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Once the winning piece is placed on the chain, the game is over and the players expose their remaining pieces to be counted in the scoring. No further plays can be made by any of the players. It is possible for the game to reach a dead end, where all play is blocked and no tiles may be played.

This outcome is called a blocked or jammed game. In this case, the end of the game is determined when the boneyard is empty and all players pass consecutively i.

To determine the winner, all tiles held by players must be exposed and counted. The player with the least number of pips on the dominoes still held is declared the winner. If there are no more tiles left in the boneyard, that player must pass.

When placing tiles on the chain, doubles are placed crosswise so that the end of the chain touches the side of the double. If a tile is played that is not a double, the matching end of the tile is placed adjacent to the end of the chain to which it matches, with the domino placed in a lengthwise fashion. Scoring When summing the ends of the chain, a blank counts as zero points.

Any double which is exposed sideways on the end of the chain is scored counting both ends of the domino. For example, if one end of the chain has a double four and the other end has a two, the score is eight 8 for the double four and two 2 for the two giving a total of ten 10 points. Once the hand is over, the dominoes held by the other players are totalled and rounded off to the nearest multiple of five 5. This total is added to the winning player or team's match score.

If the hand was blocked or jammed, the total does not include the number of points held by the jamming player. Check back often for events or to find a local domino club!

Domino Basics. Custom Dominoes Domino Cases. Your Name on Your Game! The American Domino Co. Stay in touch. There are also dominoes made from paper cardstock similar to playing cards. Dominoes are generally either made of white material with black dots, or dark material with white dots. Some sets use color dots one color per suit to make it easier to make matches - just connect the colors. There are even some dominoes which use numbers instead of dots, making it still-easier to make matches.

Still other sets use pictures of objects, such as animals, flowers, or food instead of dots or numbers. These sets are especially popular with children. The remaining dominoes are left in the middle of the table as the stock usually called the boneyard.

The Start. The dominoes are ritually shuffled face down in circles with the flat of the hand — producing a sound that has been familiar down the centuries. Players: Two, three or four may play the game of Dominoes. If four are playing the game, it may be played as a partnership the two players sitting opposite one another are partners. Spinners are small brass rivets on the middle of the dominoes. It allows them to spin on a table, but can also damage the finish on the table.

The basis of most domino games is to lay down a domino next to another domino so that the numbers or blanks on adjacent dominoes match each other.