mahjong 69Mahjong solitaire is played with 144 tiles in a certain arrangement called a layout. The standard layout is referred to as 'The Turtle', 'The Pyramid' or 'The Dragon'. Brodie Lockard, the creatorMahjong (sometimes spelled Mahjongg) in its orinal form was created in China during the late 1800's, but has through the years gained world-wide popularity. Our version is the solitaire variant of Mahjong, which is a more recent