Dominoes
Dominoes generally refers to the collective gaming pieces making up a
domino set or to the subcategory of tile games played with domino pieces. In the area of mathematical tilings and polyominoes, the word domino often refers to any rectangle formed from joining two congruent squares edge to edge. The traditional Sino-European domino set consists of 28 dominoes, colloquially nicknamed
bones,
cards,
tiles,
tickets,
stones, or
spinners. Each domino is a rectangular tile with a line dividing its
face into two square
ends. Each end is marked with a number of
spots or is
blank. The backs of the dominoes in a set are indistinguishable, either blank or having some common design. A domino set is a generic gaming device, similar to playing cards or dice, in that a variety of games can be played with a set. The earliest mention of dominoes is from Song Dynasty China, found in the text
Former Events in Wulin.