Come for the Mahjong.
Stay for the community.
A local American Mahjong club that brings women together around the table—and makes it easy to keep playing with the people you enjoy.
Play regularly and find your community.
Mahjong events are easy to find these days. Playing regularly is harder: finding players who share your level or life stage, coordinating schedules, and filling the fourth seat.
TileHour brings local women together for regular Mahjong games. We fill the tables and handle the RSVPs, members pitch in, and along the way we help you find people you'll want to play with again and again.
Whether you're Mahjong-curious or have been playing for years, our games are friendly, social, and welcoming—not intensely competitive.
Join Your Local Club
TileHour launches one community at a time. Games start when we reach 50 founding members in a location. You'll pay a low monthly membership fee for access to regular TileHour games – no per game fees.
Join a Game
Play the regular weekly anchor game at a local restaurant or café, or grab a seat at a game another member has started. After each game, a quick text asks how it went and who you enjoyed playing with.
Initiate a Game
Optional, but we make this easy. Pick an open time, choose your spot (your home or local venue), set the game level, and add a theme if you like. Invite women you've clicked with at past games first, and TileHour fills the remaining seats.
Now forming
Help us reach our 50 member target to launch our first locations!
Next Up!
We also have early interest in these surrounding locations, and will continue to launch in these and other communities as we hear from you! Get on our city waitlists for updates.
- Newton
- Lexington
- Palo Alto
- Burlingame / Hillsborough
Don't see your community or want to join a waitlist? Bring TileHour to your town.
A small monthly membership — not a fee every time you play.
Membership in TileHour is only $12/month.
The 50 Founding Members in each community will receive their first two months free after we launch. They'll also help shape the future of their local TileHour chapter as it grows.
Many organized Mahjong games charge $25 or more every time you play. TileHour is designed differently: one simple membership that makes it easy to play regularly and be part of a local community. The membership fee is designed to cover the ongoing costs of running TileHour, including scheduling, reminders, and the member portal.
We keep membership affordable because members occasionally chip in, too, like bringing a set, arriving a few minutes early to help set up, or initiating a game.
The goal isn't to maximize revenue — it's to create something that keeps serving women for years to come.
Founded by two friends who love the game – and what it brings out in people.
TileHour was founded by two Harvard Business School classmates who share a love of Mahjong and a belief that one of the best ways to build community is to gather around a table on a regular basis.
Jessica has loved Mahjong since living in Shanghai after graduating from Yale. She later co-founded Wootric, an AI-powered customer experience platform, growing it from an idea to a successful acquisition by InMoment. Throughout her career, she's helped companies build products people love and bring them to market, and she believes Mahjong is one of the most enjoyable ways to create lasting connections.
Divya discovered Mahjong recently and was immediately drawn to how naturally it brings women together. Over the past two decades, she's built products and led teams at companies including Google, LendingClub, and Solana, spanning everything from fintech and commerce to AI. She believes technology can remove the friction of bringing people together, making it easier to build vibrant local communities around a game people love.
Together, Jessica and Divya are building TileHour one community at a time.
TileHour is built around American Mahjong.
No. Whether you're Mahjong-curious, have only played a few games, or have been playing for years, you're welcome at TileHour. Our games are designed to be friendly, social, and welcoming—not intensely competitive.
If you're a complete beginner, we'll help familiarize you with the game before attending your first TileHour.
No. Each TileHour community welcomes women from the surrounding towns as well.
Each TileHour community launches once it reaches 50 Founding Members.
We'll host games at welcoming local venues such as restaurants, cafés, country clubs, and community spaces.
We'll begin with the game times that work best for our Founding Members. As the community grows, we'll add more games and additional time slots.
The first 50 Founding Members receive their first two months free after launch. After that, membership is $12 per month.
Members who join after the Founding Member period begin paying the $12 monthly membership when they join.
No. TileHour doesn't charge per-game fees. If a venue has a food or beverage minimum, members simply pay the venue directly.
Games are first come, first served. If a game is full, you can join the waitlist, and we'll notify you if a seat opens up. As demand grows, we'll add more games and additional time slots.
You'll need your own current National Mah Jongg League card. If you're new to Mahjong, we'll let you know where to purchase the official card.
We handle Mahjong set logistics for games. Any member can opt in to bring a set for their game. This is purely optional!
No problem. Membership gives you access to your TileHour community—you choose the games that fit your schedule.
Absolutely. We love meeting new people. If your friend enjoys their first game with us, we'd encourage them to become a TileHour member so they can continue playing and become part of the community.
Don't see your town yet?
We're launching TileHour one community at a time.
Tell us where you'd like to see TileHour next. As enough women express interest in a community, we'll begin building its Founding Member group.