About this episode

Prim discusses the contrast between glory and belonging in the context of the World Cup and American Mahjong.

The country spent this week roaring at the World Cup and recovering from the Fourth, and Prim noticed the same truth underneath all of it. Glory is loud. Belonging is quiet. And only one of them is still in the room when the noise stops. This issue carries that thought through the return of the Quints on the 2026 card, a San Francisco teacher who has spent a decade carrying the game table by table, the officially licensed collegiate tiles that turn fandom into something you can hold, and the traveling tables quietly turning restaurants into salons across the Texas Hill Country. It closes on a quiet, personal note. Read or listen at https://www.orderofthetile.com.#AmericanMahjong #NMJL#Prim #OrderOfTheTile #Quints#2026Card #MahjongStrategy #WorldCup #MrMahjong #WestWindMahjong #TexasHillCountry #MahjongPodcast #MahJongg

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