Dominoes (sometimes referred to as bones, cards, men or tiles) are small plastic, wood, marble or ceramic tiles with one or more squares of dots on their surface. They’re normally twice as long as wide and may feature either a smooth or textured finish for playing various casual and competitive games with differing rules depending on where they’re played.
The word domino comes from Latin dominium, which translates as “limited.” Early European domino games involved each player placing one of their dominoes onto an arrangement, where its value could be determined either by counting dots along its edge or comparing it against an established fixed number such as seven.
Players draw the maximum allowed dominoes according to the rules of their chosen game and add them to their existing dominoes in their hand. If he has not completed his hand yet, his right-hand player draws from the stock until he completes it himself. It may be common during play for one or both players to purchase additional tiles from this source depending on the rules of their particular game.
Once a player’s entire hand has been completed, he may announce his score to other players and play one final tile, or “bye,” before other players count the total number of pips in any remaining dominoes held by losing players and record their scores using their appropriate scoring method for that game.
Professional domino artist Hevesh crafts exquisite 3-D structures and pictures using thousands of dominoes to amaze audiences on YouTube. Her videos of these masterpieces have attracted over two million views! Hevesh first brainstorms images and ideas for her projects before coming up with an arrangement plan to place the dominoes. Before starting full assembly of all sections she tests them individually first to ensure everything works smoothly before joining all together.
Scrivener or other tools can assist writers with plotting out scenes early. Otherwise, they risk creating scenes with little logical impact on what comes before or being at an inappropriate angle – creating scenes which disrupt momentum of storyline or cause confusion for reader as author attempts to convey same message through multiple routes at the same time. Dominoes help authors avoid such traps by quickly eliminating scenes without enough punch from their stories to give stories a smoother flow and greater focus.
