Dominoes Club

FREEDominoClubappletsyouplaydominoonlineonAndroidphonesandtableswithhundredsofrealdominoplayersusingacentralinternetdominoserveratGameClubUSA.com.Playdominoes,chat,competeandimproveyourskillsandrating!PlayDominoappoffers3versionsofonlinedominoes:1.Five-up(alsoreferredtoasMugginsorAllFives)2.Draw(oropenvariation)3.Block(orclosedvariation)Dominoesisa2-playergameofskillusing28dominoswhereeachplayergets7or9dominosatstart.Thegoalindominosistobethefirsttogettheagreed-uponnumberofpoints(100-500).Five-UpVariationInFive-Up,pointsarescoredduringtheplaybymakingtheexposedendsofthedominochaintotaltoamultipleoffive.Thewinnerattheendofeachhandalsoscorespointsforallthepipsremainingintheotherplayer'shand.Playerscanselect7-boneor9-bonehandvariations.Atthebeginningofadominoesgame,thehandsaredealtbyrandomshufflingoftilesanddistributing7or9tiles(alsocalledbonesordominoes)toeachplayer.Theremainingdominoesareplacedintheboneyardtobedrawnfrombyaplayerwhenatilecannotbeplayedfromhishand.Ifthisisthefirsthandofagame,theplayerwithdoublesixmustplayitfirst(alsoseeoptionsbelow-random1sthand).Ifnoonehasthedoublesix,thecallgoesoutfordoublefive,thendoublefour,andsoonuntiloneoftheplayerscanproducethecalledfortile.Playersthentaketurns.Insubsequenthands,thewinneroftheprevioushandstartsthenextgame.Thefirstplayertouseallofowntileswinsthehandinagame.Oncethewinningpieceisplacedonthechain,thehandisoverandtheplayersexposetheirremainingpiecestobecountedinthescoring.Nofurtherplayscanbemadebyanyoftheplayers.Itispossibleforthegametoreachadeadend,whereallplayisblockedandnotilesmaybeplayed.Thisoutcomeiscalledablockedorjammedgame.Ifaplayerdoesnothaveanytileswhichhaveanumberofpipsthatmatchesoneoftheexposedendsofthechain,thatplayermustdrawfromtheboneyardonetileatatimeuntilhe/shedrawsonewhichmaybeplayed.DrawVariationAsopposedtoFive-Upvariationabove,pointsarenotawardedduringplayformakingmultiplesoffive.Pointsareawardedonlyattheendofeachhand.Eachplayertriestomatchthepipsononeendofatilefromhis/herhandwiththepipsonanopenendofanytileinthechain.Ifaplayerisunabletomatchatilefromhis/herhandwithatileinthechain,theplayerpasseshis/herturn.Eachplayermayplayonlyonetileperturn.Ifaplayercannotmatchatilewithoneinthechain,he/shemustdrawfromtheboneyarduntilthetilethatcanbeplayedisdrawn.Iftherearenotilesleftintheboneyard,theplayerpasseshis/herturn.Thefirstplayertogetridofalldominoeswinsthehand.Ifnoneoftheplayerscanmakeaplay,thegameendsinablock.Ifahandendsinablock,theplayersturnthetilesintheirhandsface-upforcounting.Theplayerwiththelowesttotalwinsthehandandearnsthepoints(1pointperpip)ofallthetilesleftremaininginhisopponent'shand.Theplayerwhofirstreachestheagreed-uponnumberofpoints(100-500)ormoreistheoverallwinner.BlockVariationThisissimilartoDrawvariationabove,exceptnoplayercandrawfromaboneyard.Ifnoneoftheplayerscanmakeaplay,thehandendsinablock.Theplayersturnthetilesintheirhandsface-upforcounting.Theplayerwiththelowesttotalwinsthehandandearnsthepoints(1pointperpip)ofallthetilesleftremaininginhisopponent'shand.Theplayerwhofirstreachesthefinalnumberofpoints(100-500)ormoreistheoverallwinner.Asthisisaninternetdominogame,Internetconnectionisrequired.WIFIconnectionisnotnecessary-willplaywellwith3Gconnection.DominoClubautomaticallyreconnectsifconnectionislost.