Dominoes is a board game that originated in China in the 12th century. In the 18th century, this game also arrived in Europe, where it acquired its modern look and name. A set of dominoes usually consists of 28 tiles, including 7 doubles (1-1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, 5-5, 6-6 and 0-0) and 21 adjacent dice ( 1-2, 2-3, 4-5, etc.). How to play domino correctly, what is the maximum number of domino players, how many tiles are given at the beginning of the game, how are points calculated and how is the winner determined? More on all this...
Classic rules: how to play dominoes
This board game is played by two to four people. For two players, 7 bones are dealt, for three or four - 5 each. The one who has a double 6-6 in his hands starts the game, he puts this bone, the rest attach 6-1, 6-2, 6- to it 3, 6-4 or 6-5. If at the beginning of the game none of the players got a double 6-6, then the game can be started with other doubles (5-5, 4-4, etc.). And if no one got a double at all, then they start the game with a domino with a large value, for example 6-5. During the game, it is necessary to lay out the playing bones according to the following principle: for example, a dice that has 5: 5-3 can be attached to a double 5-5, for example, a domino having 5 and a bone with 3. If a player does not have a suitable bone, then he takes it from those that remained unplayed, or skips a move. But you can not skip a move if there is at least one suitable bone in your hands. The game continues until one of the players places his last dice on the table. The winner is credited with the sum of the points of all the losers. Points are calculated according to the values of dominoes remaining in the hands of other players (for example: 4-1=5 points, 3-6=9 points, 2-5=7 points). It is worth noting that 0-0 assigns 25 points to the contestant. Also, the game may end when the players still have dice, but there is nothing to put on the table. This situation is called "fish" and here the winner is the one with the fewest points. He is recorded the difference in the points of the losers. The game ends when one of the players scores a predetermined amount of points, for example, 100.
The above rules tell how to play dominoes in its traditional form. But besides this, there are other varieties of the game of dominoes.
"Goat"
The most popular variation of the game of dominoes is called "Goat". Most often it is played by four, two by two, but it can be played by three or two. The game is divided into rounds. Everyone is given 7 dominoes in their hands, if less than 4 players play, then the remaining dominoes form a "bazaar". If the player comes across five or more doubles, then the bones are re-dealt. The game begins with the one who has the smallest double in his hands, i.e. 1-1 when playing with four or another smallest double if there are two or three players. The move must begin with this smaller double. The game moves clockwise, each subsequent player must place a dice, the value of which matches the last dice laid out on the table at the point of contact (see the rules of the traditional domino game). The bazaar is approached by the player whose turn it is to go, but he does not have the necessary dominoes. He hunts them down until he finds the right one. After the end of each round, scores are calculated. Losing players record on their account the amount of dominoes remaining in their hands. But you can open an account only if you have at least 13 points on hand. The player who scores 101 points or more first is considered the loser and receives the title of "Goat". You can also play "goat" two on two, i.e. unite in teams.
Learning how to play classic goat domino is not as difficult as it might seem. All you need to do is to read in detail the rules of the game for beginners that are written here. The instructions with the rules are illustrated with photo examples, so the rules are much easier to understand. After reading this article, you will not have a question How to play table dominoes?
How many bones should be in a set of dominoes
The number of bones in one set of dominoes must be 28 pieces. There are more bones in Chinese dominoes, and in a classic domino there are exactly 28 pieces in a box. By the way, many mistakenly ask how many chips, dominoes are in the set, correctly call bones, stones or just dominoes.
These are paired dice with the same number of points on both sides, in a set of 28 double dice there should be 7 pieces: 0-0, 1-1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, 5-5, 6-6. 
How many doubles in dominoes - 7 pieces.
How to play domino goat
We figured out what doubles are in dominoes and how many bones should be in total to play Goat (28 pieces). We proceed directly to how to play domino goat.
1
Mixing the bones
We pour the bones on the table so that the points (points) on the bones are not visible. We mix the bones well, now this pile of stones is called the "Bazaar".
2 We take dominoes
Then the players take turns taking the bones from the Bazaar, you need to take them so that other players do not see the numbers (dots) on your dominoes.
How many dominoes to distribute per player?
Depends on how many people will play, a maximum of 4 players is possible.
- 2 players - take 7 dice each;
- 3–4 players - take 5 dice each;
The bazaar is closed extra dominoes that remained after all the players picked up dominoes. When there is nothing to walk with, players from the Bazaar get dominoes.
