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Dominoes is a family of tile-based games played with gaming pieces. ... In many rules, the doubles serve as spinners, i.e., they can be played on all four sides ...
Muggins is part of the Fives family of domino games whose names differ according to how many spinners are in play. Muggins is the game without a spinner, Sniff and modern All Fives have a single spinner, and, in Five Up, all doubles are spinners. [2] However, historically Fives or All Fives was the progenitor of the family and had no spinners.
List of domino games. The following is a partial list of games played with domino tiles or similar equipment. The most typical domino games are layout games, i.e. games in which the players add matching tiles from their hand to a layout or tableau in the middle of the table. These can be either blocking games, in which the object is to empty ...
Mexican Train. Mexican Train is a game played with dominoes. The object of the game is for a player to play all the tiles from his or her hand onto one or more chains, or trains, emanating from a central hub or "station". The game's most popular name comes from a special optional train that belongs to all players.
One of the two teams in a partnership game. One of the two longer edges of a tile; as opposed to the two ends, the face or the back. singles, singles domino, single domino. A tile with different ends i.e. not a doublet. [3] singles game. A two-hand game or a four-hand game not played in partnership. [9] sleeper.
A game of Chicken Foot in progress. Chickenfoot or Chicken Foot, also called Chicken-Foot Dominoes and Chickie Dominoes, [a] is a Block domino game of the "Trains" family for 2 to 12 players invented by Louis and Betty Howsley in 1986. [1] Chicken Foot is played in rounds, one round for each double domino in the set and is best for 4 to 7 players.
Triangular Dominoes. Triangular Dominoes is a variant of dominoes using equilateral triangle tiles, patented by Franklin H. Richards in 1885. Two versions were made: a starter set of 35 unique tiles, with each side numbered from zero to four pips, and an advanced set of 56 unique tiles, with each side numbered from zero to five pips.
A game of 42. 42, also known as Texas 42, is a trick-taking game played with a standard set of double six dominoes. 42 is often referred to as the "national game of Texas". [1] Tournaments are held in many towns, [1] and the State Championship tournament is held annually in Hallettsville, Texas on the first Saturday of March each year. [2]