The "Big Stakes 5" is a supercharged, offensive-based 4 player dominoes game. What makes "Big Stakes 5" different from the base dominoes game is the element of using CHIPS to not only keep score, but also to award players "Big Stakes 5" dollars for winning during game play. Keeping score by totaling the number of “five-point” CHIPS won and accumulated during each game eliminates the “uncertainty” of who scored points during a game and how many points were scored.
"Big Stakes 5" offers players a unique, fun, and exciting gaming experience. It creates intrigue and stimulates players to become strategic thinkers and problem solvers.
"Big Stakes 5" has “cracked the code” and opened the door to high-stakes excitement for the casual social gamer, the traditional dominoes player and poker players that are looking for the next thrill, challenge, and payday!
Family and friends will enjoy playing “Big Stakes 5” which is a gender and age agnostic game at home with the same energy as tournament players!
The "Big Stakes 5" dominoes board is configured so each player can make strategic decisions at a moment’s notice by visually analyzing “real-time” game play data, as presented on the table. The game is quick and easy to learn and fun for all. Each player can visualize “real-time” the value of all player’s current points won as well as all "Big Stakes 5" game dollars in play and won.
Game Features:
→ Draw: Removing a stone from the pile after they have been washed to begin play; removing a stone from the quarry.
→ Bogus Play: An incorrect or illegal play.
→ Hero: Pulling all the stones from the QUARRY prior to a player’s first play of the game, irrespective of that player having a legal play or not. Often done to gain a strategic advantage over one’s opponent(s).
→ House Chips: Color-coded chips used for scoring.
→ Live Risk (Side Bet): The act of placing a risk amount after an individual play.
→ Locked Board: No opponents can make a play; may also mean no one can make a play.
→ Money Chips: Chips with a dollar value that are Risked by an individual player.
→ Pass: A player chooses not to make a play and no stones remain in the quarry from which stones can be pulled.
→ Quarry: Stones remaining after all players have drawn their stones at the beginning of a game; each quarry on the board shall hold four stones at the beginning of the game; players can pull as many stones as they desire as long as it is their turn from either quarry.
→ Reward: Where point chips as a result of scoring during an individual game are placed.
→ Risk: Where money chips are placed to indicate that players wager for that game.
→ Score: A legal play resulting in the end dots of the line of play where the total of said ends equals a number that is a multiple of 5.
→ Set & Slide!: The elimination of all of one’s stones prior to one’s opponent and the subsequent maneuver to pass the value of the remaining stones in an opponent’s stone holder via house point chips.
→ Spinner: The first double-stone played and it is the only stone by which stones can be played on all four sides.
→ Stake: The amount of money chips put at risk.
→ Stone: A game piece designated with a dot value of 1 – 12; there is a single game piece that has no dots.
→ Stone Holder: Holder for a player’s stones.
→ Tray: The individual stones one has drawn and is responsible for playing.
→ Vault: The storage area for a player’s Money Chips.
→ Washing: Rapid repositioning of the stones to mix them prior to play.
Important Note:
→ This is not a real money gambling game. It is a free casino poker style dominoes game for adults.
→ Practicing a social casino game does not imply future success at real money gambling games.
→ This game includes in-app purchases.
→ “Chips” and “Dollars” mentioned above are game currency, not real money. And you can only get game currency if you win in this game.
Unbelievable App that I really enjoy playing! A true game changer. The use of chips to keep score is genius! LOVE it! The graphics are unlike any other domino app. Glad these guys went the extra mile and didn’t settle! Can’t wait to see what these guys plan to do with this App!