Domino Adding Games
Dominoes can be used to play various kinds of adding game, where the mechanism and objectives depend on adding up the number of spots on the tiles, or sometimes other arithmetical calculations. Some of these are adaptations of adding games with playing-cards, such as 21 or Cribbage, and some are specially developed to use dominoes.
Here is a list of domino adding games whose rules can be found at pagat.com.
| Game | Players | Equipment | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bandar Q | 6–8 | [6:6] | |
| Domino Cribbage | 2 | [6:6] | |
| Domino Twenty-One | 2–5 | [6:6] | |
| Italian Dominoes | 2–5 | [6:6] | |
| Tau Ngau | 3–6 | [C32] | |
Notes on the indexes
Invented games, mostly submitted by readers of pagat.com, are listed in italics.
- Players
- The preferred number of players is shown in bold. Other numbers with which it is possible to play are shown in grey.
- Equipment
- Western domino sets are indicated by the highest number of pips on a tile end - for example [6:6] is a standard double 6 set of 28 tiles, [12:12] is a set of 91 tiles with up to 12 pips on each end. The symbol [C32] stands for a Chinese set of 32 tiles.