Jamaican Dominoes
There are three types of domino games played in Jamaica:
- Cut-Throat - Each player plays for himself
- Partner - Most favoured and played in world tournaments
- French - A variation.
All three games are played with double six domino sets and may be played by two to four players.
This article is partly based ob a contribution from Robert Ebanks.
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Cut-throat domino is a variant of Block and Draw dominoes. The objective is to empty one's hand whilst blocking the opponents. In the end, a score may be determined by counting the pips in the losing players' hands. In scoring games the scoring is different and happens mostly during gameplay, making it the principal objective.
The World Series of Dominoes plays Cut-Throat "Block" dominoes in our Dragon Stout World Championship Cut-Throat Domino Tournaments.
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Similar to Cut-Throat dominoes, The objective is to empty one's hand whilst blocking the opponents. In the end, a score may be determined by counting the pips in the losing players' hands. In scoring games the scoring is different and happens mostly during gameplay, making it the principal objective.
Only four persons can play. Sitting around a square table, your partner is the person directly in front of you. Each person plays to help his partner and himself while trying to pass the opponents.
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There are four players, each playing for himself (cut-throat). The players draw 7 tiles each and the holder of the double zero plays it first.
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Most domino games are blocking games, i.e. the objective is to empty one's hand whilst blocking the opponents. In the end, a score may be determined by counting the pips in the losing players' hands. In scoring games the scoring is different and happens mostly during gameplay, making it the principal objective.
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