Want to learn mahjong on your own and be good at it before you join a game with friends? This is the set for you. Designed by mahjong expert Elaine Sandberg, author of "Beginner"s Guide to American Mah Jongg: How to Play the Game & Win", this kit features a Elaine Sandberg"s booklet "Mah Jongg For Fun" that will get you playing fast the proper way AND a portable complete American Mah Jongg set with racks. You may like this set so much that you"ll end up traveling with it! With a lightweight but durable carrying box, it is about half the weight of our standard size American mahjong sets.