PENTAGON DOMINOS

This is a game derived from dominos where players must place their tiles to produce matches with the existing table layout. Matches can be made with combinations of colors, numbers or suits to produce maximum scores. The game is suitable for all ages from young children to adults and could be a useful tool for children learning arithmetic skills.

Supplies

Any available thin stiff sheet material, including cardboard, foam board, MDF board, etc. A set of 36 tiles with sides of length ¾ inches ( 20 mm ) will require approximately 80 sq. inches ( 516 cm² ).

Step 1: Tile Set

A set of tiles can be made from any available thin stiff sheet material, including cardboard, foam board, MDF board, etc. A set of 36 tiles with sides of length ¾ inches ( 20 mm ) will require approximately 80 sq. inches ( 516 cm² ).

Markings on the tiles can be applied by painting, woodburning or laser engraving, or simply by printing the tile patterns on paper and gluing the pattern onto the chosen substrate. PDF files for the tile patterns are attached below.

Step 2: Playing Pentagon Dominos

The basic idea of the game is similar to normal domino games, in that each player has to match the tile they are playing to one of the tiles already placed on the table. By careful selection of the positioning of their tiles, they try to maximize their scores. The game ends when a player has used all of their tiles, or there are no further moves possible.

A full set of rules and explanation of the scoring system is attached in the file Pentagon Rules.pdf

When playing the game a rack for holding the tiles will be found convenient. These can be constructed from cardboard or similar material using the Rack.pdf pattern below.