Games

Dominoes

Draw dominoes with the double-six set on a cloth table, for two to four players: lay your bones end to end so that the numbers match, and be the first to empty your hand. A player who cannot follow draws from the boneyard; when nobody can move, the lightest hand takes the round. The winner scores the pips left in the other hands, and the rounds go on to 50, 100 or 150 points. The line turns the corners of the table by itself. Play the computer at five levels - the strongest plays the round out in its head over many deals of the bones it cannot see - or watch a demo game.

By Mykhailo Makarov

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What happens

Seven bones each from the double-six set; the rest is the boneyard. The highest double leads the first round, the winner of a round the next. In turn each player adds a bone to either end of the line, matching its number; a double lies across. A player who cannot follow draws until a bone fits, or passes when the boneyard is empty. The round ends when a hand is empty or nobody can move: the winner - out, or with the fewest pips when blocked - scores the pips in the other hands (less his own when blocked). The first to the target score wins.

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Click a bone of your hand to play it; if it fits both ends, click the end. The right mouse button turns the view, the wheel zooms.

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