The Game of Dominoes - A Collection of Historical Articles on the Rules and Strategies of Dominoes
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INTRODUCTION
The game of Dominoes is played in one form or another in most of the countries of the world. It is a most fascinating game, the origin of which has never been definitely determined. Although it has been widely claimed to have come originally from China, this has no foundation in fact; and the modern version of the game has been traced only to Italy, where it was played in the early Eighteenth Century and found great popularity as a pastime for the idle courtiers of Venice and Naples. In recent years it has become very popular in the United States. Each day more followers are added to the fold, and the pastime has found its way into many homes and most of the social clubs throughout the Nation. Many persons have passed up the pleasure of playing this grand game, because they think it is hard to learn. You may be assured this is not so. With a little practice and some study, all of the apparent difficulties will fade away. Anyone with a grammar school education, who can multiply, add, and subtract, can play the game as well as the next fellow. There is nothing complicated in these pages, if you will simply pay close attention and follow the instructions carefully. You can be well on your way in an evening or two, and you will find what many thousands have already discovered—that the time was well spent!
First, let’s learn to talk the Domino players’ language—here are a few terms with which you should be familiar:
SPOTS: The spots on the Dominoes (12 spots on the double 6; 7 on the 6-1).
DISCARD: The discard pile consists of the dominoes remaining after the players have drawn their dominoes; sometimes called the boneyard.
DOUBLE: or Spinner.
A double is a domino with but a single number; the double 3 is the 3-3; double 4, 4-4, etc.
SET: The set is the opening play of the hand, that is, the first domino set (played) on the board.
To GO OUT
: To domino. The first player to dispose of all his dominoes, goes out first, or dominoes.
There are many different games of dominoes, but if one learns the popular Five Game
he can master the others very quickly. In the Five Game
you draw five dominoes and play off all doubles. In this booklet, we shall not refer to any game but this. If you should happen to get into any trouble, or if something is not quite clear to you, don’t hesitate to call up one of your domino-playing friends and get all the information you want. Try to induce one of your family, or one of your friends, who knows as little about the game as you do, to get in and learn it with you.
There is lots of real fun ahead, so here goes.
VICTOR F. PALMER
THE GAME OF DOMINOES
The game can be played by two, three, or four persons. The two and three-handed games are played as singles. The four-handed game is played as doubles in which the players pair off as partners; however, the four-handed game can also be played as singles, in which each player plays for himself. The latter game is not recommended. The two-handed and the partnership games are the most interesting and the most popular. In all cases the basic playing procedure is the same; and the following rules apply:
THE RULES AND PROPER PROCEDURE
1. All of the dominoes are placed face down on the table and shuffled (mixed up).
2. Each player draws a domino and shows it to his opponent.
3. The player drawing the highest domino wins the set, that is, plays first. If the draw is a tie, the players draw again.
4. The player losing the draw now shuffles the dominoes and the player winning the set draws five dominoes, after which his opponent selects his five dominoes. The player who is not going to set always shuffles the dominoes for the setter. In a three or four-handed game the player who last set, shuffles for the next person and the set rotates to the left. The player setting draws his five dominoes and then each player to his left in turn draws five dominoes.
5. The remaining dominoes now become the discard pile and are placed to the right of the player setting first. This is done so the players can keep track of the set. The player losing the game has the first set next game.
6. When a player cannot play (has no domino in his hand which will play), he draws from the discard pile until he gets one that can be played.
7. After the game has started, if a player overdraws—takes one or more dominoes when he has one in his hand that could be played—he announces that he has overdrawn. The penalty for overdrawing is 5 points—the player overdrawing goes back 5 points. In selecting his hand, if a player draws more than five dominoes, he keeps the dominoes drawn without penalty.
8. The player who goes out first (having played all his dominoes first) gets the count left in his opponent’s hand. The dominoes left in the hand are added up and points are figured by the nearest multiple of five. For example, 7 would be one point (nearest multiple of 5 is 5 or one point); 12 would be 2 points (nearest multiple of 5 would be 10 or 2 points); 18 would be 4 points; 27—5, and so on.
In a four-handed game, when one player dominoes, his partner automatically goes out too, and the dominoes left in both opponents’ hands are added together.
9. Game is 61 points.
10. The last hand must be played out. In other words, the player or players scoring 61 points first might not necessarily win the game; players continue to play the last hand out.
11. If both players, or both sides in partnership score 61 points or more and finish even, the game is played on until one or the other wins.
12. If a domino is exposed in