Fundex Double Twelve Dominoes

Lots of domino games can be played with a double twelve set including basic block and draw games but of course more dominoes allow more people to play.

The most popular dominoes games at the moment is Mexican Train dominoes and although many people like to play with a hub and little trains, there is no requirement for special equipment. You can happily start the domino trains from a central point in the middle of the table and any markers can be used instead of little trains e.g. small coins.

So this double twelve set, in addition to being a nice quality dominoes set is an economical way to start playing Mexican Train Dominoes!

Tiles are 10mm thick.

See also our other Double 12 dominoes including Fundex Mexican Train Domino sets.

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History of Dominoes

Tile games of some form have been found from around 1120 AD in China. Chinese dominoes are longer than Western ones and are divided into two types and were originally carved from bone or ivory with the indented pips made of ebony. Each Chinese tile represents one of the twenty-one different permutations of throwing two cubic dice although there are a total of thirty-two tiles since certain dominoes are duplicated. A set of Chinese tiles is divided into two categories - Military and Civilian. The Civilian tiles are the set of tiles that have duplicates while the Military tiles are those that are unique.

The game appeared first in Europe in 18th Century Italy, possibly in the courts of Venice and Naples. Although domino tiles are clearly of Chinese inheritance, there is debate over whether the game played by Europeans was brought by the Chinese to Europe in the fourteenth century or, in fact, was invented independently. European dominoes are shorter than Chinese ones and there is a single tile for each permutation of the throw of two dice or a blank making a total of twenty-eight tiles. This is the standard or "double-six" set and, as in China, various games can be played with it. Double-twelve sets (91 tiles) are popular in America and Double-nine sets (55 tiles) also provide some extra complexity to this genre of game.

The game arrived in Britain in the late 18th Century from France (possibly via French prisoners of war) and quickly seems to have become popular in inns and taverns at the time. The word "Domino" is French for a black and white hood worn by Christian priests in winter and that is probably from where the name of the game derives.

Fundex Double Twelve Dominoes

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History of Dominoes