Mahj & app words explained

Here are the words you may run into, in everyday language:

• Group (or club) — your circle of players. You can belong to more than one.
• Event — a game, social, or tournament you can sign up for.
• RSVP — letting the host know you're coming.
• Series — a repeating event, like a weekly game, that shares one sign-up link.
• Auto-RSVP — a series option that signs you up for every upcoming session automatically.
• Waitlist — the line you join when an event is full; you move up if a spot opens.
• Guest — someone who signs up for an event with just a name and email, no account needed.
• Ticket tier — one of the price choices for a paid event (for example, member, guest, or “includes lunch”).
• Card — the National Mah Jongg League card of legal hands, which changes each year.
• Hand — one winning combination of tiles from the card.
• Manual Log — your private record of casual game wins, separate from official scoring.
• Ruleset — the scoring rules an event uses (point values and special hands).
• Seating — who sits at which table for each round.
• Round — one stretch of play in a tournament; a tournament has several.
• Director / Admin / Owner — the roles that let someone run events or manage a group.
• Kiosk — a tablet at the door players use to check in.
• Display — the big TV or projector screen that shows tables and standings.