. Games of skill, and conjuring: including draughts, dominoes, chess, morrice . hoose, according to the numberof pips, or the blank in the compartment of the piece; but wheneverany one cannot match the part, either of the domino last put down,or of that unpaired at the other end of the row, then he says go; and 10 DOMINOES. the next is at liberty to play. Thus they play alternately, eitheruntil one party has played all his pieces, and thereby won the game,or till the game be blocked; that is, when neither party can play bymatching the pieces where unpaired at either end, then that partywins wh
. Games of skill, and conjuring: including draughts, dominoes, chess, morrice . hoose, according to the numberof pips, or the blank in the compartment of the piece; but wheneverany one cannot match the part, either of the domino last put down,or of that unpaired at the other end of the row, then he says go; and 10 DOMINOES. the next is at liberty to play. Thus they play alternately, eitheruntil one party has played all his pieces, and thereby won the game,or till the game be blocked; that is, when neither party can play bymatching the pieces where unpaired at either end, then that partywins who has the smallest number of pips on the pieces remaining intheir possession. It is to the advantage of every player to dispossesshimself as early as possible of the heavy pieces, such as double-six,five, four, &c. Sometimes, when two persons play, they take each only sevenpieces, and agree to play or draw—, when one cannot come in, orpair the pieces upon the board at the end unmatched, he is then todraw from the fourteen pieces in stock, till he finds one to n CHESS.
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