In a quiet corner of the White Oak Golf Club, for the last six months or so, a group of local women while away their afternoons a couple of times a week playing Mahjong.

They are part of a wave of locals learning the centuries-old game imported from China in the 1920s, many ushered in by Mahjong teacher Claudia Bryan.

Bryan was introduced to the game a few years ago by out-of-state friends posting pictures and videos online and was intrigued. Mahjong looked like something that would provide her with the community she desired, Bryan said.

“I’d had a book club for a long time and was just kind of looking for that next thing,” she said. “The Bunco craze had kind of gone through the ladies groups.”

She was attracted by the elegance of the game, Bryan said. The pieces are colorful. Game nig

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