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Sets of quadrilateral dominoes.
Game board for quadrilateral dominoes.
Playing positions of quadrilateral dominoes.
Figure 1st.
Playing positions of quadrilateral dominoes.
Figure 2nd.
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The principal features of these dominoes type
games are the facts that digits are applied upon playing elements
(pieces, tiles). Nevertheless, the dominoes principles can be realized
in different ways, and it means that these digits can be applied upon
playing elements in different ways. If dominoes elements have four
sides, when digits are applied on four sides of each element, these
elements can be named as quadradominoes elements (quadrilateral dominoes or quadraminoes,
or tetraminoes).
Standard quadradominoes (quadraminoes / tetraminoes) set, which consist of 24 playing elements with
digit combination from 1 to 3, is the most optimal set for a human
perception.
The proposed game package consists of two standard sets, which differ from
each other by presence/absence of dark circles placed on back sides of
playing elements. They also differ from each other by circles of
different color and by contrast orienting arrows, which are located on
face surfaces of these quadrilateral playing elements.
The quantity of digits on each set playing element sides is proportional
in relation to orienting arrows. It means that, if playing elements are oriented
by arrows in the same one direction, elements in each of these four
directions are directed by proportional quantities of digits.
In this case two colors of each element set mean proportional groups in
these set contents, which digits are oriented proportionally too.
It means, that these proposed quadradominoes sets have following design
feature: playing elements have proportional orientation of digits, and
in this case in the first set quantity and orientation of red elements’
digits are proportional to quantity and orientation of yellow elements’
digits, and in the second set quantity and orientation of green
elements’ digits are proportional to quantity and orientation of blue
elements’ digits. Due to this arrangement each player can play with his
own set’s elements or with elements of his own proportional group, which
belongs to a content of any one set. In this case, if these playing elements are
placed on the game board in accordance with orienting arrows’ direction,
players have equal odds to win and game interaction between elements is
optimal.
The fact that these quadrilateral playing elements belong to proportional groups in content of
sets is designated by presence/absence of crosses on back sides of these
elements.
The necessary game board is consisting of the 10 horizontal and the 8
vertical square rows. This game board gives possibility to place these
two sets’ elements in the initial playing positions in the manner, which
is shown in figure 1, and also to place elements of two proportional
groups, which belongs to a content of any one set, in the manner, which
is shown in figure 2.
These proposed playing positions are assigned only to demonstrate
possible element allocations. As a fact, they can have another
allocation. The quadradominoes digits are shown with help of Arabic
figures inside of schematic frames of the game board squares. Playing
elements orientation is shown with help of schematic arrows.
The board squares have numerical and letter designation. The light and
dark squares are alternated chequerwise. The game board central part is
marked by a contrasting color. It includes 48 squares, which quantity is
equal to quantity of playing elements in two sets.
Thus, the quadradominoes set includes two playing element sets, which
are arranged and designated in the special manner, and also has special
game board. And the board square structure is matched up with shape and
quantity of playing elements.
Images for printing quadradominoes elements and images for printing
the game board can be downloaded free of charge in
PDF file:
http://www.dominoopen.64g.ru/kvru.pdf (free
of charge)
This is PDF file in Russian where rules of games are written in Russian, but
in this file there are images for printing quadradominoes elements and
images for printing the game board.
The game package can contain the mega version of quadradominoes
game which is described on the corresponding page of this site.
I hope that
offered game of a quadrilateral dominoes will seem to you interesting! |
