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	Chinese Dominoes - Domino-Games.com
		Chinese Dominoes are used in several tile-based games, namely, Tien Gow, Pai Gow, Gwat Pai, Che Deng, Tiu U, and Kap Tai Shap.
		Chinese dominoes should not be confused with mahjong tiles, which use a different tileset.
		Each tile pattern in the Chinese domino set is made up of the outcome of a throw of two six-sided dice.
	www.domino-games.com /domino-rules/chinese-dominoes.html (0 words)

	Chinese dominoes - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Chinese dominoes are used in several tile-based games, namely, Tien Gow, Pai Gow, Gwat Pai, Che Deng, Tiu U, Kap Tai Shap.
		Chinese dominoes should not be confused with mahjong tiles, which use a different tileset.
		Each tile pattern in the Chinese domino set is made up of the outcome of a throw of two six-sided dice.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Chinese_dominoes (496 words)

	Chinese Dominoes \| Domino Games
		Dominoes are small tiles originally made of bone or ivory with inset "pips" (dots) made of ebony to signify the value of each tile.
		Dominoes were brought to Italy in the 18th century where they became very popular in bars and pubs and the trend later spread throughout the rest of Europe.
		Chinese dominoes are used as a base for the tile set in the game "Mah-Jong" which is quite popular in the United States.
	www.chinesepokerfaq.com /domino (172 words)

	Dominoes online puzzle and logic game
		Chinese dominoes are longer than Western ones and are divided into two types and were originally carved from bone or ivory with the indented pips made of ebony.
		Each Chinese tile represents one of the twenty-one different permutations of throwing two cubic dice although there are a total of thirty-two tiles since certain dominoes are duplicated.
		Dominoes were apparently unknown in Europe until the 18th century and may have been invented in their modern form in Italy.
	www.ababasoft.com /flash_games/dominoes.html (2071 words)

	Dominoes Online. Domino the classic game
		Dominoes (or "dominos") generally refers to the individual or collective gaming pieces making up a domino set (sometimes called a deck or pack) or to the games played with these pieces.
		Standard domino sets have ends ranging from zero spots to six spots (double six set), but specialized sets might range from zero to nine (double nine set), zero to twelve (double twelve set), zero to fifteen (double fifteen set), or zero to eighteen (double eighteen set).
		Dominoes were apparently unknown in Europe until the 18th century and may have been invented in their modern form in Italy.
	www.checkers.ws /board_games/dominoes_game/dominoes_online.htm (1433 words)

	Chinese Dominoes
		Chinese dominoes are distinct from the common set of Western dominoes in various ways.
		The Chinese variations place high importance in the total amount of pips; sum is not relevant to the amount on separate halves of the tile in many Western domino games.
		They are shuffled in the same way as Western dominoes, however, Western dominoes are spread loosely on the top of the table in a boneyard, Chinese version creates a woodpile by piling consecutive dominoes in an altitude that may differ each game.
	www.japaneseonlinecasino.com /Chinese-Dominoes.html (0 words)

	Dominoes (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Chinese dominoes are longer than Western ones and are divided into two types and were originally carved from bone or ivory with the indented pips made of ebony.
		Each Chinese tile represents one of the twenty-one different permutations of throwing two cubic dice although there are a total of thirty-two tiles since certain dominoes are duplicated.
		European dominoes are shorter than Chinese ones and there is a single tile for each permutation of the throw of two dice or a blank making a total of twenty-eight tiles.
	home.ptd.net /~berners/Dominoes.html (247 words)

	Dominos (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The player to the left of the player who lead the double 6 plays any domino in their hand with a 6 on it on one of the four sides of the double 6 with the played domino's 6 against a free side of the double 6.
		Dominoes were apparently unknown in Europe until the 18th century and may have been invented in their modern form in Dominican Republic.
		Chinese dominoes do not have blanks, but some whole tiles are duplicated.
	www.luxurywoodproducts.com /dominos.htm (3426 words)

	Dominoes - Online Guide
		Chinese dominoes are longer than Western ones and are divided into two types and were originally carved from bone or ivory with the indented pips made of ebony.
		Each Chinese tile represents one of the twenty-one different permutations of throwing two cubic dice although there are a total of thirty-two tiles since certain dominoes are duplicated.
		European dominoes are shorter than Chinese ones and there is a single tile for each permutation of the throw of two dice or a blank making a total of twenty-eight tiles.
	www.tradgames.org.uk /games/Dominoes.htm (0 words)

	Chinese Origin Of Playing Cards
		These are the names of two old Chinese gambling games, the first of which was in vogue as early as the third century of our era, while the second was at the height of its popularity about the tenth.
		A domino is, of course, nothing but a pair of dice placed side by side (whence the mark across its face), and the number of possible combinations of two dice is 6.7/1.2, or 21.
		The Chinese dominoes have the emblematic names just as the tarots have, and in their pasteboard form constantly are ornamented besides with full-length figures of men and women.
	gamesmuseum.uwaterloo.ca /Archives/Wilkinson/Wilkinson.html (4146 words)

