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Dominoes is a family of tile-based games played with gaming pieces. Each domino is a rectangular tile, usually with a line dividing its face into two square ends. Each end is marked with a number of spots (also called pips or dots) or is blank. The backs of the tiles in a set are indistinguishable, either blank or having some common design.
Scoring in this variant is accomplished when the sum of all the pips on both dominoes (whether matched side-to-side or corner-to-corner) is a multiple of five; [1] for example, if the 233 and 334 tiles are laid next to each other, the total sum is (2+3+3)+(3+3+4)=18, not divisible by five and hence no score is awarded. Alternatively, if the 233 ...
For example, 0-1-2 and 0-2-3 are possible, but 0-2-1 is not allowed. Given these restrictions, with the six potential values (0–5) commonly seen, there are 56 unique combinations, and thus the standard triomino set has 56 tiles. Larger sets are possible; for example, including 6 as a possible end number would result in 84 tiles.
This game borrowed the counting and scoring features of cribbage, but 5 domino spots instead of 15 card points became the basic scoring unit, worth 1 game point. The game was played to 31 and employed a cribbage board to keep score. [3] The following year, rules for a game called Muggins were first published in The American Hoyle. [6]
With double-six dominoes, pairs consist of any two tiles whose pips sum to 12. For example, the 3–5 and the 0–4 form a pair. In some variations, doubles can only form pairs with other doubles so that the 2–2, for example, can only be paired with the 4–4 but this presents a problem with the 3-3 being unpairable.
The dominoes are first turned face down and shuffled. Then, each player picks seven dominoes to form their hand. With more than four players, the game requires an extended set. The number of dominoes drawn can be increased when fewer players are using a larger set (for instance, four players using a double-twelve set can draw 15 dominoes).
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Domino tiles. The following is a glossary of terms used in dominoes.Besides the terms listed here, there are numerous regional or local slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific, i.e. specific to one particular version of dominoes, but apply to a wide range of domino games.