Mathematical_Recreations-Kraitchik-2e

Games 299
draw. In case of tie the one with the highest single number
wins (for example, 6-4 beats 5-5). When the winner of the
draw has been determined, the pieces are returned, the whole
set is reshuffled, and each of the players draws seven pieces
at random, which he sets up before him so that he and not
his opponent can see them. The dominoes not drawn are
called the stock.
The winner of the draw, A, now places one of his dominoes
face up between himself and his opponent. If his opponent
B possesses a domino one of whose ends matches an end of
the domino played by A, he places such a domino face up on
the table with the other so that the two are end to end, with
the matching ends together. If B cannot play, A plays again.
If B cannot play again, A plays a third time, and so on until
B has played or A also can play no farther (which is impossible
on the first play). When B has played A has the opportunity.
The play continues-thus until one of the players has
exhausted his hand, or neither can play farther. When play
has ceased, the player with fewer total points in his hand
wins by the amount of the difference of the totals in the two
hands.
Here are some of the commoner variations in the fundamental
game. (1) A doublet mayor must be placed crosswise
instead of end to end. (2) If doublets are permitted or
required to be placed crosswise, play may be permitted from
the ends as well as the sides. (3) A player who is unable to
play may be required to draw one from the stock. If he cannot
play after the draw, the other player may play. (4) A
player who cannot play may be required to draw one at
a time from the stock until he either can play or has exhausted
the stock. (5) The range of the dominoes may
be greater, say to 9-9 or 12-12, and the number drawn
originally may be changed correspondingly.
Returning to the game first described, the same rules may