Dominoes
Dominoes
A traditional tile game played in many different cultures around the world. This entry is for Western Dominoes; the standard set being the 28 "Double Six" tiles. Chinese Dominoes use a 32 tile set with different distributions.
Dominoes is a family of games using the "Western" style tiles. The standard set of tiles is based on the 21 different combinations made with a roll of two six-sided dice. Seven (7) additional "Blank" combination tiles combine with the 21 to form the standard 28 "Double-Six" set. "Double-Nine" (with 55 tiles) and "Double-Twelve" (with 91 tiles) are also popular. "Double-Fifteen" sets with 136 tiles also exist.
There are many different games played with Dominoes. The standard game is known as the Block game. Forms of this game are known in many different areas of the world with similar rules. Puerto Rican Dominoes, Latin Dominoes, and Cuban Dominoes are all forms of the Block game.
Another main variety of Dominoes games are based on the "Fives Family". Five-up, All Fives, Sniff, and Muggins are all part of this family. This variation adds the ends of the dominoes to make a multiple of five for scoring.
Other popular Dominoes games include 42, ChickenFoot, and Mexican Train.
Dominoes is a family of games using the "Western" style tiles. The standard set of tiles is based on the 21 different combinations made with a roll of two six-sided dice. Seven (7) additional "Blank" combination tiles combine with the 21 to form the standard 28 "Double-Six" set. "Double-Nine" (with 55 tiles) and "Double-Twelve" (with 91 tiles) are also popular. "Double-Fifteen" sets with 136 tiles also exist.
There are many different games played with Dominoes. The standard game is known as the Block game. Forms of this game are known in many different areas of the world with similar rules. Puerto Rican Dominoes, Latin Dominoes, and Cuban Dominoes are all forms of the Block game.
Another main variety of Dominoes games are based on the "Fives Family". Five-up, All Fives, Sniff, and Muggins are all part of this family. This variation adds the ends of the dominoes to make a multiple of five for scoring.
Other popular Dominoes games include 42, ChickenFoot, and Mexican Train.
Player Count
2
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10
Playing Time
30
Age
5
Year Released
1500
Designers
(Uncredited)
Publishers
Zontik Games, Woodstock Spiele, Wood Works, Wood Expressions, Wm F. Drueke & Sons, Inc., Wicked Vision, Whitman, Western Publishing Company, Weico Produkte GmbH, Waddingtons, W. D. & H. O. Wills, Vilac, Venture Inc., VEB Plastspielwaren Berlin, The United States Playing Card Company, Unikatoy, Trefl, Thomas Salter Ltd, Tactic, Stokes & Dalton, Spin Master Ltd., Die Spiegelburg, Spear's Games, Soviet Union, Skor-Mor, Simpson Spring Company, Simba Toys, Selecta Spel en Hobby, Schmidt Spiele, Saml. Gabriel Sons and Company, Sababa Toys, Inc., RoseArt, RMS International Ltd., Rite Lite Ltd., Reiss Games, Ravensburger, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Puremco, Pressman Toy Corp., Poptoy, Playskool, Plasticart, Planet Finska, Pin International, Pier 1 Imports, Piatnik, Peter Pan Playthings, Peri Spiele, Pepys (Castell Brothers), Pelikan, Pavilion, Paul Lamond Games Ltd, Parker Brothers, Oriental Trading Company, The Op, Old Holborn, Oetinger Spiele, Noris Spiele, nestorgames, Neroulia, Natural Games, Monkey Pod Games, Milton Bradley, Michael Stanfield, Melissa & Doug, McLoughlin Brothers, Marion Co., Inc., Marigó, Majora, Magnetic Poetry Inc, M & G Pacific Toys, Inc, Lucky Group, Longfield Games, Leaping Dog, Lagoon Games, Klopffleisch, Klee, Kitfix Swallow Group, Kids at Work, Kärnan, K & C Ltd, Jumbo, John Jaques of London, Jaymar Specialty Co., Italocremona, Invicta Games, Inovac Rima SA, House of Marbles, House Martin, Halsam, HABA, H. P. Gibson & Sons, Greenbrier International, Inc., Great American Puzzle Factory, Global Partner, Glevum Games, Ghisò, Galleryplay, Fundex, Front Porch Classics, FridgePlay, Fame Products, F.X. Schmid, Excite Limited, Excalibur Electronics, Estrela, Esso, Enoch Morgans Sons Co., The Embossing Company, Elkloid Company, Editrice Giochi, Editions ATLAS, Early Learning Centre, Dujardin, Dourios, Double Diamond, Dohánytoys, Discovery Toys, Dilemma Games, Deuce, Der Grüne Punkt, danspil, Dal Negro, Daigt, Crisloid, CowoC Inc., Comas, Codeg, Cockburn's Port, Coca-Cola, CHH Games, Chas Goodall & Sons Ltd, Challenge Master Game Co Ltd, Chad Valley Co Ltd., Cayro, the games, Cardinal, Callaway, Built-Rite, Bello Games New York, Inc., Bananagrams, Inc., Bambolino toys, Bag of Bonz, Bacardi Limited, Anton Publications, Alga, AA Lúdica, A M Smith - California Wine Depot, (Unknown), (Public Domain)
Board Game Category
Abstract Strategy, Game System, Video Game Theme
