Play an Ancient Four Thousand Year Old Game Called Mahjong

Mahjong is an ancient Chinese game. It is played with set of dices made of bone, wood, plastic resin and ivory. They contain tiles which are divided in three categories. The first set of his online game has suit tiles. All tiles have dots, lines and characters. These tiles look like a deck of cards, every set of suit tiles in the game has four sets of 9 dotted tiles, four sets of 9 character tiles and sets of 9 lined tiles. Some other special tiles are also seen in online games of Mahjong. One tile called as the honor tile contains three sets of dragon tiles. Each dragon has red, green and white color respectively. The white colored tile in this game is sometime depicted as a blank tile. Four other sets of tiles can also be seen in this game. These are called wind tiles, each of them depict a direction of North, South, East and West.

The main object of this ancient game called Mahjong is to make a winning hand in four sets having 3 tiles. The sequence of this game may start from a bamboo, circle or character. It may also start with a triplet of tiles. Very winning hand has total 14 tiles. In the beginning players have to deal with 13 tiles. They can create a big winning hand by drawing a Mahjong wall and discarding sets belonging to competitors. While playing one tile is to be discarded in the game in exchange of drawing one. The winning hand ends when a player obtains the Mahjong wall. By understanding the strategy and rules of the game a player can easily win over his opponents.

Some sets of Mahjong games depict tiles with themes of winter, seasons, spring and water falls including spring and summer season. These game sets may be slightly different from each other but all of them have 136 tiles. Many sets may even have 144 tiles. These are actually special decks of playing cards. All over line of these games make them sound to be classical. Now free online Mahjong games are available for playing. It's amazing to see that a game which is nearly four thousand years old has been turned into an online video game. It has been passed successfully from various generations of China to this modern world. These are now available in market in many versions, they are American version, Taiwan version, Japanese version and Vietnamese version.

Swim Spas at Prices Under Twenty Thousand Dollars

A top quality swim spa with all the best features is going to cost you a minimum of thirty thousand dollars before installation costs. At the same time if you work out what features are important to you and which are not you can get an adequate swim spa for under twenty thousand dollars.

Which Features Matter Most?

These are the main features to look for in a swim spa. If you don't need all of these you can save a lot of money.

The main reason that most people buy a swim spa is because it is an affordable and space saving way of getting swimming exercise. Swim spas allow you to swim continuously in place while a water current provides the resistance. Swim jets are cheapest but give you a turbulent current that is hard to swim in. Propeller or paddle wheel generated water currents give you the best swimming in place experience.
Another reason to buy a swim spa is the chance to relax and have a hot tub style massage. For this you will need massage jets. Molded bucket seats help keep you secure as the jets pummel out those tensions.
For a party swim spa, LED and fiber optic lighting, a built in sound system and water features like waterfalls enhance the experience.

The question is- do you really need all of these features?

The Fastlane from Endless Pools

This comes complete for $11,000. The pool itself is a cheap, above ground, self-assembly pool with a vinyl liner. There are no seats, massage jets, lights, heaters or sound system. What you do get is a top quality swim current generator.

Endless Pools are one of the best names in swimming spas and the Fastlane current generator is state of the art. The current is wide, deep and fast enough for very strong swimmers. The variable speed controls mean it can be adjusted to suit every individual. Because it is so easy to set up it can used outside in the summer and moved inside in the winter- if you have a large garage or basement with a strong enough floor.

The Swimergy

The Swimergy cost around $6000 before installation costs. What is it lacking? The most obvious thing is that there is no water current to swim against. You get the swim in place experience by using a swim tether. The tether attaches to the swimmer's special shoes. This kind of resistance swimming is used by pro swimming teams and the US Army for endurance training. The problem in a small pool is that waves build up as the person swims and the Swimergy pool's great advantage is that it is specially shaped to dampen water movements.

At eight feet by fifteen feet, the pool is big enough for two swimmers to use at the same time. It is also a fun place for kids to splash around in. There are no seats, massage jets, sound systems etc.

H20 Swim Spas

There are economy swim spas that use swim jets to create a current to swim against. H2O are one of many manufacturers.

The South Sea swimming spa is one of the most basic models on the market; there are no seats, only a few perches to sit on. On the other hand, there is room for gentle swimming, plenty of space for kids, a heater and an ozone generator to keep the water fresh. The swim spa can be found online for around $16,000, excluding installation.

H2O also offer the 'Super Swim Spa Exercise Swimming Pool Spa'. This is a terrible name but it has some good features for a spa selling online at $17,500. The swim current is from swim jets, like the South Beach, but here you will find 2 molded seats, many hydro jets, LED and fiber optic lighting, air blowers and an integrated sound system.