Several fanciful games have come to my notice which have been suggested by the European domino game.
In the Section of Games in the Department of Anthropology at the Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, a modern French game was exhibited under the name of Le Magister Dominoes Geographique, consisting of oblong pieces of cardboard, each bearing on its face a portion of the map of the Valley of the Seine. It was intended to be used for teaching geography.
Another game, [Page 530] entitled "Evan's Baseball Dominos," consisted of wooden domino-shaped blocks marked on one face at the ends with the names of the scoring points in the American game of baseball.
[The illustration above of a miniture Mexican Bone Domino set is a contemporary set in the Museum & Archive of Games Collection, and is not part of Culin's paper.]
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