# Dominos as family entertainment where you live? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 30, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-as-family-entertainment-where-you-live/594632 "2011-08-30T15:08:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-as-family-entertainment-where-you-live/594632/21 "2011-09-01T14:05:50Z")
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. _shuts mouth_ OK, thanks for the clarification, much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-as-family-entertainment-where-you-live/594632/23 "2012-01-27T11:00:43Z")
I vaguely recall playing dominoes as a kid with the family, as well as setting them up to be knocked down. I’ve long since forgotten the rules though. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-as-family-entertainment-where-you-live/594632/24 "2012-01-27T11:15:07Z")
Dominoes is fairly common in South Africa, but much more so in the black and coloured communities than in the white - in fact there is a Gamblers Anonymous advert on TV at the moment which features a man losing all his possessions in a game of dominoes. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-as-family-entertainment-where-you-live/594632/25 "2012-01-27T21:57:29Z")
We had a set of dominoes when I was a kid, but I don’t know if we ever played it. Maybe once. Ours was a card-playing family. And the stereotypical old-folks’ game in our part of Canada was crokinole. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-as-family-entertainment-where-you-live/594632/26 "2012-01-27T22:17:46Z")
[The only reason](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky-71WXtZ40) I want to learn how to play dominos. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-as-family-entertainment-where-you-live/594632/27 "2012-01-27T22:32:07Z")
I don’t even know the rules. we had them, but we only ever used them to set them up and tip them over. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-as-family-entertainment-where-you-live/594632/28 "2012-01-28T01:26:17Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > mus (a card game) I just read the wikipedia article on this game and it sounds unreal. there are multiple complicated bidding rounds, two pair is better than 3 of a kind, and signaling your hand to your partner is not only legal, it’s encouraged. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-as-family-entertainment-where-you-live/594632/29 "2012-01-28T02:54:04Z")
I used to play dominoes with my Grandma when I was a kid. But I don’t think I’ve played since the early 80’s or so. I do still have a set somewhere. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-as-family-entertainment-where-you-live/594632.md?page=1)