Domino!

It's been a while since I've done a game review so I looked through the games on my Pilot to see what caught my eye. Domino! by Emilio Millan got my attention.

Domino! is a dominoes game for the Palm. By default, you play against three computer opponents and take turns placing tiles on the board. The first tile played is the double six. The next player must place a tile with one six on it or pass. Subsequent plays must match the open end of the tiles on the board. At any given time two playable slots exist on the board. By default, each game consists of 10 rounds. If you aren't sure what tile to play at any point, you can have the game recommend a tile.

If you prefer, you can play in two teams of two rather than as four individual players. You can also chose to play to 5 hands or 25 hands or to play to a specific number of points. You can also choose to have the previous winner start the next round or rotate the player who starts rounds rather than always starting with the double six tile.

You can also view simple round and game statistics, basically just the number of rounds and the number of games won and the number of each lost.

Most of the main screen is used for the board, but the area directly underneath the board displays messages letting you know what other players did during their turns, the game score after each round, and other relevant information. Underneath this message area your tiles are displayed along with a pass button. During your turn you tap on a tile to play it or on the pass button to pass.

Domino! also lets you configure the game interface. By default, the tiles display dice-like black dot numbers on a white background. You can also use smaller dots or numbers and you can invert the tiles to use any of these numbering systems in white with a black background. You can also configure the length of time between displayed messages, toggle the sound, view your opponents' tiles at the end of each round, and chose to autopass when no tiles can be played.

The newest version of Domino! supports color. It color codes the tile numbers by color, using red for ones, orange for twos, green for threes, blue for fours, purple for fives, and yellow for sixes.

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