How to Start
- To install the game for play whenever you want, click on the “Download Now” button and follow the instructions.
- If you want to play without installing the game, just click on the QUICK PLAY option and start enjoying the Dominoes Stars game instantly.
Registration
Follow the steps to create a new account in Dominoes Stars.
1. Click on “New Player, Create a New Account”.
2. Complete all your account details.
- Your User name will be used by other players to recognize you in the Dominoes Stars world, so make sure you choose a good one.
- Enter a password with over 6 characters.
- Enter a valid e-mail account. This address will be your main contact point with Dominoes Stars so be careful to type it correctly.
- Type the code or captcha correctly.
3. Go to the Login window, enter your information and click Login.
As soon as you log in for the first time you will receive a $200 Play money bonus to help you show your skills at the home of Online Dominoes.
Lobby
Play Money
Also called practice money. From the moment you register, you receive a $200 Play Money bonus to use in practice games with people from all around the world.
Real Money
To play with real money you can make a deposit in the Cashier. Dominoes Stars has several payment methods and you can choose the one of your preference.
Tables Filters
Check the filters to view stakes under $5, between $5 and $20, and more than $20. Hide and show the “Full Tables” to view the specific tables you are interested in.
Starting a Game
Every domino game takes place at a table and you can start in three different ways:
1. Opening a new table with your own specific features of stake, points, move timer and privacy.
2. Joining someone else’s table.
3. Joining the “Waiting List” for an available table with the characteristics you requested of stake, points, move timer and privacy.
Open Table Window
Points: When any player reaches the amount of points that have been specified, the game ends.
Move Timer: This refers to the turn time for each player. If the player doesn’t make a move within this time, he will be declared defeated.
Amount: This is the stake each player needs to bet in order to participate in a game.
Privacy: It is possible to see other player´s tables and other players can watch your games unless you mark the “Private Game” option.
Warning: Before accepting people on your own tables or joining other people's tables, remember to check your opponent's ranking. In the Lobby you will find a rankings chart that will help you to indentify the experience of each player by the color that appears next to his username.
At The Table
Start Button
Whenever you start a game you have to click “Start Game” to start drawing the first bone from the bone yard.
Bone Yard
Each player will receive 7 bones at the beginning of the game. All the remaining bones will go to the bone yard to draw from every time the player doesn’t have a bone that matches the end of the chains.
Opponent Information
If you hold the click on the opponent's avatar you can see his name, country and rating at any time. The accumulated points will be all the time visible on the left side of the player's avatars.
Information Panel
Next to the avatar, the information panel updates about the next moves.
Table Prize and Switch to Real Button
The table's prize is visible at all times and combines the player’s stakes.
At any time you can press the button "Switch to Real" in order to make a deposit.
Clock
The clock marks the turn time each player has to make a move. If the a player doesn't move within the established time, he is declared defeated.
Board Count
The Board Count displays the total of points at the end of the chains. This helps with the calculations before making a move.
Chat Window
The chat window lets you send and receive messages to and from your contenders whilst the game takes place.
Buttons Panel
Leave the table: This takes you out of the game. If you leave the table and your game hasn’t finished you will automatically lose your stake.
Options: This lets you modify all the visual options of the table such as the animation and sound features.
Support: Gives you access to 24/7 Costumer support assistance.
Points Game Mode
The DominoesStars Points Mode is a new and sophisticated spin in the traditional way to make stakes in games of two players. Giving each point a value or price, you have the opportunity to increase your final winnings, as you can get an additional prize plus the regular "Table Prize".
In the Points Game Mode you get paid for all the points you take in advantage, which means that if you win a 100 points game when the other player had 60 points, you get an additional prize for the 40 points of difference.
To open a table with the Points Game Mode, follow the steps below.
1. Click on "Open Table" and establish a value from $0 to $1 in the in the section of "Point Price".
2. If you want to join someone else's table, take a look on the point price that appears in the "Stake" column.
Note: The system will always calculate the maximum loss when you open a table or join someone else's table in the Points Game Mode in order to guarantee that both players have enough money to cover it.
The worst case of loss is the limit of points in the game, which means that in a table opened to 100 points the maximum difference is 0-100 where one of the players wins the game with a score of 100 and the other player didn't manage to score.
3. During the game it is important for you to keep track on the Points Table. The Points Gap represents the current difference in the points between the players and the Points Value represents the money value of this difference.
In the example below you find a situation where one player is winning a game with 94 points and the other is losing it with 40 with a Point Price of $1, which means that the Points Gap is 54 and the Points Value is $54.
Note: The Points Gap and the Points Value appear as negative numbers for the player that is loosing the game.
4. When the game ends the winner gets the total computation of the Table Prize plus the Points Value.
In the example below the player has got $30 from the Table Prize plus $60 from the Points Value for a total of $90.
Note: If the player that wins the game makes more points, for example 104 in a 100 points game the Points Gap is always calculated to 100, or the game points (100, 150, 250, 350, 500 according to what was established at the beginning).
5. Whenever you find the other player is winning with a large advantage in his points you can click on the button "Start New Game" to give up and start another game (just if your opponent agrees).
Note: If you decide to start a new game you will lose the stake and the current Points Value. |
