Talk:42 (dominoes)

Variations

My mother's family, orginally from Cisco TX, play a variation of the game called "84", using two sets of dominoes. Play usually consists of six to eight players. Betting nello is called "pistol". - Loadmaster 18:38, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I added some information on splash and plunge. I usually found that plunging was the fastest way to lose a game. Agcorry00 04:58, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A lot of Okie families that migrated to California in the 40s play Shoot the Moon. I have run into it quite a bit. So I added the rules. --L.A.F. 20:09, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Roberson 2000 citations

Tuckerresearch kindly added some specific citations for two challenged claims. I've merged them into a single reused citation. However, it would be even better to have specific pages for the two claims. Could someone with access to the book either add them, or note them here? (I'll happily integrate them.) Furthermore, if someone with the book can spare the time to add more citations to the article as a whole. In a perfect world, every single claim in the article would be cited to a reliable third-party source. — Alan De Smet | Talk 06:25, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What's a "suit"?

I'm a bridge player, so I understand words like trump/suit/trick in terms of cards but dominoes don't have Clubs/Diamonds/Hearts/Spades. What it a suit? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.127.16.186 (talk) 16:58, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In 42, the suit is one side of the domino. So a 6/1 can be a high 1 or a low 6. This adds a layer of complexity not found in card games. The value of a hand depends entirely on which suits are played when. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.30.158.8 (talk) 22:30, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Also, the high count determines what suit it is when its led (for non-trumps). So if the 6-1 is lead (and one is not trump), then it counts as a 6 for that trick. I.e. if you have any (non-trump) 6 you must follow suit. If 4's are trump then anything with a 4 on it is a trump for that hand (and NOT part of any other suit), regardless or when it's played or led.

Off topic chat

Extended content

PC gone mad! They also forgot that some religions do forbid dominoes, as well as forgetting that the 5-5 and 6-4 equal 10, which is also on a deck of cards. 108.66.234.158 (talk) 23:20, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and also, 42 is technically a form of gambling, as it contains bids and trumps. 108.66.234.158 (talk) 23:20, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This article talk page is for discussing improvements to the article, not for general discussion of the article's topic. - SummerPhD^v2.0 02:24, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nel-O

If you are wanting to go Nel-O, first bid at least one mark, then if you win the bid, say Nel-O when I ask for the trump. 108.66.233.174 (talk) 21:58, 14 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]