I am a Mechanical Engineer and have been writing programs since the early 1980s. I've written many for school, myself and work, but this is my first game using VB.NET. I tried some online Mah Jong games and they were too slow and not easy to play. I wanted one with the same feel, look and rules as the real game I played growing up. I made a sub-domain on my personal web site just for my game, 1924 Mandarin Mah Jong.