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My Book of New Puzzles and Games with Dominoes
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My Book of New Puzzles and Games with Dominoes

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# Donimoes: New Games and Puzzles

[**Buy the Book**][book]



When I tell people that I like domino games, they are often surprised to hear

that you can do more than just match the numbers. If you look in a book of

games, often with Mr. Hoyle's name on the cover, you might find the basic game

and maybe All Fives. If you're lucky, you'll find Chickenfoot and Mexican Train.



This is a collection of domino games and puzzles that will broaden your

horizons beyond a chain of dominoes with matching numbers. You'll find new games

and puzzles that I designed, as well as some of my favourite domino games and

puzzles by other designers.



* [Unmatched Donimoes][unmatched-donimoes] is a puzzle I designed

    where you have to slide all the dominoes into a rectangular shape,

    without sliding any matching numbers next to each other. (1 player,

    double-six dominoes)

* [Capturing Donimoes][capturing-donimoes] is a puzzle I designed

    where you have to collect all the dominoes by sliding matching numbers

    next to each other.  (1 player, double-six dominoes)

* [Mirror Donimoes][mirror-donimoes] is a puzzle I designed where

    pawns walk around on top of the dominoes. (1 player, double-six

    dominoes, 4 pawns)

* [Tetradominoes][tetradominoes] is a game I designed where you play

    matching dominoes in a grid, then try to play the tetromino shapes on

    top. (1-4 players, double-six dominoes, 7 cardboard tetrominoes, and

    some beads, buttons, or coins)

* [Bee Donimoes][bee-donimoes] is a puzzle race game I designed where

    a swarm of dice bring nectar back to the hive. (1-6 players,

    double-six dominoes, 3-6 dice, and a timer)

* [Domino Finder][domino-finder] is a memory game I designed where you

    have to find the treasure domino without falling in a trap. (2-4

    players, double-six dominoes, pawns, and two dice)

* [Mountains and Valleys][mountains-and-valleys] is a solitaire game

    by Sid Sackson where you have to lay out a map that you can hike on. I

    added a cooperative version, and adapted it from paper, pencil, and

    dice to use dominoes. (1-4 players, double-six dominoes)

* [Domino Runners][domino-runners] is based on board games by Roland

    Siegers, where your runners run across a grid of dominoes, dropping

    checkers and trying to capture your opponent's checkers. (2 players,

    double-six dominoes, and checkers)

* [Fujisan][fujisan] is a solitaire game by James Droscha where you

    help four Shinto priests climb to the peak of Mount Fuji. I found 20

    layouts that are much more challenging than usual. (1 player,

    double-six dominoes, and four pawns)

* [Cobra Paw][cobra-paw] is a quick-reaction game by Derek Weston.

    (2-4 players, double-six dominoes, and two dice)

* [All Fives][all-fives] is a traditional dominoes game, where you

    score points by making the ends add up to a multiple of five. (2-4

    players, double-six dominoes)

* [Classic Puzzles][classic-puzzles] where you have to lay out

    dominoes in a given pattern to meet some goal, popularized by Henry

    Ernest Dudeney. Also includes Dominosa by O.S. Adler. (1 player,

    double-six dominoes, paper and pencil)

* [Solutions][solutions]



The book of rules includes problems to solve for each puzzle. The Unmatched

Donimoes problems are patterns of dominoes for you to start from, like this:



![Unmatched example]



The Dominosa problems are a pattern of numbers to join into dominoes, like this:



![Dominosa example]



To try the puzzle, get a set of dominoes. Then either [read the rules][rules],

[buy the book][book], or download [the PDF][pdf].



If you're interested, you can read about [making donimoes] or my

[design journal]. If you're brave, you can read about [experiments] in progress

([PDF][new pdf]).



[unmatched-donimoes]: https://donkirkby.github.io/donimoes/rules.html#unmatched-donimoes

[capturing-donimoes]: https://donkirkby.github.io/donimoes/rules.html#capturing-donimoes

[mirror-donimoes]: https://donkirkby.github.io/donimoes/rules.html#mirror-donimoes

[tetradominoes]: https://donkirkby.github.io/donimoes/rules.html#tetradominoes

[bee-donimoes]: https://donkirkby.github.io/donimoes/rules.html#bee-donimoes

[domino-finder]: https://donkirkby.github.io/donimoes/rules.html#domino-finder

[mountains-and-valleys]: https://donkirkby.github.io/donimoes/rules.html#mountains-and-valleys

[domino-runners]: https://donkirkby.github.io/donimoes/rules.html#domino-runners

[fujisan]: https://donkirkby.github.io/donimoes/rules.html#fujisan

[cobra-paw]: https://donkirkby.github.io/donimoes/rules.html#cobra-paw

[all-fives]: https://donkirkby.github.io/donimoes/rules.html#all-fives

[classic-puzzles]: https://donkirkby.github.io/donimoes/rules.html#classic-puzzles

[solutions]: https://donkirkby.github.io/donimoes/rules.html#solutions

[rules]: https://donkirkby.github.io/donimoes/rules.html

[Unmatched example]: https://donkirkby.github.io/donimoes/blocking_example.png

[Dominosa example]: https://donkirkby.github.io/donimoes/dominosa_example.png

[solution example]: https://donkirkby.github.io/donimoes/solution_example.png

[book]: https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/don-kirkby/donimoes/paperback/product-eg54rm.html

[pdf]: https://donkirkby.github.io/donimoes/donimoes.pdf

[making donimoes]: https://donkirkby.github.io/donimoes/making_donimoes.html

[design journal]: https://donkirkby.github.io/donimoes/journal/

[experiments]: https://donkirkby.github.io/donimoes/new_rules.html

[new pdf]: https://donkirkby.github.io/donimoes/new_rules.pdf