Mhing

Cross-comparison

corroborated — two or more independent sources agree on the facts that define this variant

• [2] listed as 'Mhing (Suntex)', cross-referenced to Sloperama's Cards/Kards FAQ; added to the variant list on 17 November 2001. Attributing it to the publisher Suntex is more specific than the chart's bare 'card version'
• [3] dates the game to a 1982 publication by Suntex and calls it an abstract family card game based on mahjong. The article is an orphan and carries a single-source reliability warning
• [1] the deck is based on Chinese money-suited cards. Records the original release in the USA in 1982 by Suntex International of Pennsylvania, a company still trading in mathematical education software, and names its founder Robert Sun. Suntex did not operate outside the USA, so the game was licensed abroad, to Spear's Games in the UK

Reading it

Three sources, and the node is now dated and attributed where the chart had only 'card version'. Wikipedia and a card collector's description agree on a 1982 Suntex release; the collector adds Robert Sun as the company's founder, Pennsylvania as its home, a Chinese money-suited card design, and a 1984 Spear's Games edition for the UK under licence. Card counts should be treated with care: the only count read at source is 158 for the Spear's edition including its extras, which is not necessarily the count of the playing deck.

Sources

1. Steve-p.org. "Cards - Mhing (Spear's Games)." cross-check checked 2026-09-18

   A card collector's description of the Spear's Games 1984 UK edition: a deck based on Chinese money-suited cards, with wild cards, scoring cards and hand-reference tables. Records the original 1982 Suntex International release in Pennsylvania and names Robert Sun as the company's founder.

   https://steve-p.org/cards/Mhin.html

   Only cited here · bibliography #68

2. Sloper, Tom. "FAQ 2b: Identifying a Mah-Jongg Variant." Sloperama. canonical checked 2026-09-18

   Tile counts, hand sizes, flower handling and scoring for roughly 50 named variants. Primary source for most leaf nodes in this chart.

   https://www.sloperama.com/mjfaq/mjfaq02b.html

   Also cited on: Chinese archaic, Chinese pre-classical, Chinese classical, Shanghai / Hong Kong new style, Hong Kong old style, Modern HKOS and 43 more · bibliography #1

3. Wikipedia. "Mhing." cross-check checked 2026-09-18

   Dates the card game to a 1982 Suntex publication. The article is an orphan and carries a single-source reliability warning.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mhing

   Only cited here · bibliography #67