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Tile Talk

Tile Talk

Decoding the 2026 Mahjong Card with THE Bubbe Fischer! - Tile Talk EP5

Apr 3, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min · 16 segments

Send us Fan Mail **The 2026 card is here and we are diving in with the one and only Karen Gooen. AKA BUBBE FISCHER!** **\*\*If you weren’t born with a mahjong playing Bubbe, look no further! Karen…

Send us Fan Mail **The 2026 card is here and we are diving in with the one and only Karen Gooen. AKA BUBBE FISCHER!** **\*\*If you weren’t born with a mahjong playing Bubbe, look no further! Karen Gooen, Mahjong Guru, Author, Speaker - is Bubbe to all! She does a fabulous card analysis each year, helping thousands of players decode the new lines. This year she has agreed to join us on Tile Talk to share her insights with all of you!** Karen's books: **”Searching for Bubbe Fischer”,”Small Wor...**

Send us Fan Mail **The 2026 card is here and we are diving in with the one and only Karen Gooen. AKA BUBBE FISCHER!** **\*\*If you weren’t born with a mahjong playing Bubbe, look no further! Karen…

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Speakers: Karen GooenGuestChristinaHostElizabethHostChrisGuest

Top entities: Mahjong×30 Hugo cocktail×4 Stephen Sondheim×5 Harvey Fierstein×2 King Kong×4

Show signals: SuitabilitySafeBiasNot politicalAudience≈5k followers

Tablescape and Spicy Hugo Spritz9:13 – 13:43

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ChristinaHost

9:13

Okay.

C

ChristinaHost

9:14

Well, we have so much to talk about with this card.

C

ChristinaHost

9:17

So

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ElizabethHost

9:17

let's go through our tablescape and our drink and get

C

ChristinaHost

9:21

all of this out of the way.

C

ChristinaHost

9:22

Can

E

ElizabethHost

9:22

we please

C

ChristinaHost

9:22

get to the drink? Our beautiful mat is, you know, it's spring.

C

ChristinaHost

9:27

Spring has sprung.

C

ChristinaHost

9:28

So we have got the Citrus Songbird by Oh My Mahjong.

C

ChristinaHost

9:32

It's a very popular one.

C

ChristinaHost

9:34

But I've peddled it.

C

ChristinaHost

9:36

I paired it with the Petali tiles by, and I'm probably botching this, Verora Mahjong, which is the beautiful tile brand that is available on Amazon.

C

ChristinaHost

9:47

Everyone on Mahjong, that's it, that Facebook group that we always talk about.

C

ChristinaHost

9:52

has been talking about these tiles.

C

ChristinaHost

9:54

They're currently sold out.

C

ChristinaHost

9:55

I checked this morning, just to be sure.

C

ChristinaHost

9:58

By the time that you hear this, they may be back in stock, but it's V-I-R-O-R-A, and it's the Petalee.

C

ChristinaHost

10:05

They have a couple of them, but they have the beautiful color stacks, very similar to Oh My Mahjong, but totally different colors.

C

ChristinaHost

10:13

And the faces are completely different.

C

ChristinaHost

10:15

But the quality is beautiful.

C

ChristinaHost

10:17

I bought these for my daughter for Christmas because she wanted some fancy fun tiles to play with her friends.

C

ChristinaHost

10:22

And I was not willing to pay the fancy fun price.

C

ChristinaHost

10:26

And this was a great compromise.

C

ChristinaHost

10:29

And now I steal them and play with them too.

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Tablescape and Spicy Hugo Spritz9:13 – 13:43

C

ChristinaHost

9:13

Okay.

C

ChristinaHost

9:14

Well, we have so much to talk about with this card.

C

ChristinaHost

9:17

So

E

ElizabethHost

9:17

let's go through our tablescape and our drink and get

C

ChristinaHost

9:21

all of this out of the way.

C

ChristinaHost

9:22

Can

E

ElizabethHost

9:22

we please

C

ChristinaHost

9:22

get to the drink? Our beautiful mat is, you know, it's spring.

C

ChristinaHost

9:27

Spring has sprung.

C

ChristinaHost

9:28

So we have got the Citrus Songbird by Oh My Mahjong.

C

ChristinaHost

9:32

It's a very popular one.

C

ChristinaHost

9:34

But I've peddled it.

C

ChristinaHost

9:36

I paired it with the Petali tiles by, and I'm probably botching this, Verora Mahjong, which is the beautiful tile brand that is available on Amazon.

C

ChristinaHost

9:47

Everyone on Mahjong, that's it, that Facebook group that we always talk about.

C

ChristinaHost

9:52

has been talking about these tiles.

C

ChristinaHost

9:54

They're currently sold out.

C

ChristinaHost

9:55

I checked this morning, just to be sure.

C

ChristinaHost

9:58

By the time that you hear this, they may be back in stock, but it's V-I-R-O-R-A, and it's the Petalee.

C

ChristinaHost

10:05

They have a couple of them, but they have the beautiful color stacks, very similar to Oh My Mahjong, but totally different colors.

C

ChristinaHost

10:13

And the faces are completely different.

C

ChristinaHost

10:15

But the quality is beautiful.

C

ChristinaHost

10:17

I bought these for my daughter for Christmas because she wanted some fancy fun tiles to play with her friends.

C

ChristinaHost

10:22

And I was not willing to pay the fancy fun price.

C

ChristinaHost

10:26

And this was a great compromise.

C

ChristinaHost

10:29

And now I steal them and play with them too.

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