dominoes: Ark Dominoes

Dominoes, cousins of playing cards, originated in China in the 1300 and represent one of the oldest tools for game play. From professional domino game competition to setting them up and then knocking them over, dominoes allow for a variety of games, as well as tests of skill and patience. The markings on dominoes, known as pips, originally represented the results of throwing two six-sided dice. The European dominoes we recognize today differed from the Chinese versions by incorporating seven extra dominoes����_��six representing the results from throwing a single die with the other half of the tile left blank, and one representing the blank-blank (0-0) combination. This game is a variation of dominoes. The pieces are printed with pictures of animals instead of numbers or pips.