Tile Set Name:  GAZI.TIL
Subject:  Oriental Card Game Faces
Created by:  Paul J. Gillespie

Description:

Above and beyond the game of Mah Jongg, there are other games from the
orient that are as challenging and equally fun to play. In particular,
there is a set of cards that goes under several names. In Japan, the
game is called Gazi. In Korea, there are variations under the names of
Minhato, Yukbek and Go-Stop.

This tile set encompasses some of the pictures that are on the card
faces. The games plays similiar to Go Fish or rummy, and are often
used in some very heated gambling sessions. There are 48 cards in the
deck, each separated in a suit of 4. In Gazi, each suit represents a
month of the year. For example, the cards in positions 35-38 are called
Gazi, they represent the month of December and they have the distinction
of also having the only JOKER card (the card that is red and resembles
an open door).

This tile set is dedicated to the memory of my father-in-law Shigeto
Kimura of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, who was a fierce Gazi
player who liked nothing better than ruining everyone else's hand and
taking great pleasure in doing so. In living 92 years, that was more
fun than trying to win the game himself!

Cards 1 - 34 are random drawings of some of the available cards.

Gazi Suit (replaces suit of winds) Cards 35 - 38

Card Titles (replaces suit of flowers) Cards 39 - 42.