	Chinese Dominoes
		Chinese dominoes are different from the usual set of Western dominoes in many ways.
		Chinese dominoes are longer and narrower than the "double square" shape in European sets.
		They are mixed in the same manner as Western dominoes, but while Western games leave the tiles loosely spread on the table top in a boneyard, Chinese games build a woodpile by stacking the dominoes in a row to a height which varies from game to game.
	www.gamecabinet.com /rules/DominoChineseIntro.html (0 words)

	Dominoes Forums History of Dominoes
		The history of Dominoes is shrouded in mystery, although there are definite signs that it existed as far back as 1120 AD in China, but some historians claim to have found evidence linking the original game back to 181 - 234 CE, in scriptures about a popular Chinese soldier by the name of Hung Ming.
		In addition to the Chinese connection it seems that a Western version appeared much later although it is not mentioned in the history books prior to the 18th century (first played in France and Italy before spreading to other European countries).
		The winner is the first player to "lay" all of their dominoes, although in the event that all players cannot "lay", the winner is the one with the least cumulative number of "dots" on their remaining dominoes.
	www.dominoesforums.com /view.php?pg=history-of-dominoes (0 words)

	Buy Double Twelve Dominoes
		Dominoes are whilte composition tiles with coloured spots at 10mm thick.
		Although domino tiles are clearly of Chinese inheritance, there is debate over whether the game played by Europeans was brought by the Chinese to Europe in the fourteenth century or, in fact, was invented independently.
		The word "Domino" is French for a fl and white hood worn by Christian priests in winter and that is probably from where the name of the game derives.
	www.mastersgames.com /cat/table/dominoes-twelve.htm (565 words)

	Dominoes at AllExperts
		Dominoes have been made of bone, ivory, plastic, metal and wood, and occasionally are made of cardstock like that for playing cards.
		Dominoes were apparently unknown in Europe until the 18th century and may have been invented in their modern form in Dominican Republic.
		Domino Trains is a simple game, which can utilize any of the five domino sets, although the larger sets significantly increase the length of the game.
	en.allexperts.com /e/d/do/dominoes.htm (4328 words)

	Chinese Checkers - Great chinese checkers selection!
		Chinese Checkers was invented in Germany in (1892) and it's an descendant from the game of Halma (1883).
		Chinese Checkers is not from China and it has nothing at all to do with the game Checkers....
		In Chinese Checkers, which can be played by 2, 3, 4 or 6 people, each person starts with a set of uniquely coloured pieces in the point of one of the stars.
	www.directsource-games.com /chinesecheckers.html (0 words)

	Chinese Dominoes
		However, the Chinese dominoes have a much stronger relationship, and use the same names for both dominoes and corresponding throws on two dice.
		According to Andrew Lo, the earliest extant manual on dominoes is by Qu You (1347-1433) who wrote the "Xuanhe paipu" (manual of dominoes in the Xuanhe period 1119-1125).
		Even if these and various other references to domino playing in the 12th century are not to be trusted, they must certainly have been in use well before the early 15th century, when the first of these books was written.
	www.pagat.com /tile/cdom/general.html (0 words)

	Domino Plaza
		Domino is not a very old game when compared with chess, mancalah and draughts, but is still several centuries old and there is a large family of related games which may be considered classic domino games.
		Chicken_Foot was THE craze in dominoes in 1997, and seems to have spread considerably through Mexico and the USA since April 97.
		A solid source of information on the history of dominoes is that of James Masters There is also an excellent section on the history of dominoes at The Game Cabinet.
	www.xs4all.nl /~spaanszt/Domino_Plaza.html (1262 words)

	Dominoes
		Dominoes are small tiles traditionally carved from ivory or bone with small, round pips of inset ebony.
		'Domino' is the French word for a Christian priest's winter hood which was fl on the outside and white on the inside.
		Chinese sets also introduce duplicates of some throws and divide the dominoes into two classes: military and civil.
	www.gamecabinet.com /rules/DominoIntro.html (0 words)

	What are the Different Types of Dominoes?
		Games played with dominoes have been popular in Europe and America since the early 18th century, and new domino games are frequently invented.
		The classic type of dominoes are white tiles of ivory or bone with fl dots, or pips, made of ebony.
		Dominoes have evolved a long way since their early use as a stand in for dice.
	www.wisegeek.com /what-are-the-different-types-of-dominoes.htm (457 words)

	Chinese dominoes
		- dominoes are fl and proportioned closer to 1:3 instead of 1:2, - in general, pips of 1s and 4s are red, pips of 2s, 3s, 5s, 6s are white (this should be familiar for those who use mahjong dice).
		It is assumed that Chinese dominoes were the ancestor of Mah Jong.
		Western dominoes which often have a spinner in the middle of the dividing bar on their face.
	hjem.get2net.dk /kibj/post/2000/0003-15.htm (1394 words)

