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MahJong is an ancient game of Chinese origin. It is spelled a few different ways in the west, mainly MahJong, Mah Jong, and Mah Jongg. However the MahJong game played online, such as The Modern Sorcerer's Mah-Jong, is a completely different game than the ancient original!

The online game is known as "MahJong Solitaire" and is, in fact, a recent invention. It was created in 1981 by Brodie Lockard for the PLATO computer. The game was called Mah-Jongg and the original layout was titled "The Turtle". A few years later another version came out known as 'Shanghai' or 'Shanghai Solitaire'. It was this version that made the game a world-wide success and since then there has been no end to variations of this much loved game.

By the way, while MahJong is a commonly a four player game, MahJong Soliatire (or Shanghai Solitaire) is a one player game (hence the 'Solitaire' suffix).