Fun Facts About Dominoes!

1.  Dominoes are made from different materials like stone, hardwoods, ivory, metals, ceramic clay, frosted glass or even crystal.
2. People have had domino competitions where many others come and watch them play.
3. Domino pieces evolved from dice. That's where the creators got the game piece with dots from.
4. They is a different type of domino piece that people call bones and it is twice as long and twice as wide as regular domino pieces
5. Dominoes were brought to England by French prisoners. 

 

How To Play Dominoes

How To Play Dominoes

During a two player game, each player gets 14 game pieces. They aren't supposed to so which pieces they got to the other player. Player one will start the game by putting down the domino of their choice. If Player one put down a domino with two dots on on half and six on the other half,  player two  has to put  some type of match. By a "match" I mean like connecting a domino with two dots on one half with Player one's domino with two dots on one half. Here is an example of how a finished game should look:

The game will keep repeating itself, unless one player doesn't have a match for the other player's domino. To let the other player know, they knock on the surface that they are playing dominoes on. That means that they are skipping a turn and that the other player can go again. To finish the game one player needs to get rid of all their dominoes. If they do they would win the game.

The History of Dominoes

Dominoes Beginning

The game is believed to have evolved in China, Egypt or Arabia in the 12th century. Dominoes made their way to Europe in the 18th century. The first appearance they made was in Italy. Dominoes then spread to the rest of Europe in the remainder of the 1700s. The oldest known domino set was found in the tomb of the Egyptian King Tutankhamen. Tut lived in ancient Egypt during the 18th dynasty, 1355 B.C. Dominoes that evolved in China weren't just for playing 'Dominoes'. They also used the domino pieces to play Mah Jong. Dominoes spread all around the world and are used to play many different games for children and adults.

What You Need To Know About Dominoes

Here are some of the basic facts about dominoes that anyone interested in playing the game should know:
1. There are usually twenty eight dominoes in one set.
2. During a two player game, each player gets fourteen dominoes.
3. Your goal is to end up not having any dominoes left.
4. Each domino has two sets of numbers with a black line in between each set of dots.
5. During the game, you have to match one set of your dots with another players.  
6. If you do not have a match for the other players domino, you knock on the surface your playing on.
7. There is only one domino piece in the whole set that is blank.
8. During a 4 player game, each player gets seven dominoes.