	Chinese Ebony Domino
		Chinese dominoes can be called Tian Jiu (literally heaven nine) or Pai Jiu (literally domino nine) in Chinese.
		In the book Chinese Origin of Playing Cards published in 1895 Sir William Henry Wilkinson pointed out that the game of Tien jiu was invented long before the Song Dynasty but was standardized by the twelfth century, but may have existed before then.
		The condition of this set dominoes are excellent, beside of some minor chip in couple tiles.
	www.goantiques.com /detail,chinese-ebony-domino,1056924.html (399 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Cardinal Collectors Dominoes Double Fifteen at Epinions.com
		Dominoes are small tiles carved traditionally from ivory or bone with small, round dots of inset ebony.
		Chinese dominoes tend to be longer than typical European dominoes.
		If that player fails to pull a playable domino, they must pass and their opponent(s) play(s) until they are able to make a match with one of their dominoes.
	www.epinions.com /content_240085274244 (810 words)

	Chinese Games With Dominoes
		The dominoes in common use in the Province of Kwangtung and among the Chinese in the United States are made of Chinese ebony and are about 2 and five-eights inches long, seven-eighths of an inch in width, and three-eighths of an inch in thickness, with incised spots, which are painted red and white.
		The ends of each piece are usually ornamented with a single incised red spot, while the backs are sometimes uniformly marked with three spots, one red between two white, arranged diagonally across (Figure 18 [and the photograph at the top left of this Webpage]).
		Both pieces in all the pairs are of equal value and rank in their suits in the order given, except those which compose the pair called chí tsün, which together form the highest pair, but separately are the lowest of the mò series.
	gamesmuseum.uwaterloo.ca /Archives/Culin/Dice1893/dominoes.html (463 words)

	Business Articles (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pai Gow is a Chinese game, believed to be thousands of years old, and played with Chinese domino tile sets.
		In ancient Chinese, the translation of p’ai is a term designated both for cards and dominoes.
		Chinese dominoes, which could be traced from the writings during Song Dynasty (1120 AD), have developed since then.
	www.articles4business.com /ezineready.php?id=1358 (1179 words)

	Mah Jong Museum © copyright, all rights reserved
		Certain Chinese cards which have come down to the present time were imitated from Chinese paper notes which bore pictorial symbols of their value.
		There is no essential difference between cards and dominoes in China and the Chinese game pieces that are known to us as dominoes, from their superficial resemblance to our dominoes, are used for the most part precisely as we use cards.
		My Chinese informant, Dzau Sing Chung of Shanghai, explained to me that these dominoes had become a favorite game, and that while they used to be played only by rich people they were now extending to all classes.
	www.mahjongmuseum.com /mahjong.htm (6196 words)

	Mah Jong Museum © copyright, all rights reserved
		These dominoes are accompanied with 16 wooden disks resembling draughtsmen, an inch in diameter, the faces of which are reproduced in Plate 8.
		There are several very interesting sets of Chinese dominoes from Fuhchau in the museum of the Long Island Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY One of these sets (A) consists of 126 marked pieces and 2 blanks.
		describes a set of Chinese bamboo dominoes, 32 in the set, with the characters of the chessmen, which is identical with the (Page 521) preceding, except for slight variations in the association of the names of the chessmen on the dotted pieces.
	www.mahjongmuseum.com /domino.htm (935 words)

	Dominoes - V&A Museum of Childhood
		Dominoes are tiles representing the various permutations that result from throwing two dice and were probably invented by the Chinese several hundred years ago. Chinese dominoes have 32 tiles in a set.
		European dominoes have the original 21 tiles and a further 7 which feature each of the six numbers with a blank, together with a double blank.
		Each player draws seven dominoes from the central pile and sets them on their edges so the faces are hidden from the other players.
	www.vam.ac.uk /moc/collections/games/outdoor/dominoes/index.html (389 words)

	History (RemitMan's Dominology)
		Dominoes are small tiles traditionally carved from ivory or bone with small, round pips of inset ebony.
		'Domino' is the French word for a Christian priest's winter hood which was fl on the outside and white on the inside.
		Chinese sets also introduce duplicates of some throws and divide the dominoes into two classes: military and civil.
	members.cox.net /remitman/domi/history.htm (775 words)

	Double-Six Dominoes - Domino-Games.com
		A set of double-six dominoes is the most popular size of dominoes set.
		In a double-six domino set, the numbers on the tiles range from 0 (or blank) to 6.
		A double-six is the "heaviest" domino; a double-blank is the "lightest" domino value.
	www.domino-games.com /domino-rules/double-six.html (0 words)

	Project: The Base Game Set
		Alternatively, you can dispense with the dice and use the domino spots of the half-domino on which a pawn is currently located to indicate a player's next move.
		You can insert markers in between the dominoes to indicate that a card should be drawn, or use the blanks for this purpose, or simply place piles of cards, face down, at certain points in your layout.
		You could relate the number of spots on a domino half to a suit of cards and give this significance in your game (there are seven domino suits and only four card suits, so you would need to either eliminate some dominoes or make some domino values either "wild" or not significant).
	www.csidemedia.com /project.php?project_id=49 (1067 words)

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