42

Another post piqued my curiosity. Who here plays 42? (domino game)

Of all the games, it’s probably my favorite. It’s also a Texas thing, so that makes it all the better.

I grew up playing it and it was my favorite domino game. It has been a long time since I played a game. My Dad was really good at it.

I played it all through college.

I have not played it in years.

Same.

I like regular dominos, but will kick your tail in 42 also

I feel like fewer and fewer people are playing or teaching others how to play. It’s a shame.

i would like to learn

And moon also

I don’t know about that.

Used to play 42 quite often, but not in the last few years. Still play straight when we are with the grandkids.

I'd smoke the both of

I grew up playing chicken foot with my grandparents but haven’t played in a long time

Yep. Blind nello is my specialty.

Still play it. Brokenpole would be my beeotch. He can’t beat beat my daughters.

Same here. We still played it after my dad passed away and basically stoped when my mom passed. My wife has no desire to learn it or even be around when it is being played. My mom and I would play against my brother and his wife. We would spend hours every family get-together playing. I miss it.

It's been many years but the wife and I used to play 42.

I'm in... Losers

I watched the elders do it as a kid so I got this. I'll whip [censored] for some money and am not scrared

Add 2Beez to the list.

Okay. Looks like we have some competitors. Chances are that they aren’t nearly as good as they think they are. I’d love the chance to prove it.

Add yourself to the list, old timer.

You know I love you, but you’re out of your depth.

Moon and 42 was the thing back in the 70’s
We played them in high school.

I used to play regular dominos a lot for many years. I played 42 very little in my younger days. I can't even remember the first thing about it now.

Just the regular game for me.

Thank you punk.

I played a lot of 3 player 42 growing up in the 60's at family holiday get togethers. We also played the traditional 4 person/2 team 42 when we had enough to make the equal teams. But if you wanted play and only had 3 players left you had table with 3 players. I had an uncle that owned a bar/pool hall in the 60's in a small town. Any day or night of the week you would find people at the bar just drinking a cold beer or playing a game of pool, but he had a lot of tables for people just wanting to play dominos and drink a beer. Many a small town bar was like this back then.

We always played at family get togethers. My wife never would learn. She said it was too violent

I lovey the Baptists who came up with this game cuz they couldn't paly cards. We do allow plunge and, but only allow nellow when forced bid. Tough to play 42 as so many willing to cheat. I must've been about 25 or so at Union Valley got up 6-0 against two old Connally brothers. They were fifty years my senior and had been playing together forever. Jimmy looked at Johnny and said, "Brother, you ready to start playing?'. They ran off 7 in a row to finish us off.

Moon ain't bad either. At the Olde Ice House it was a quarter a mark and a quarter a hickey.

Our family plays it all the time still. At least once a week anyway. Every family get together will have 2 or 3 tables going. Bunch of damn bohemians drinking beer, talking trash, and slamming dominoes.

I'm not good at math.

Know how and play occasionally with my wife and inlaws.

Here is one I believe is not quite as common, but a card game called 66. Its played with a penuckle deck in teams of 2. Bid and pick a trump etc. My parents played it with my grandparents and a few of my aunt/uncles play. Ive spent many a night playing it with my parents and recently taught my inlaws and BIL/SIL to play and we now play it a lot more than 42, which I enjoy it more than 42 so cool with me.

I confess,I thought we were talking about a card game which was called 42 ( I thought) but I have played a few games of dominoes just didn't get all that interested in them.

A lot of my HS buddies went to A&M and first Christmas break showed me and a couple other friends how to play. Then I found out a couple of my SFA fraternity brothers played.
I have played a lot. If four or more of us get together a game will probably break out.
Used play a bunch at Adair's. I need to put one set of moes back in my car, just in case.

One year for Christmas my brother got me an antique set of double nines (ebony wood with ivory faces attached). A couple friends and I found out what the point count was and we proceeded to start playing with three teams of two. It required a little too much thought after four or five beers

Double twelves are a real pain, two teams of four or four teams of two.

If you know how to play Hearts or Spades you pretty much know how to play 42. The legend/half joke is that Baptists created 42 because playing cards was evil.

Both my mom's parents were deaf and communicated using sign language. My mother and aunt could both could sign before they could talk. My grandparents loved to play 42. When they were visiting us, they would go to a neighbor's house to play every evening and would typically win very easily. After this went on for a couple nights, the neighbor met them at the door with a pair of mittens. He didn't go as far as to accuse them of talking across the table, but wanted to make sure they couldn't if they wanted to.

Kinda funny but kind of cruel also.

I played a lot of dominoes when I was a kid. My grandparents were big time bowlers - Fridays were lady's fun day at Big Town. My grandpa and all the other old men would play while their wives bowled. Every now and then I'd get to play - but most times I just watched or bowled. In the afternoon we'd go home and play chicken foot - but if we had an extra person we'd play 42.

I'm more of a checkers man myself.

The story of 42’s origins is pretty great.

We play the same way.

From what I was told my grandfather got a huge chuckle out of it. It was all in fun.

X2.

My Dad has won tournaments playing it and has tried to teach me the game since I was about 8. 40 years later I still don't understand it.

My Dad won a lot of tournaments. But he was good at all card and domino games....after spending 10+ yrs in the Navy on an Ice Breaker most of that time. That is what they did in their spare time was play baseball, cards and domino in the late 40's into the mid 50's.

You were just speaking 42. You might as well be speaking Yiddish.

It's okay. Maybe someday, you too will become enlightened.

Love 42, can't find people to play anymore

It’s a shame to see such a great game and a part of Texas history fade out. I’ve been trying to pass the tradition along. It’s not easy.

Played while I was at school at TAMU. Don’t know anybody plays anymore. Kinda like cribbage also. Learned from my dad. Not many play today.

I have a 42 app on my phone that was made by A&M.