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Greenwood Village · South Denver Metro

American mahjong lessons in Greenwood Village

We bring the whole table, tiles, mats and racks, to your Greenwood Village home and teach you the American game hands-on. Never touched a tile? Perfect. That is exactly who we teach best.

Courtney, founder of Mahjong Standard, setting up her tile rack at a sunlit table set with a colorful mahjong mat

Our founder, your host

Meet Courtney

Courtney fell completely for American mahjong, and along the way learned exactly how to bring someone new into it without ever overwhelming them. She teaches across the South Denver Metro area: coming to homes with everything the table needs, and hosting open sessions for anyone who would rather just turn up.

Her way is simple: warm, hands-on and unhurried. You will be playing within the hour, and you will never feel tested. The point was always the people around the table, and that is still the part she loves most.

A standing game in Greenwood Village

We come to your table

Greenwood Village has that established, leafy ease to it: big tables, room to gather, neighbors who have known each other a while. Courtney teaches the American game on the National Mah Jongg League card, the one most people in Greenwood Village are looking to learn, and every lesson includes the full kit and a beginner guide so the game stays with you after we pack down.

Greenwood Village sits right against the Denver Tech Center, and a lot of the women who host here are balancing demanding careers with a full house. The appeal of mahjong is that it is social without being one more obligation on the calendar, and the neighborhoods themselves are some of the most established in the South Denver Metro area, with big lots and mature trees that make for a genuinely beautiful table.

Formats & pricing

Choose what works for you

Every format includes the full kit, the card, the beginner guide and hands-on play, anywhere in Greenwood Village.

Group Lesson

$75 / person

Gather four or more of your friends and family and learn together, and laugh a lot.

Four to a table. We set up more tables for a bigger group.

Book multiple lessons and save up to 15%.

New to mahjong? Start at 101. We teach to your level either way.

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  • Rental of luxury tiles, mats and the full kit
  • The official NMJL card and a beginner guide
  • A patient host, hands-on the whole way through
  • Everything set up and cleared away for you
  • Prizes for players who mahjong!

Prefer to play without hosting? Browse events for open sessions that let you show up, sit down and play.

Good to know

Common questions

Do I need any experience?

None at all. Most of the people we teach have never touched a tile. Please don’t study beforehand, just come curious and we’ll have you playing real hands within the hour.

How do beginners learn American mahjong?

The easiest way in is at a table, not from a rulebook. Rather than memorizing the card first, most beginners learn by playing. Your host deals the tiles and introduces each piece in the flow of a real game. You’ll be drawing, discarding and finishing hands in your first hour, and it clicks within a game or two. No studying beforehand.

What lesson formats do you offer?

Three. A private lesson (for two) and a group lesson (4–8) both happen in your own home. We come to you and bring the whole table. A public open session is a scheduled open lesson you can join without hosting, held at a venue near Backcountry, perfect if you’d rather not host, or you’re new in town and want to meet other players.

Where do the lessons happen?

Private and group lessons happen in your own home: we come to you, you host, and we bring the whole table. If you’d rather not host, you can join a public open session at a venue near the Backcountry neighborhood (we share the exact spot by email). Either way, we teach across the South Denver Metro area: Highlands Ranch, Castle Pines, Lone Tree, Parker, Greenwood Village, Cherry Hills, Centennial and Littleton.

What do I need to provide?

For a lesson in your home, just a table big enough for everyone to sit around, some chairs, and your people; we bring everything else: the tiles, mats, racks, tile grabbers, the American mahjong card and a beginner guide. At a public open session there’s nothing to bring; just turn up.

What’s included in a lesson?

Tiles, mats, racks, tile grabbers, the American mahjong card, a beginner guide, and a host who teaches hands-on the whole way through. For a lesson at home you provide the table and the company; at a public open session you simply join. Either way, there’s nothing extra to buy.

How much does it cost?

A private lesson is for two people at $120 per person ($240 in total), and a group lesson (4–8 players) is $75 per person, both in your own home. A public open session is $75 per person to join, no hosting needed. Every option includes all the equipment, the card, the beginner guide and hands-on play.

How do I pay?

You’ll see how to pay when you book.

Mahjong, beautifully hosted in Greenwood Village

Real tables, real afternoons, real people around the tiles. Take a look, then pick your date.