Wednesday, August 04, 2004

DOMINOES

Meg recently gave me a gorgeous set of Dominoes. Anyone want to play?
For those who always wanted to learn the rules:

Dominoes may be played by any number of persons from two to ten. I always thought it was just three or four. The game begines by turning all pieces face down (so the 'spots' do not show). The pieces are then shuffled. Players then draw required number of pieces as set out in the rules below. The game begins with the player with the highest double tile. If a double tile has not been drawn by any player then all tiles are returned to the 'pool' and are reshuffled and redealt.

BLOCK GAME
1./ Each player draws 7 tiles from the pool. Player with the highest double starts the play. After that, each player plays alternately until the end of the game. Or the person who one the last round starts first.
2./ Tiles are played one at a time and each tile played must match the end of a piece that does not join any other.
3./ If a layer canot play, the play moves on to the next player. If no one can play, the game is 'blocked'. The player with the lowest number of spots adds to his score the total spots held by each of his opponents. Or you could just consider the round won and start again.
4./ If any one player is able to play his last tile before anyone else, he is declared the winner. The winner's score is determined by counting the number of spots the other players hold.
5./ The game is played to 100 points.

DRAW GAME
The rules for the draw game are the same as the block game, with one exception. When a player cannot play, he must draw from the pool until he can play or until he has drawn all the pieces. If the game becomes blocked an no one is able to play, rule 3 of the block game applies.
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