Domino News

Dominoes Best-Sellers November 2011

Randy — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:14:05 +0000

Amazon.com maintains a best-seller list of domino games, and here are the most popular titles, as of the end of November, 2011: Cardinal Double 12 Color Dot Mexican Train Dominoes in Tin — This set of 91 dominoes features engraved dots, and each number has a distinct color, making them easy to tell apart. Includes [...]

New Dominoes World Record

Randy — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:44:22 +0000

According to the World Records Academy, students in the Cayman Islands have set a new world record: A total of 588 John Gray High School students played dominoes on the school campus – setting the new world record for most people playing dominoes simultaneously. The previous Guinness world record was 549, set in Venezuela two [...]

Friends Enjoy The Domino Effect

Randy — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:53:13 +0000

Regulars gather Monday through Saturday to play intense games of dominoes and rummy at Tampa's Centro's Cantina, where they chatter about life and politics, share a drink, sip Cuban coffee, smoke a cigar and reconnect to a social scene no longer commonplace in Tampa.

Play Mexican Train Dominoes Online

Randy — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:37:17 +0000

Mexican Train Dominoes has become a popular party game, and has spawned something of it’s own sub-culture within the domino family, inspiring clubs, tournaments, commercial games, and now an online version. Mexican Train Dominoes Online, from DillyDallyGames, is a well-done version of the game, in which you compete against three computer opponents in thirteen rounds [...]

World Domino Open Tournament 2008

Randy — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:29:39 +0000

A reports from the World Domino Open Tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada: More than 100 of the best Domino players from across the Americas are in Las Vegas this weekend to battle it out at the Las Vegas Hilton. Between 120 and 150 participants are expected to compete for $50,000 in prizes. Domino players of [...]

How Well Does Dominoes Rate as a Strategy Game?

Randy — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:32:03 +0000

According to a post on listverse.com (Top 20 Greatest Strategy Games), Dominoes is the 20th-best strategy game of all time: The game features bones (tiles) with a number of pips on them. Players match them up trying to empty their hands by matching one of the numbers with one of the free numbers on the [...]

U.S. Open Domino Championship

Randy — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:55:57 +0000

The first U.S. Open Domino Championship is being held in Mesquite, Nevada (1 hour north of Las Vegas) on December 6, 2008. The tournament is organized by the USITA, an organization formed to promote fee-based internet tournaments of all types. USITA has an agreement with Game Colony to host all tournaments. You must be a [...]

The Dominologist: Learn To Become The Best At Dominoes

Randy — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:23:25 +0000

The Dominologist: Learn To Become The Best At Dominoes is a new book by Nathan Holsey. The book is about Double Six Dominoes, the most commonly-played domino game in the U.S. Now the novice will be able to compete with the experienced player. Benefit from the author’s 30 + years of experience. Learn to talk [...]

Getting ‘Clipped’ in Dominoes

Randy — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:15:23 +0000

Domino players in Haiti have a unique way of punishing the loser of a game of dominoes — clothespins: There was pain in Jean Francois’ eyes, real suffering, an awful look of woe. It might have been that he had had little to eat that day, or his lack of a job or any real [...]

Dominoes Keeps Him in the Game of Life

Randy — Fri, 30 May 2008 02:46:58 +0000

In a story from the Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg, Virginia: Tom Faulk can’t keep track of the details anymore. He doesn’t remember how long he was in the Air Force, when he got married or if he’s taken his morning medicine. But put a game of dominoes in front of the 83-year-old, and his focus [...]