How to Play

Overview
Dominoes is a two-player or four-player tile game where players place bones (dominoes) with matching ends to earn points. This version of dominoes is two-player, you versus the computer. The object is to form chains of bones with the ends adding up to some multiple of five (5, 10, 15, 20, etc.). Once a player reaches a total of 50, 100, 250, or 500, depending on the total set in the options menu, that player wins the game.

Game Play
A game of dominoes can consist of several rounds. At the start of a round, each player is dealt seven bones. All the remaining bones not dealt out form the bone yard. In the first round, the player with the highest double starts the game by playing that bone. Players then take turns placing bones with matching ends. Bones can only be placed on the end of a matching bone. If a player does not have a bone that can be played, they draw bones from the bone yard until they can play. If the bone yard has no bones left to draw and a player cannot play, then the player's turn is skipped. The player that places the last bone in their hand wins the round. If neither player can play and all bones in the bone yard have been drawn, the round also ends, and the player with the least number of dots in their hand wins the round. The winner of the first round starts the next round and can play any bone in their hand. The game is continued in rounds like this until a player reaches a total of 50, 100, 250, or 500 points.

Spinner
The spinner is the first double played in a round. The spinner can be played off on all four sides. In this version of dominoes, instead of the usual cross-like pattern, the bones are played in columns. There is a column for each side. So when the spinner is played, there are four columns. Note the extra sides of a spinner can only be played on after the first two sides have been played on. These will be grayed out until they are playable.

Scoring
In dominoes a player scores points by making all the ends equal a multiple of five (5, 10, 15, 20, etc.). The total sum of the ends is called the "board count" and is at the bottom of the board. If in playing a bone, a player makes the board count equal a multiple of five, they score that amount of points. At the end of each round, the winner also scores points for the dots left in his opponent's hand rounded to the nearest multiple of five. If the round ends in a stalemate, the player with the least number of dots in their hand is the winner, and he scores points for the dots in his opponent's hand rounded to the nearest multiple of five minus the dots in his hand rounded to the nearest multiple of five.

Controls
Keys	Action
OK	Selects or deselects domino.
	Moves the cursor right.
	Moves the cursor left.
or	Cancels domino selection.
OK	Advances from screen to screen.
CLR	Returns to Main Menu and exits game.