Double Six Dominoes - Two-Tone with Spinners- Wood Box

Attractive Two-Tone Jumbo Dominoes Set in a Nice Wood Box - One of our favorite double 6 sets!

 A great set for spinners dominoes featuring jumbo sized domines and a handsome wood box!

 CHH 2535 Two-Tone Dominoes with Spinners Product Features:

• 28 jumbo size dominoes with spinner
• Wooden Case
• Two-tone- Black with ivory
• Jumbo Sized Tile is 2 1/8" x 1 1/16" x 15/32"
• Box Dimensions (W x L x H) = 2.8" x 8.5" x 2.3"

A short introduction to Spinners Dominoes

åäÌÝÌÏDid you ever wonder why some dominoes have spinners? What are they for? Spinners dominoes is a very popular game. We carry spinners sets by popular demand. (Our double six professional spinners set is åäÌÝÌÏhere). Lots of people love to play. Most people don't actually spin the dominoes, although the spinner lets you do that. 

In some ways, spinners are really a nod to tradition. In the old days, dominoes were made of two parts (ebony and ivory) and a metal pin (the spinner) was put into the domino to hold both ends together. OuråäÌÝÌÏ two tone set is a nod to that tradition.
Today, people use the spinner to help pivot the domino.

Spinners are typically played with a double six set, but some åäÌÝÌÏdouble 9 sets have spinners. We also sell a åäÌÝÌÏtravel spinners set. If you'd like to play, here are the rules. These rules assume you are using a double 6 spinners set, which have a total of 28 tiles.

The Deal

Each player receives 8 tiles minus the number of players. This means that:

• 2 players get six tiles each, leaving a boneyard of 16 tiles.
• 3 players get six tiles each, leaving a boneyard of 10 tiles.
• 4 players get five tiles each, leaving a boneyard of 8 tiles.

Two of the tiles in the boneyard are held and not played.

The Play

The player with the lowest double plays first and play continues around the table clockwise. The first double domino is the spinner, which means that people can play off that domino in all directions. There are four ends to the domino, so if a double six, for example, is the starting spinner, up to four sixes can be played off that beginning tile. Players can play doubles as the game progresses, but unlike the beginning spinner, those are only covered once.

A player not able to add onto the train draws new tiles from the boneyard until he can play or until the boneyard is reduced to the two reserved tiles. There is no limit on the size of his hand. If a player can neither play nor draw from the boneyard, he passes his turn.

Play continues until someone runs out of dominoes or no one can play.

Scoring

There are several methods of scoring in spinner dominoes. Here is a simple approach:  The player who starts the game gets two points for their spinner. The person who runs out of dominoes gets two points. If no one runs out of dominoes, then the player with the lowest score gets one point.

Strategy

Doubles are important, so you should hold them as long as possible to get a triple header.

A blocked game can be important, so know and use the particular rules you have agreed upon.

Variations

Just as there are lots of ways to score in spinners, there are lots of variations in the game. For example, some people lead with the highest double, others lead with the lowest. Many people don't let additional tiles be played until all ends of the initial double are covered. Some people only cover the initial double twice.

What are spinners on Dominoes? How did Spinners in Dominoes Originate?

Spinners ( a small pin in the center of a domino)  were actually designed to hold the  two domino materials (often ebony and ivory), together. It attached the white ivory face to the dark ebony side of the domino.

It turned out the spinner had other great features besides just holding the dominoes in place.  The spinner helps protect the face of the domino when shuffled.  It also makes it easier to rotate or spin the domino in place.  The spinner is also referred to as a pivot. The spinner is located in the middle of a domino's dividing bar, and is generally made of metal and rounded off so as to avoid scratching the table top.

Spinner pins are only used in western-style domino sets not in Chinese dominoes.  Most Chinese domino players stack the dominoes and the spinner prevents the tiles from being stacked cleanly.

Question- How many dominoes are in a double nine domino set?

0-0 0-1 0-2 0-3 0-4 0-5 0-6 0-7 0-8 0-9
1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 1-7 1-8 1-9
2-2 2-3 2-4 2-5 2-6 2-7 2-8 2-9
3-3 3-4 3-5 3-6 3-7 3-8 3-9
4-4 4-5 4-6 4-7 4-8 4-9
5-5 5-6 5-7 5-8 5-9
6-6 6-8 6-8 6-9
7-7 7-8 7-9
8-8 8-9
9-9

Total Number of Tiles in a Double Nine Domino Set  =10+9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1=55