After everyone has picked up the dominoes, the game begins.
3 First move
The first stone is placed in the center of the table by the player who has the double with the lowest score in hand, 0–0, 1–1, 2–2, and so on. If no one has doubles, a simple die with a lower score is played, such as 0-1, 0-2, and so on. In the example, for two players, the smallest bone behind the number of points turned out to be 2-2. 
4 Second move
After the first player, the others place their dice in turn. If a player has several options for walking dominoes, for example, 2-6 and 2-3, he decides which dice to place. In the example, the second player looked like a stone 2-6. 
5
What to do when there is nothing to walk?
It's your turn to put the dice on the table, and you don't have the right domino in your hand. Then the player looks for suitable dominoes in the Bazaar. Each open stone from the "Bazaar" the player takes into his hand.
5 End game
The game ends when one of the players runs out of dice or when a "Fish" is obtained. All other players with dice in their hands begin to count points.
Scoring
Before the start of the game, the players agree on how many points they will play dominoes, for example, 300 points. This means that the one who scores the first 300 points wins. After each game played, the winner gets points from the stones that were left in the hands of the losing players.
Which bone gives how many points?
- Empty or empty-empty (0–0) - count as 25 points;
- Bone 6–6 - count as 50 points;
- All other stones give how many points, how many points on them. For example, a dice 1-4 is 5 points, a dice 6-4 is 10 points, a dice 3-5 is 8 points, and so on.
What does the domino fish mean?
Sometimes in dominoes there is such a situation that none of the players has a stone in their hands that can be placed to continue the game and the Bazaar has run out of bones for selection, such a situation called the Domino Fish.
What is empty and empty is empty in dominoes?
Zero, empty, empty, bald, naked, this is the name of the 0-0 stone, this is a bone on which there are no points (points).
Domino goat rules
If we talk about board games that have received universal approval and recognition, then dominoes are among the first. Of course, dominoes have become very widespread in the territory of the former USSR, as a game for everyone. Despite its origins and simple rules, dominoes are one of the most beloved and easy to play classic board games.
Oddly enough, the most common type of domino game in Russia is not the classic domino, but the "goat" domino.
The rules of the goat domino game are somewhat different from the usual ones. About them and will be discussed further.
As in the main dominoes, there are 7 doubles in the “goat” of 28 bones with numbers from 0 to 6, there is a bazaar from which players collect bones if there is no suitable one in their hands. If you are familiar with the principle of playing dominoes, then you will quickly understand everything.
In goat dominoes, the first player to go is not with a big double, as in usual dominoes, but with a 1:1 double. Only then are doubles played from 2:2 to 6:6. If there are no such doubles, the double goes 0:0. If the players do not have doubles in their hands, then the move starts with the highest knuckle, for example, 5:6, etc.
At the beginning of the round, even with the number of players - 4, all players take not 5, but 7 bones "closed" from the "bazaar". The bazaar is all the bones that were not taken, which lie with the values down (they are not visible). The rules for taking bones from the market are the same as in the classic dominoes.
The game of domino "goat" can end if one of the people left, that is, played all the bones from his hand, or someone made a fish - a situation in which further play is impossible. A fish is a situation where each end of the domino line ends with the same number, for example, 1. At the same time, there are no bones with units left on the hands.
If there was a fish, then the rules of the goat domino game prescribe to count the points separately for each player, just as in the classic domino.
Domino goat scoring is very interesting. Instead of just adding all the values, proceed as follows. If the player has less than 12 points, for example, 9, then they are written with a + sign. The + sign means that if the player wins the next round, i.e. "out", those points will disappear.
The winner of the domino "goat" is the player who scored the least number of points according to the results of 5, 10 or 15 games.
Now that you know the rules of the goat domino game.
Number of players: two to four.
Purpose of the game: score as much as possible less points. The side that scores more than 100 (300, 500) points loses.
At the beginning of each hand, players receive seven stones. A raffle takes place, consisting in the alternate laying out of stones. The surrender ends when one of the players does not have a single stone left in their hands, or after the "fish" (the impossibility of continuing the game, since there are no stones to move).
The first move in the game is made by the player who has the stone 1:1.
The first move in the deal is made by the partner of the one who won the previous deal, or who placed the "fish". The move is made to any double (however, the move to 0:0 or 6:6 is optional - see "Scoring"), in the absence of a double - to any other stone.
