American mahjong has needed a proper app for a long time.
Not a tile-matching game. Not a generic mahjong engine with the Charleston bolted on. A real tool built for the way American mahjong players actually play: from the NMJL card, with the Charleston, with jokers, at country clubs and kitchen tables and everywhere in between.
That's Bird Bam.
Meet Bammie
At the heart of Bird Bam is Bammie, your AI mahjong coach. She knows the current NMJL card inside and out and gives real, specific feedback on your racks, your Charleston, your discards, and your pivots.
She's warm, direct, and just a little sassy, like the friend who's been playing for thirty years and will absolutely not let a questionable discard slide without comment. She leads with the verdict, backs it up with the reasoning, and makes you better every time.
The Practice Suite
- Daily Rack: you're dealt a rack, you pick the section of the card you'd go for, and Bammie grades your read and points out what you might have missed.
- Charleston Practice: pass after pass, with coaching on what to keep, what to release, and what your rack is telling you.
- Discard Practice: choose a discard and find out whether it was the best play, a reasonable one, or a costly one, and why.
- Pivot Practice: our most advanced drill. Work through the mid-game moments when you need to decide whether to commit to a hand or switch.
- Evaluate My Hand: enter your tiles and see which hands on the card you're closest to.
- Ask Bammie: any mahjong question, any time.
More Than Practice
- The Clubhouse: strategy, etiquette, hosting ideas, and stories from the American mahjong world, all in one place (you're reading it right now).
- Daily tips to keep the card fresh in your mind.
- The Tiles: play with beautiful designer sets, starting with Miss Mahjong's Miss Darling.
- The Shop: curated finds for your mahjong life.
How Membership Works
Every new player gets a free five-day trial with full access to everything. After that, The Social Membership keeps the full practice suite and unlimited coaching with Bammie unlocked, available monthly or yearly.
What's Coming Next
- Solo Play: full games of American mahjong against computer players, any time you want a game.
- Bird Bam Clubs: create a club, schedule games, collect RSVPs, see who's bringing a set, and help new players nearby find you. Clubs will be free to join, and organizers will run them with The Hostess membership.
- Playing with friends is on our roadmap, too.
Celebrate With Us
To celebrate launch, we're giving away a Miss Cowgirl tile set and Lasso mat from Miss Mahjong. Watch The Clubhouse and @cheersbirdbam on Instagram for details on how to enter.
Welcome to the club. Bammie's been waiting for you.
