The 2026 Card Collective Playbook

Welcome to the Mahj Styled 2026 Card Collective! Here’s everything you need to know to play, track, and make every game count.

✨ How It Works

  1. Join the Collective
    Choose your membership and secure your place for the 2026 season.

  2. Receive Your Welcome Kit
    Your kit arrives with everything you need to get started: your 2026 NMJL Wins Yearbook, stickers, and other goodies.

  3. Play + Track Your Progress
    Play mahjong at events, online, or at your own tables. Each completed hand moves you forward.

  4. Earn + Collect
    Complete lines, participate in challenges, and collect stickers, recognition, and rewards along the way.

🀄 Tracking Your Card

Your NMJL card and yearbook insert (part of your welcome kit) become your scoreboard for the season.

  • Track completed hands using your insert and gold dot stickers

  • Each completed line counts toward your progress

  • You can track games played online, with friends, and at events!

👉 Play more, track more, earn more.

🎯 What Counts as a Completed Hand

A completed hand:

  • Must follow the official NMJL card

  • Must be played and completed in a standard game setting.

  • Can be completed at events, in your own multiplayer games, or online.

We’re operating on an honor system so play fair, track honestly, and enjoy the games!

⚡ Challenges + Line of the Month

Throughout the season, you’ll have opportunities to earn additional rewards:

  • Line of the Month
    A featured line to guide your play and sharpen your strategy

  • Seasonal + Surprise Challenges
    Designed to keep things fun, social, and just competitive enough

Participation earns additional chances to win prizes and of course, recognition!

🏆 Rewards + Prizes

Your progress unlocks more than just a completed card.

Between May 1st, 2026 and March 31, 2027, you’ll have opportunities to earn rewards, recognition, and prizes tied to how you play, participate, and show up. Here’s what you can expect:

  • Milestones Rewards
    Celebrate your progress as you complete lines and challenges along the way.

  • Challenge Rewards
    Participate in Line of the Month and seasonal challenges for additional entries and surprise prizes.

  • End-of-Season Prizes
    Players who complete their cards (or make significant progress!) will be eligible for end-of-season drawings and featured recognition.

  • Recognition + Bragging Rights
    Top players, standout moments, and dedicated participants will be highlighted throughout the season.

  • Troop Mahjong Merit Badges
    Players earn merit badges for lines completed at Mahj Styled and other Troop Mahjong chapter events.

👉 The more you play, the more you earn.

👑 VIP Members

VIP members receive:

  • Exclusive VIP Troop Mahjong merit badges

  • Bonus entries toward prize drawings

  • Elevated recognition throughout the season

  • Priority access and discounts to select events and offerings

  • Additional perks released throughout the season

💻 In-Person vs Virtual Play

In-Person Members:

  • Participate at Mahj Styled events + other in-person events and games and online

  • Are eligible for prizes only for local players as well as the grand prize pool

Virtual Members:

  • Participate from anywhere

  • Track progress independently

  • Join in challenges and prize eligibility remotely

  • Are eligible for prizes only for virtual players as well as the grand prize pool

📸 Submissions + Tracking Progress

Some challenges and features may require online submissions:

  • Photo submissions (completed hands, Line of the Month, etc.)

  • Simple form or link provided during the season

  • Winners selected via random draw or criteria depending on the challenge

🛑 A Few Ground Rules

  • Play honestly and track accurately

  • Be respectful and supportive of other players

  • Have fun! This is meant to enhance your experience, not complicate it.

✨ Final Note

This is your year to master mahjong! Play often, track your wins, and make every hand count.