TheBlock:Domino

Block 6 dominoes · Adults 18+

Your Block.Your Table.Your Next Move.

TheBlock:Domino is a neighborhood domino competition with a casino-style shine. Sit down at a porch table, read the bones, knock when you must, and work your way from the block to the championship against the characters who run it. Then host your own table for friends.

Play on Web How it works
App Store and Google Play: coming soon

Free to play in your browser. Block Credits are virtual game credits with no cash value: there are no real-money prizes or payouts.

The game on a phone: a hand in progress at The Front Porch, with the domino layout on green felt and three bones in your hand. TheBlock:Domino street-sign logo: two green street signs reading TheBlock and Domino, topped with a gold double-six.

Features

Everything the corner has. None of the risk.

Every table runs on the real Block 6 rules the league plays. Every stake is in Block Credits, which only ever move inside the game.

The World Tour

35 tables across six domino cities: Miami, Atlanta, New York, San Juan, Kingston and Havana. Clear a venue to open the next, and win a city's final table to open the next city.

Characters who talk back

Uncle Ray, Cousin Pooh, Peaches and the rest of the block have their own table talk and play harder the further you go. They see only their own bones and work out what you hold from your passes.

Quick Play

Sit with whoever is around. Four seats, cut-throat. If the table is not full in 30 seconds, named characters take the empty seats.

Private tables with friends

Host 4 to 10 people on your own terms and invite them with a code or link. Four play each hand while the rest rotate in from the sideline, with table chat for everyone at the table.

Friends and clubs

Add friends by player code, start a club of up to 25 members and climb its monthly standings. Clubs can also play 2v2 partners.

Eight-player cups

Tournaments with a buy-in in Block Credits. Round one at two tables, the top two from each go to the final, and the top two finishers split the pool.

Free credits, every day

Welcome credits to start, a daily wheel with streak bonuses, bonus rounds on your first clear of a venue, and winnings from every table you own. Virtual only, always.

Browser now, phones next

Play in any modern browser in English or Spanish and add it to your home screen. Sign in free to keep your credits and progress on every device, with phone apps on the way.

How to play

Three steps to your first table.

  1. Open the game

    Play in your browser at the link above, or add it to your home screen. You can play as a guest straight away; signing in free keeps your credits and progress on every device.

  2. Pick a table

    Start the World Tour at The Front Porch, grab a seat in Quick Play, register for a cup, or host a private table and share the code with friends.

  3. Play your bones

    Match an open end or knock. Empty your hand to win the hand, reach the table's points to own the table, and the pot of Block Credits is yours.

House rules, as the game plays them

The table
A double-six set of 28 bones. Four players, cut-throat, seven bones each, so the whole set is in play and nobody draws from a boneyard. The holder of the double-six opens the first hand with it.
Your turn
Play a bone that matches an open end. If nothing fits, you knock to pass. At venue tables every knock pays the table's knock fee in credits to whoever played the bone you could not answer, and the game never lets you pass while you can play.
Domino: 1 point
Empty your hand first and the hand is yours. You open the next hand with any bone.
Capicu: 2 points
Your last bone shows the same two numbers as the two open ends. A double, or a finish when both ends show one number, is a plain domino.
Locked hand: 1 point to LOCK
The moment a play leaves nobody a bone that fits, the hand ends and the point goes to LOCK, not to a player. The double-six opens again.
Owning the table
Points carry across hands. First to the table's points owns it: two at The Front Porch and more at each table after, up to ten at private tables. If LOCK gets there first it is a Roller: nobody wins and every stake comes back.
The pot
Every seat puts the table's stake on the table in Block Credits. The winner takes all four stakes, plus the Block Tax from anyone who finished on zero.

Read the full rules and the odds in the game

Gameplay

Straight from the table.

Real captures of the game on a phone. Tap one to see it full size.

  • A hand in progress at The Front Porch: the domino layout on green felt, three bones in your hand, and opponents Uncle Ray, Cousin Pooh and Peaches with their scores. Uncle Ray says he is locked up and passes.
    Play the bones. Own the table.
  • The lobby: the TheBlock:Domino street-sign logo, a rookie player card at The Front Porch in Liberty City with a credit balance, and the Quick Play panel showing Porch stakes with the Block Tax.
    From the block to the championship.
  • Quick Play finding players for Porch stakes: a countdown at four seconds, your seat taken and three open seats, with a note that characters take empty seats when the clock runs out.
    Quick Play: a seat in 30 seconds.
  • The World Tour map: Miami first, pictured as a porch at sunset, marked You are here with 0 of 10 tables cleared, and Atlanta locked below it.
    35 tables. 6 cities. One champion.
  • The Tournaments page: Porch Cup, Block Cup and High Roller Cup with their credit buy-ins, eight players, first to 5, about 30 minutes, and the prize rules.
    Eight-player cups. Top two split the pool.
  • The Block Tax screen: Taxman Mack in his green feathered hat and gold suit says You got taxed, pay that man, and the player who won no hands pays the Block Tax in credits.
    Win no hand? Taxman Mack collects.

Where to play

On the web today.

Web

Available now in any modern browser on phone, tablet or desktop. Nothing to install.

Play on Web

iPhone and iPad

The App Store release is on the way. Until then, play in Safari and add the game to your home screen.

Coming soon

Android

The Google Play release is on the way. Until then, play in Chrome and install the game from the browser menu.

Coming soon

Install it from your browser today. On iPhone or iPad, open the game in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen. On Android, open it in Chrome, tap the menu, then Install app. Sign in free and your credits and progress are the same on every device you use.

FAQ

Straight answers.

Where can I play?

In your browser, right now, at holymoly.intelliarch-ai.com. It works on phones, tablets and desktops, and you can add it to your home screen.

Native apps for iPhone and iPad and Android are coming soon. This page will link to them the day they are in the stores.

Is the game free to play?

Yes. You start with welcome credits, get more when you sign in free, can spin the daily wheel once a day, and earn bonus rounds the first time you clear a venue. Winning a table pays you the pot. If you run dry, Uncle Ray fronts you enough to sit back down.

Are there optional purchases?

Not yet. The game has a store page for optional packs of Block Credits, but packs are not on sale while real purchases are switched off. When they go on sale, the price will be shown in the store before you buy, and packs will only ever add credits for play. The Refund Policy already covers how refunds will work.

Can I win or withdraw real money?

No. Block Credits are virtual game credits with no cash value. They cannot be cashed out, withdrawn, sold, transferred or exchanged for money, prizes or anything outside the game. Winning a table only moves credits inside the game. TheBlock:Domino is not gambling: nobody wins or loses money.

Can I play with friends?

Yes. Host a private table for 4 to 10 people and share its code or link, add friends by player code, start or join a club of up to 25 members, or meet in an eight-player cup. Friends and clubs are for members, so sign in free first.

Is an internet connection required?

Yes, always. Every table, wallet and club lives on the game's server, so there is no offline play. If the connection drops, the game offers to reconnect, and your table is still there when you get back.

Who can play?

Adults 18 and over. The game has mature themes and simulated stakes, and it asks you to confirm your age before you play. Playing in English or Spanish is a one-tap switch.

How do I get support?

Visit the Support page for the support email, the in-game Rules & Help, and the policies. For questions about your account or credits, write from the email address you sign in with.

Your move

The table is set.

Grab a seat at The Front Porch, read the bones, and see how far down the block you can get tonight.

Play on Web
App Store and Google Play: coming soon

Block Credits are virtual and for entertainment only. They have no cash value and cannot be redeemed, transferred, sold or exchanged for anything outside the game. No real-money prizes or payouts. Adults 18 and over.