Dominoes

An old pub game

History

Rules:
Here are the rules for the two basic types of game.
The block game
The draw game

A double-6 game

Variants:
Add-Em-Up 50
All Fives (Five Up)
All Fives and Threes
Allies (= The block game)
All Sevens (= Matador)
All Threes
Bergen
Billiton (= Blind Hughie)
Bingo
Blind Dominoes (= Blind Hughie)
Blind Hughie (suitable for children; mainly luck)
Blind-Man Block (= Blind Hughie)
Block Dominoes with Buying (= The draw game)
Build Up
Concentration
Cross
Cyprus
Domino Big Six (= The draw game)
Domino Pool
Domino Rounce (= 42)
Double Cross (= Maltese Cross)
Double-Header (= Bergen)
Doubles
Double-Six Dominoes (= The draw game)
East Coast Dominoes (= Sniff)
Eighty
Eighty-Eight
Eighty-Four
Five-Up
Flower and Scorpion
Fortress
42 - Strategy
Four-Hand Texas (= 42)
Fours
Kardinal Domino (= Matador)
Latin American Match Dominoes
Malakoff (= Sebastopol)
Maltese Cross
Master Dominoes (= Matador)
Matador
Merry-Go-Round
Moon
Muggins
Nel-O
Network
Nos
Odd Primes
One-Arm Joe
Partnership Dominoes (= Sniff)
Pass
Plunge
Racehorse (= Seven-Toed Pete)
Rummikub
Russian Cross (= Matador)
Russian Dominoes (= Matador)
Sebastopol
Secret Dominoes (= Blind Hughie)
Seven Go (= Seven-Toed Pete)
Sevens
Seven-Toed Pete
Seventy-Nine
Seven-Up (= Matador)
Sniff
Stratego
Stretch
Texas 42 (= 42)
Threes and Fives (= All Fives and Threes)
Tiddle-A-Wink
Tiddly Wink
West Coast Dominoes (= Five-Up)

Variants for non-standard Domino sets:
Nowadays, in addition to the standard double-6 domino sets, there are also double-9, double-12, double-15 and double-18 sets.

A double-9 game

There are also sets of non-rectangular dominoes, and some that contain additional pieces for special purposes.

Triominoes - a modern variant

Chicken Foot
Cuban Dominoes
Fortress
Good Neighbours
Mexican Train - Printable scoresheet
Slosh
Train (basic game)
Trioker (in French)
Triominoes

Oriental Dominoes games:
Kap Tai Shap
Tien Gow (Heaven Nine)
Tiu U

Dominoes for one player:
Baronet
Big Clock
Buccaneer
Castle Rock
Fair Lucy
Five-Up Solitaire
Jubilee
Little Harp (= Patience)
Luzon
Patience
Patience II
Patience III
Patience IV
Polka Dots
Squeeze
Stack
Sultan
Sympathy
Traffic
Twelves (= Polka Dots)

Domino puzzles

Glossary of terms

Bibliography

Play on line:
(with hints on play)
(without hints on play)

Software:
Traditional Dominoes, 42 (PC/on-line) How to play on line
Double 6 (HP 100LX / 200LX Palmtop)
Double 9 (HP 100LX / 200LX Palmtop)
42 (HP 100LX / 200LX Palmtop)
Sniff, Fives and Threes -
  double 6, double 9 (PC/network/on-line)
Fives and Threes (network up to 4 players)
Chicken Foot (PC)
Mexican Train (PC)
Draw, Block, Muggins + 9 others -
  double 6, double 9, double 12, double 15 (PC/network/on-line)
Muggins - double 6, double 9 (Mac)

Equipment:
Western dominoes, Chinese dominoes, Domino cards

Purchase:
Double 6 set
Double 9 set
Double 12 set
Double 15 set
Double 18 set