The transition is clockwise. A move is considered to be the placement of a stone on the playing field next to the previously established one, which has a "free" field, numerically equal to one of the fields of the move stone. In the absence of the desired (possible) stone, the player "knocks" - skips the move. "Fish" is a situation in which no player has a single stone to move in the presence of stones in all players.
If there are 5 doubles (or more) on one hand, a retake occurs.
At the end of the pass, points are calculated. Points - the sum of the values of the fields of stones remaining by the end of the round is the points scored in this round.
Scoring
Standard end of the round
The points of the losers are summed up, the points of the partner of the finisher are not taken into account.Fish
A situation where a move is not possible. In the case of fish, the sum of points on each line is determined. All points are recorded by those who have this amount more.If the sums are equal, all points go to the next round, and are added to the points of the losers in the next deal.
Special dice 6:6 and 0:0
In the case of the first move at 6:6 or at 0:0, the losers additionally score 50 or 25 points, respectively (therefore, with these doubles, the first move in the deal is not obligatory).If at the end of the hand there is one stone left on the hand, then if this stone is 6:6, it is worth 50 points. If it is 0:0 - 25 points.
Completion with a 6:6 stone adds +50 points to the losers, a 0:0 stone adds +25 points to the losers.
conventions
Bonuses for 6:6 and 0:0
Options: Yes/No. Are bonuses used for these doubles for scoring the deal (50 and 25 respectively).Rule 13
Options: Yes/No. Does Rule 13 apply? Rule 13 means that the record in a game is opened only after a score of 13 or more points in one board. Once the player (pair) has the first record, there is no more limit of 13, and all points scored are recorded in the following hands. "Unrecorded" points accumulate and can be summed up if the same side wins. For example, a situation is possible when a side received 5, 3, 10 points (in three deals), while there is nothing in the record. If 15 points are scored in the fourth hand, then 33 will be recorded immediately.When playing without Rule 13, all points scored are immediately recorded.
Fish full
Options: Yes/No.Yes - all points are recorded by the loser
No - if the "fishermen" won, the opponents record only their points, if they lose, all points are recorded by the fishermen.
First double move
Options: Yes/No. Is it necessary to make the first move in double.Double on both sides
Is it allowed to move with two doubles at the same time (attached from different ends of the "sausage"). Options: yes/no.No, we can no longer hear joyful cries from our yards: "Double! Fish!" Bones do not knock on the table, and the "goats" are no longer the same. But, surprisingly, dominoes still live, only its habitat is a computer. How to play dominoes with him? Yes, pretty much the same as before...
Domino. Definition
This is a logic game where they build a sequential chain of knuckles ("bones", "stones") that touch each other in halves with the same number of dots (points).
Bones
A domino is a rectangular tile with the correct geometry - its length is equal to the width multiplied by two. That is, these are two connected squares, on each of which dots (points) are drawn: from zero to six. It's a kind of flat reincarnation
There are twenty-eight stones in a typical set of dominoes. It is made up of combinations with repetitions of two to seven numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). But there are special sets in which there are points up to nine or more on the knuckles. In general, the number of dice in a set is calculated as (n+1) x (n+2) : 2, where n is the highest number of points. That is, for a common set, the formula looks like this: (6 + 1) x (6 + 2) : 2 = 28.
They make bones from simple or ivory (hence the name), metal, plastic, wood.
History of dominoes
From India and China in the eighteenth century, the game was brought to Italy. It changed a little and took root very firmly in the monasteries, where it was forbidden to play card games, so the monk Domino invented this game (legend).
There is another option because of the white dots on a black background, the game began to be called dominoes, as
From lyrical reasoning, let's move on to practice and figure out how to play dominoes.
General rules
Two, three or four people can play. The rules of playing dominoes for two differ in that each player receives seven dice in his hands, if there are more players - five.
The remaining bones (points down) are set aside - this is the "reserve" or "bazaar". They turn to him when there is no necessary element for the move on hand.
The player who has the smallest double (tile with the same points 0-0, 1-1, 2-2, etc.) starts the game. If no one has it, then they look for the bone with the smallest value, for example, 0-1 or 1-2.
