Blocking Games Intro
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Type of Game: Blocking Game
All of the games in this section have
certain things in common: First, points are scored at the end of each
hand, therefore there is no regard to the end count. Play is aimed,
instead, at blocking your opponent from making a play. The game of
Block and the game of Draw are two of the most simple and basic of all
domino games. Many games are variations of one of these games. In both
of these games, plays are made by matching suits with one of the tiles
in your hand to one of the open ends in the line of play. The object of
the game is to be the first player to domino.
The game of Block and the game of Draw are identical with one exception:
In the game of Draw you draw extra dominoes from the boneyard if you
are unable to make a play. In the game of Block you do not draw extra
dominoes from the boneyard if you are unable to make a play. This seems
to be the most widely used description of the difference between the
game of Block and the game of Draw. However, in some places, the rules
for a game called "Block" are that players draw from the boneyard when
unable to make a play.
The game of Block is also known as Block Dominoes, the Block
Game, and Allies (Block with Partners). The game of Draw also goes by
the names Draw Dominoes, Draw Game, the Draw or Block Game, Block
Dominoes with Buying, and even Domino Big Six, and Double-Six Dominoes.
The game of Doubles is sometimes called Maltese Cross. However,
in all but one place, the rules I found to Maltese Cross did not
contain the rule that makes Doubles a unique game: sometimes tiles
cannot be played until the double of that suit has already been plaved.
For that reason, I have listed these two games separately in this
section.
Because all the games here are basically variations of Block, I
have provided, under the heading "What's unique," details
differentiating these Block games' variations from each other. Unless
otherwise indicated, the following rules apply to each of the games
below:
• One set of double-6 dominoes (28 pieces) is used.
• The dominoes are shuffled, facedown, at the beginning of each hand.
• The object of the game is to be the first player to domino.
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Reprinted with permission of
Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY from GREAT BOOK OF DOMINO GAMES by
Jennifer Kelley, ©1999 by Jennifer Kelley. (The Sterling book is
available as PUREMCO'S GREAT BOOK OF DOMINO GAMES)
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