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Domino – A Game of Skill and Strategy

Domino is a small rectangular block used for gaming. They are sometimes also called bones, cards, men, or pieces. They are normally twice as long as they are wide. One side of the domino bears an arrangement of dots, similar to those on a die, while the other side is blank or identically patterned. Dominoes are usually arranged in sets, with each set being a different size and having its own suit.

A domino is the starting point for a game of skill and strategy, where players try to make a line of dominoes touching each other in sequence. If the exposed ends of all dominoes in the line total any multiple of five, the player scores that number of points. Each player continues to score until one player goes out by placing his last domino.

The underlying principle of most domino games is that the end of each domino must match another, either a previous domino with the same number on its end (touching), or a matching piece in the game of the current hand. The most popular domino is the double-six, a game for two players that requires 28 tiles. When playing with a full double-six set, all the tiles are shuffled and placed face down to form a stock or boneyard; each player draws seven tiles from this stock and places them on-edge, so that they can see their own dominoes but others cannot.

Domino is a game of skill and strategy, where the goal is to score as many points as possible. The most common way to do this is by laying the dominoes end to end so that the numbers (or blanks) on adjacent dominoes match. Each time a domino is laid it triggers a chain reaction in which other dominoes are played, leading to the final score.

There are many games to play with domino, some simple and others more complex. A good place to start is by using a book of domino rules, such as The Great Book of Domino Games by Jennifer A. Kelley. There are many other good books on the subject, including more specialized titles that cover specific types of dominoes and specific games.

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