Mrs K just wanted to play
It started with Mrs. K just wanting to play — real mahjong, the way she learned it, with real people and real tiles. Not a business plan. Just a game.
But playing regularly turned out to be more of a side quest. One weekend, the game was in Cobb County, the next in Fulton, and then in Gwinnett. Sometimes a restaurant, sometimes someone’s cousin’s basement, sometimes a food court that definitely wasn’t designed for tournaments.
And the invites? Usually something like:
“We may have a place.”
Which was fine, unless you had a job, or errands, or a family, or a life — like Mrs. K
So she decided to find a real space. A quiet, comfy one. With bathrooms. And parking. And ideally, somewhere you could get dumplings within 30 seconds.
To do that, she needed to sign a lease.
To do that, she needed to create a business.
To do that, she had to register things with no fewer than three layers of government.
So she did. And now she has a totally real, somewhat accidental business.
The goal, however, hasn’t changed. The studio exists so players — beginners, lifers, curious observers — have a consistent, welcoming place to play Asian-style mahjong, without crossing three counties or refreshing the group chat every five minutes.
As for the table rental fees? They’re just enough to knock a dent in the rent and keep the automatic tables running like the well-oiled tile-slinging marvels they were born to be.
So that’s how we got here.
Mrs. K just wanted to play. And now, so can you.

“In This Life and the Next Round”
Painting of Mrs. K holding hands with her large yet ruggedly handsome husband, Mr. J — Courtesy of the Greater Metro-Regional Museum of Mahjong & Domestic Arts