
Doubles are high unless declared otherwise. The pips on the other end of the domino are the ranking of the domino in the trump suit. For example, if fours are declared the trump suit, then all seven dominos with four pips (dots) on either end of the domino are trump dominos. When a suit is declared trump, all seven dominos in that suit are trump dominos.

Doubles may be declared a suit of their own, too. There are seven domino suits, blanks through sixes, any of which may be declared the trump suit. In the domino game 42, high bidder declares the trump suit.)įorty-two (42) is played with a set of double-six dominos (28 tiles). (In the card game Spades, the trump suit is always spades. When played, a trump card (or the highest trump played) will take any trick. When a suit is declared trumps, that suit is more powerful than the other three suits. Aces are high but may be low (as in straights). The numbers and faces on the 13 cards in each suit (ace through 10, Jack, Queen, and King) are the rankings of the cards. What are trumps? In a deck of 52 cards, the four suits are spades ( ♠), hearts ( ♥), clubs ( ♣), and diamonds ( ♦).

The game 42 is easily learned, but some beginners have difficulty with the concept of trump dominos. It was "invented" in the 1800s to play a card-like game using dominos to circumvent the then moral ban on playing card games. Trumps in 42 (the four player domino bidding game) Trumps in the Domino Game 42Īs you probably know, 42 is a four-player domino game with bidding and trumps.