They walk in clockwise order. The player does not have the right to skip a move or go to the "bazaar" if he has a stone corresponding to the layout in his hands. Only one dice can be placed per move. They pass the move, "knock" if the stones of the "bazaar" are over, but there is no one needed.
The end of the game round comes when one player runs out of all the dice - he leaves. The rest count the points from the remaining stones in their hands.
"Fish" - a situation in which everyone still has stones, but there are no more moves - blocking the game. It happens when all combinations of combinations of one number are laid out, for example 5, that is, the bones 5-4, 5-0, 3-5, 5-2, 5-5 are already on the table, and one end of the chain ends with a stone 5-1, and on the second player put a stone 6-5. In such a situation, the person who placed the last bone, "fish" (6-5), is called "fisherman". All points of the participants in the game are recorded on the account of the "fisherman". He starts the next round. They play up to the number of points agreed at the beginning one hundred, one hundred one, one hundred twenty five, two hundred.
These are the general rules of the game of dominoes. It is very flexible, so there are many varieties. And by and large, each company that lays bones on the table creates its own individual game, with its own private rules. But there are also individual modifications that have firmly taken root in our country, for example, the "goat".
How to play dominoes in Goat
Since the main points remain unchanged (the number of players, knuckles, the beginning of the move, etc.), we list only the distinctive ones:
- the last stone from the "bazaar" is not taken away;
- the next round is started by the player who entered this round, or "fisherman";
- you can start recording points for yourself only with twenty-five scored at a time;
- if after the "fish" the players have the same number of points in their hands - "eggs", these points will be added to the loser in the next round;
- loses the one who scored one hundred and twenty-five points or more, he is a "goat".
"Sea goat"
This is a more complex, active, but very popular variety of the game. If there are four players, then they play in pairs (team) diagonally.
Let's clarify how to play Sea Goat dominoes:
- the winner in any round writes down all the points of the losers;
- if a player has duplicates for both dice placement rounds, he can place them in one move;
- the one who first began to record points for himself can start any round with a double of six or six, and if he himself wins this round - "by a hundred", then he will win the whole game, and if he loses with twenty-five points or more, he will lose;
- ending the con with a double zero-zero - the winner, such a draw is called a "bald goat";
- if the last double is six or six, then the player is also considered the winner, provided that at least one loser has twenty-five points or more left in his hands, if not, then his next “one hundred” bet is mandatory;
- if only zero-zero bone is left on the hands - this is twenty-five points, only six-six - this is fifty points, only zero-zero and six-six - seventy-five points;
- if the "fisherman" has fewer stones than twenty-five points, and the opponent has more, then in this round the "fisherman" wins, and his next draw is "one hundred";
- if after three attempts the "eggs" were not played, that is, they did not start the next round with doubles from one-one to three-three, these "eggs" were "rotten";
- if in a doubles game one comes out victorious against a pair of rivals, he is a "general".
As you may have noticed, the differences in the rules of the games are very subtle, and you can choose how to play dominoes yourself. There are also "sports dominoes", FSC, "donkey", "telephone", "muggins", "general", "sausage" and many, many others... By and large, each assembled company decides how to play dominoes. The rules are very detailed and detailed. Sometimes they are even recorded before the game.
Playing dominoes with computer
Now, basically, they play dominoes with a computer (for two), over a network, over the Internet. If you decide to play "Goat" online, then any option is possible in terms of the number of players, these can be simulated people or real netizens.
Each developer puts their own patterns of play and scoring into the version of the game, so be on the lookout.
It is convenient to play with the computer, because the distribution of the dice and, most importantly, the scoring takes place automatically, you do not need to puzzle over who gets how much in such castling. But you must understand the principle of the program from the rules, which are usually described in detail in a special section, so as not to get into a mess.
Winning Rules
How to play dominoes to win? In any version of the game, there are tactics, combinations, sequences of actions in which the win will be more achievable and real. Consider some of them for varieties of "Goats":
- always carefully observe and remember the moves of opponents, who put what dice where, this will give you an idea of the set of dice and make your opponents more predictable for you;
- if you play in pairs (online), decide who is the leader and who is the follower, and stick to this alignment of forces throughout the game;
- you have found a "fish" place, if opponents often skip moves or with the same number of dice they play with the same denomination, for example, only large ones, it is worth the risk.
Dominoes are very popular now, especially on the web. Many resources offer you to play for free and even without registering on their website. This exciting game develops logic and attention, take the time to practice it and...
