Profile · identity
Identity celebrates rituals learned together — reflective progression honors curiosity without grind.
Identity · companion lens
You're learning the grammar of passes and pauses.
Taylor Rivers
Calm social strategist · favors flexible doubles
Learning level
Beginner
160 experience — reflective, not competitive
About 160 gentle XP until the next chapter — take the scenic route.
Play style · sample
Calm social strategist · favors flexible doubles
Lessons completed (path)
2 / 8
Guided hands played
7
Lesson counts mirror the unified product snapshot used on Home and Learn — clubs below stay illustrative until sync ships.
Beginner path
Completed
Welcome to American Mahjong
Understand table rhythm, why the card matters, and how guided sessions reduce overwhelm.
Completed
Learn the Tiles
Dots, bams, craks, winds, dragons, flowers, and jokers — what each signals tactically.
Next soft focus
Understand the Card
Translate printed patterns into concealed vs exposed strategies without memorizing everything.
Coming later
Charleston Basics
Keep flexibility through passes while quietly steering toward viable families.
Coming later
Your First Guided Hand
Play one short hand with a little extra explanation beside you.
Coming later
Jokers and Exposures
Know when jokers amplify value versus trap your concealed flexibility.
Coming later
Beginner Defense
Read discards empathetically — slow opponents without guessing wildly.
Coming later
Play With Friends
Create a table and invite three friends. It is the same game.
Clubs & salons
Hudson Tile Circle
Guest mentor
Lakeshore Quiet Table
Regular
Quiet recognition
Acknowledgments here are quiet applause — never wagers, never scarcity.
Foundation
UnlockedYou let a single tile teach you — curiosity beats memorization.
Welcomes the nervous first touch and frames learning as humane.
Study
UnlockedYou studied hands with respect to paper tradition and your own pace.
Honors respect for the physical card without hype or scarcity language.
Foundation
On your pathYou understand passes as conversation, not combat.
Builds social safety before live-table tempo.
Finish a lesson that explicitly covers Charleston passes.
Presence
On your pathYou played a full guided table and listened for coaching, not scores.
Marks courage to sit through uncertainty with guidance.
Complete one guided game to the end of the teaching arc.
Reflection
UnlockedYou returned to a hand to understand rhythm, not to regret a discard.
Reframes review as self-compassion, not self-judgment.
Study
UnlockedYou practiced keeping options open without clinging to one line.
Celebrates adaptive thinking over brittle optimization.
Community
UnlockedYou said yes to presence — online or in a living room.
Anchors identity in belonging, not leaderboards.
Community
UnlockedYou introduced yourself to a club or circle with warmth.
Rewards gentle outreach and reciprocity.
