Dominoes points. A running total score is often kept on a cribbage board. 5s-and-3s is played in a number of competitive leagues in the British Isles. For 40 years the game has been played by four people, with the winner being the first player to score 150 points, in multiples of five, by using 27 bones, using mathematical strategic defenses and explosive offense. At times, it has been played with pairs of partners. The double-six set is the preferred deck with the lowest denomination of game pieces, with 28 dominoes. In many versions of the game, the player with the highest
Dominoes of Emperor Xiaozong of Song (r. 1162–1189). Andrew Lo asserts that Zhou Mi meant dominoes when referring to "pupai", since the Ming author Lu Rong (1436–1494) explicitly defined "pupai" as dominoes (in regard to a story of a suitor who won a maiden's hand by drawing out four winning "pupai" from a set). The earliest known manual written about dominoes is the "(Manual of the Xuanhe Period)" written by Qu You (1341–1437), but some Chinese scholars believe this manual is a forgery from a later time. In the "Encyclopedia of a Myriad of Treasures", Zhang Pu (1602–1641) described the game