Dominoes
StrategyFree to playMatch-ends tile game with CPU and local 2-player.
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How to Play
Dominoes deals a double-six set: seven tiles each and fourteen left in the boneyard. Play a domino that matches either open end of the chain, and if nothing fits, draw one and try again. The hand that empties wins; if both hands are still full when the boneyard runs out, the side holding fewer pips takes the game. Two players on one device is available alongside the computer.
Controls
- Play — Tap a domino in your hand; it is placed on the end it fits
- Mode — Buttons switch between vs CPU and two players on one device
- Difficulty — Easy, medium or hard for the CPU
Tips & Tricks
- 1Half the set is out of sight when you start: 28 tiles, 14 dealt and 14 in the boneyard. A tile you are waiting for may be in your opponent's hand rather than the boneyard, so a long wait usually means it is not coming.
- 2A blocked game is decided on pips, and the smaller total wins. That makes a heavy tile in your hand a liability at the end, which is the opposite of what it feels like while you are holding it.
- 3The hard CPU scores each candidate as ten times the number of your tiles it would leave playable, plus the pips it sheds, then plays the lowest. It is trying to close both ends rather than to dump its own points, so a choice that leaves you one legal tile is the one it will take.
- 4Easy picks at random among the tiles that fit and medium takes the first one that fits, so the difficulty setting only really changes what the CPU is looking at, never which tiles it holds.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the game end?
Three ways: your hand empties, the CPU's hand empties, or the boneyard is exhausted with both hands still holding tiles. In the third case the side with fewer pips wins, so a large tile in hand is what loses a blocked game.
How is the score worked out?
Each tile you place adds a point as it goes down, but the final figure replaces that: a win pays 60 plus the pip margin, and a loss pays only your own remaining pips. So the score you finish with is not the count you accumulated.
Can I play on my phone?
Yes. The hand is rendered as real buttons rather than drawn on the canvas, so tapping a domino is an ordinary button press and the whole game works without a keyboard.
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