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The word "Domino" is French for a black and white hood worn by Christian priests in winter and that is probably from where the name of the game derives.
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The game arrived in Britain in the late 18th Century from France (possibly via French prisoners of war) and quickly seems to have become popular in inns and taverns at the time. Double-twelve sets (91 tiles) are popular in America and Double-nine sets (55 tiles) also provide some extra complexity to this genre of game. This game is popular with domino fans and makes a wonderful gift. Also included are detailed instructions and a score pad.
#Wooden dominoes set plus#
This is the standard or "double-six" set and, as in China, various games can be played with it. This elegant set comes in a felt-lined solid wood box with a sliding top, and includes 8 cast metal trains and a set of double-12 color-dot dominoes, plus a solid wood station with starting points for 8 trains of dominoes. 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. There are 10 different colors and packaged by color so you aren’t at the mercy of 1,000 wooden dominos at once you can open 100 at a time which is genius. 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 game appeared first in Europe in 18th Century Italy, possibly in the courts of Venice and Naples. The Civilian tiles are the set of tiles that have duplicates while the Military tiles are those that are unique. A set of Chinese tiles is divided into two categories - Military and Civilian. 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. 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. Tile games of some form have been found from around 1120 AD in China.