Terms of Service

Dear Mahj · dearmahj.com Last updated: October 28, 2026

Hi, it's Mahj. These are the house rules for using dearmahj.com and for buying and using anything we sell here, including the Beginner Course. They're written to be read, not skimmed, so please do. By using the site or buying from us, you're agreeing to them.

"We," "us," and "Dear Mahj" mean Dear Mahj LLC, a Kansas limited liability company, which runs this site. "You" means the person using the site or making the purchase.

1. Who can use the site and buy from us

You need to be at least 18 to buy from us. If you're under 18, you're welcome to learn from the free content with a parent's okay, but a grown-up has to make any purchase.

2. The course and what you're buying

When you buy the Beginner Course, you're buying a personal license to watch and use it: the video lessons, the drills, the guides, and anything else included at the time of purchase. You get access for as long as Dear Mahj offers the course, which we intend to be a long time. If we ever have to close it down, we'll give you at least 90 days' notice and a way to download the guides.

All chapters are released at once. You can go at your own pace and come back whenever you like.

We may update, improve, or replace lessons and materials over time. Updates to the course you bought are included.

3. Personal use only

Your purchase is for you. Please don't:

• share your login, or let someone else use your account;

• download, copy, record, screenshot, or redistribute the videos, drills, or guides, except for printing a guide for your own use at your own table;

• post any of the course materials anywhere, public or private;

• use the materials to teach a class, run a business, or build a competing product.

If you'd like to use Dear Mahj materials for a club, class, or group, email us. We're friendly about it, but we need to say yes first.

We may suspend or cancel access, without refund, if an account is being shared or the materials are being copied or distributed. We'd rather never have to.

4. Payment, discount codes, and all sales are final

Prices are in US dollars and shown at checkout. Payment is taken in full when you buy.

Discount codes must be entered at checkout and can't be applied afterward. Each code has its own terms (for example, a limited number of uses or a time limit), and we can end a code at any time.

All sales are final. Because the course is digital and you get everything the moment you buy, we don't offer refunds, exchanges, or credits, including if you change your mind, don't finish, or decide the game isn't for you. If you have questions about whether the course is right for you, email us before you buy and we'll tell you the truth.

If something's broken on our end (a video that won't play, a login that doesn't work), email us and we'll fix it. That's always included.

5. Your account

Keep your password private and let us know right away if you think someone else has used your account. You're responsible for what happens under your login.

6. What belongs to whom

Everything on the site and in the course is ours or used with permission: the videos, the drills, the guides, the writing, the tile artwork, the Dear Mahj name and logo. Your license lets you use it; it doesn't transfer any ownership.

About the card. The course teaches American Mah Jongg as played with the National Mah Jongg League card. Dear Mahj is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by the National Mah Jongg League. The card itself is theirs, is not included in the course, and you'll need to buy your own current card from the League to play.

7. The free content and our emails

The free videos, the Tile Guide, and our social media content are for your personal use too. Share the links as much as you like; please don't re-post the files or videos as your own.

When you sign up for our emails, you'll get what you asked for and news from Dear Mahj. Every email has an unsubscribe link. How we handle your information is in our Privacy Policy, which is part of these terms.

8. What we promise, and what we can't

We promise to teach the game clearly and to keep the site running. We can't promise you'll win, that you'll learn at any particular speed, or that the site will never have an outage. The course and the site are provided "as is," and to the extent the law allows, we disclaim any warranties beyond what we've said here.

To the extent the law allows, our total liability to you for anything connected to the site or a purchase is limited to the amount you paid us. We aren't liable for indirect or consequential losses. Some places don't allow these limits, so some may not apply to you.

9. Being decent

If the course ever includes comments, a community, or anything where you can post, keep it kind. We can remove posts or members that aren't.

10. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. The date at the top tells you when. If a change affects something you've already bought, we'll email you. Continuing to use the site after a change means you accept it.

11. The legal bits

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Kansas, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. If we have a disagreement, let's talk first; most things are a misunderstanding. If that doesn't settle it, any claim will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Johnson County, Kansas, and you agree to that venue. If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest still applies.

12. Questions

Write to Mahj at mahj@dearmahj.com.