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Mah Jong

Available Here

Players: 4 players

Components

136 tiles, including 36 characters, 36 bamboos, and 36 circles, which are in turn divided into four sets of numbers 1-9 in each suit. There are also 16 Wind tiles and 12 Dragon tiles. (Many collections also include 8 bonus tiles: 4 flowers and 4 seasons, but these are not needed in the primary game.)

1 pair of dice, to determine the deal

4 racks (optional) 

Goal

To get a "Mahjong," which consists of getting all 14 of your tiles into four sets and one pair. A pair is two identical tiles. A set can either be a "pung," which is three identical tiles, or a "chow," which is a run of three consecutive numbers in the same suit. A single tile cannot be used in two sets at once.

Setup

Players may simply roll the dice to determine the dealer. 

Tiles are mixed up and placed in the center of the table, and each player builds a wall of face-down tiles in front of herself, 17 tiles long and 2 tiles high. The result should be a large square wall of tiles in the center of the table. 

The dealer rolls the dice and counts that many tiles from the right edge of her wall, and separates the wall at that point to begin dealing tiles from the left of that spot and going clockwise. Each player receives 13 tiles, with the dealer starting with an extra 14th tile. 

Each player then arranges her own tiles so she can see them and other players cannot. Racks are often used for this purpose. The dealer then discards one tile, and play begins to the left of the dealer. 

Play

Before your turn, you must give other players a few seconds to claim the most recently discarded tile. 

First priority goes to any player who can claim the discarded tile to complete a Mahjong. A player who can do this claims the tile, then reveals the winning hand of 14 tiles. 

Failing that, any player can claim the discarded tile to complete a pung. The player says "pung," and then reveals the two matching tiles that match the discard. For example, if the discarded tile was the 7 of bamboo, and the player had two more bamboo 7s on the rack, that player would call "pung." When calling pung, a player turns the completed pung (with all three bamboo 7s, in this case) face-up, discards a different tile, and the turn passes to their right. 

If nobody claims the discarded tile, but it completes a chow for you, you may claim it at the beginning of your turn by saying "chow." You then must turn your chow face-up, revealing the completed run (e.g., 5,6,7 of bamboo) as in the pung example above. You then discard a different tile and play continues as usual. 

If the discard does not complete a set for you, then on your turn you draw the next tile from the wall (going left). Unless this gives you a Mahjong, you then discard a tile face-up.

 Note that at all times, only the most recently discarded tile can be claimed. 

 Hand End

The hand ends when somebody gets Mahjong and reveals a complete 14-tile hand of four sets and a pair. 

If no one  has mahjong by the time the wall runs out of tiles, the game is considered a draw. 

Scoring

Simple scoring awards one point to whoever achieved the mahjong and won the hand. 

There are many scoring variations, players should be careful to agree on scoring rules before a game. 

Game End

Players play a pre-determined number of points or 16 rounds.

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Horse Races

You will need

Two  large Dice you can get here

Six horses ( these were made by an employee)

One race track ( I connected two large fabric pieces and used duct tape to line it.

Participants will pick a horse at the start of the races. Our horses are decorated like College football Teams this helps promote excitement, but you can have them decorated any way you like.

Each person will roll two dice one that picks the horse to move the other the number of spaces.

First Horse to the finish line wins.

Cover one of the dice with paper printouts that represents your horses, cover with packing tape for durability.

We made a race track with fabric and used duct tape for the lines but you can put scotch tape on the floor.

This Game can also be played on a table top with small props but why not go big!

Let everyone take turns rolling until you have a winner.

We paid winners with funny money ( fake cash they could use at our community store). See our Prize Ideas here

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Fly Swatter Tennis

This game is great on two fronts. It is a movement activity so your residents get exercise and social activity that is cognitively stimulating.

Supplies: 4-10 balloons Fly Swatter Hands, you can get Here

Instructions: Seat residents in a large circle well apart from each other. Alternatively, you may have two teams: sitting across from each other. Inflate Several balloons and start the game. You can use music to liven up the atmosphere. The games aim to have the balloon on the floor as little as possible.