Cookbay Portable Mini Travel Mahjong Set｜Mini & Portable · Travel Games · A Gatherings Staple

On the list of sounds you miss most from home, the clatter of mahjong tiles being shuffled is comfortably in the top three.

This is a portable mini mahjong set: the tiles are scaled down, the feel is not, and the whole thing packs into its storage box. Made for students whose suitcase space is precious — it travels to halls, weekend flat gatherings and long train journeys alike.

The mini tiles take up little table: a flatshare coffee table or a couple of pushed-together desks will host a game, and afterwards the box slips into a rucksack side pocket.

It settles an old regret: a full-size set is too heavy to bring abroad, so the craving for a few rounds goes unanswered. The mini version lets the game follow you — when you are one player short, at least it is never the tiles that are missing.

When to play

• Mid-Autumn night: mooncakes cut, four round the table, loser does the washing-up.
• After the last exam: instant noodles and mahjong; the winner gets an extra egg.
• Teaching your international flatmates: start from pung and hu and the three suits — it doubles as a Chinese lesson, and they will be hooked.

Even far from home, the table can be lively like home. A taste of home, in a foreign kitchen — or at least a foreign living room.

Specifications: mini portable | with storage box

Note: dispatched from our UK warehouse