close sign-ups”; while sign-ups are closed, newcomers can only join the waitlist, and people already signed up can still cancel.

Any approved member of the tribe. The person who starts it is its host and is the one who settles it.

Open Tribes, pick your tribe and press “Invite someone”. That copies a link to the tribe — send it to them. Or press “Show QR code” to let them scan it, or download it to print on a flyer. They need an account, then press “Request to join”, and the leader approves them. The link and QR code are the only way into a hidden tribe.

The host chooses them when proposing, settling or hosting a game. The host can tick one or several levels (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Expert) for who they expect at the table, and “For money” or “Not for money” says whether it is played for stakes. If a game shows no tags, the host didn't set a preference and everyone is welcome — ask the host if you're unsure. They are a guide, not a rule: nobody is stopped from signing up.

Open Tribes and use the search under “Other tribes”: type a name or a place, pick a city, or choose a country. Every tribe shows where it plays (📍 city, country) when its leader has set it, and results include only tribes you are not in. Leaders set or change the location with “Edit tribe details” on their tribe's page. Then press “Request to join” and the leader decides. Hidden tribes never show up here — you need an invite link or QR code from a member.

Yes. When creating the tribe, or later under “Edit tribe details”, choose “Hidden — invite link only”. A hidden tribe is left out of the tribe list, the search and the welcome tour, and people outside it don't see its games on Home. Members can still invite people with “Invite someone” or the QR code; whoever opens the link can ask to join, and the leader still approves every request. Switch back to “Public” at any time.

Only you and the members of the tribes you share it with. When you offer a place you tick which of your tribes may see its address and notes, and you can change that any time from the Venues page (“Change who can see this”). If you tick none, only you see it. A place chosen when a session is settled is shared with that session's tribe only. People outside the tribe see only the city of a tribe game's venue.

Unless your tribe is hidden, everyone who is signed in can find it on the Tribes page (its name, leader, size and description) and can see that a game exists: when it is, which tribe it is for, the city, and its level and money tags. Everything else — the venue's name and address, the host, who has signed up, the notes, the member list and all sessions — is for the tribe's members only. Anyone can ask to join from the Tribes page, and the leader decides.

Nobody sees which days are yours except you. On the Availability page every day shows only a number for each tribe you belong to: how many of its members are free that day (and how many of them could host, marked 🏠). Someone in two tribes is counted in both. Names are never shown, and you only ever see counts for your own tribes.

Yes, as many as you like, and you can leave any of them at any time. When you start a session or host a game you choose which tribe it is for.

Pick the level that fits the style you play most. It's a self-chosen guide so hosts can bring together players who will enjoy the same table — nobody checks it.

Beginner

You are still learning: which tiles exist, how a winning hand is built, when you may call a discard. You need help to count the score and play slowly while you think. You have played a handful of times, or never.

Intermediate

You know the rules of at least one style and can play a whole game without help. You recognise the common scoring patterns and can count most hands, perhaps with a score sheet. Your strategy is mainly about building your own hand.

Advanced

You play regularly and at a steady pace. You count scores quickly and correctly, know the finer rules of your style, and play defence: you read other players' discards and fold a hand rather than give away a big win.

Expert

Deep knowledge of strategy and tile efficiency, and you read the table well. You have league, tournament or many years of serious play behind you, can settle rule questions and could teach the game.

It tells your tribe whether you prefer games with stakes (“For money”), friendly games (“Not for money”) or are happy with either (“Either”). It helps hosts match people with the same expectations. The site itself never handles money.

That depends on where you play. In some countries and regions, playing mahjong for money is illegal, even for small stakes among friends. In Japan, for example, the Penal Code treats it as gambling. It is up to you, and to every host and player, to know and follow the law where the game takes place. The “For money” tags only record what people prefer. The site never handles, holds or settles money, does not encourage gambling, and takes no responsibility for how a game is played. If in doubt, choose “Not for money”.

Yes, if you ask for it: tick “Email me when a game is being planned” on your Profile. You then get one email when someone in your tribe starts a session (so you can answer the dates), when a session is settled into a game, and when a host schedules a game directly. You never get an email about your own plans. Emails are off until you turn them on, and every email has a link to stop them.

Only members of the tribes you belong to, and only once they are signed in. Your name, photo, city and country, level, styles and money preference appear in your tribe's member list, and your photo appears as a small circle in its sessions. Your email address is never shown to other members.

Open the tribe and press Leave this tribe at the bottom of its page — the box tells you what will change before you confirm. Your sign-ups for the tribe's upcoming games are cancelled and your seat goes to the next person on the waitlist; the upcoming games and open sessions you host there are cancelled; your answers to its open sessions are removed; and your venues are no longer shared with it. Past games stay as they were. You can ask to join again later, and the leader decides. Still waiting for approval? Press Cancel request on the tribe's page.

A leader who leaves chooses which member takes over; the longest-standing member is suggested. The new leader approves join requests and can edit the tribe's details from then on. If the leader is the tribe's only member, leaving deletes the tribe with its games and sessions — the site warns you first.

At the bottom of your profile, open Delete your account and confirm with your password. This removes your profile, photo, free days and venues, the games and sessions you host, your answers and your sign-ups (waitlists move up). For each tribe you lead you choose who takes it over; a tribe where you are the only member is deleted. It can't be undone — to come back you sign up again. See the privacy policy for how long anything remains.

Only what's needed to run the site for you and your tribes — no ads, no tracking, nothing sold. The privacy policy lists exactly what we store, who sees it and where it is kept.