Publisher's Synopsis
Dominoes
There are a variety of types of domino sets in use all over the world and a great number of games that can be played with them. Following are the rules for the two most commonly played games in the West - the "standard" or "Block" game and the "Draw" game. The instructions describe the games played with the standard or "double-six" domino set comprising 28 tiles, but both games can be played with a double-nine or a double-twelve set. In British pubs, these are also the most common games which are often played by four players as two sets of partners sitting opposite each other. The dominoes are ritually shuffled face down in circles with the flat of the hand - producing a sound that has been familiar down the centuries. Each player draws 6 dominoes and places them so that the other players can't see their value. The traditional English pub method of doing this is face down in two rows of three so that all six can be picked up with both hands, looked at and returned leaving the other hand free for the equally important business of drinking a pint. Beginners can just place them on their edge in a row facing them. Remaining dominoes are termed "sleeping" tiles. The first person to play is that person holding the double-six, or failing that the double-five and so on. The tile played must be the double tile that permitted the player to take the first turn. If none of the players hold a double, then the tiles are reshuffled and re-drawn. Get a copy now
