Dominos
About
The "classic dominos game".
The players alternately extend the line of play with one tile at one of its two ends; if a player is unable to place a valid tile, they must continue drawing tiles from the stock until they are able to place a tile. The game ends when one player wins by playing their last tile, or when the game is blocked because neither player can play
Thoughts
Tim:
1/5 Ugg
1/5 Why Do People Play This? Maybe somewhere there is a version of the rules where this is fun. But after a bit of looking I never found one.
Laura:
1/5
Sure, passes the time fine, but what are these other variations that are more complex? Oh... they're ...not complex, just slightly different? Ah. Okay. I don't think I need to play another round, thanks.
Expanded Thoughts
There are so many variations of Dominoes games it's difficult to make many general statements but the common variations I've seen are:
Draw Dominoes vs Block Dominoes
"It is like Draw, but without the drawing. If you cannot play a tile, you simply pass. You might be amazed at how much this one simple change improves the game. After you draw your tiles, you can actually look at them and formulate a basic strategy for getting them out of your hand, without having to worry about one or more mystery tiles being thrown at you along the way."
8/31/2025