1.

BINGO- Any word played that uses all seven letters on the rack,

earning a bonus of 50 points.

2. BLOCKING -The act of playing a word on the board that stops the

opponent from making a potentially large score. It also refers to the

act of playing words that make it harder for either player to score

many points.

3. CHALLENGE-An opponent calls a "CHALLENGE" when s/he thinks

a play is not acceptable (i.e. not in the OWL or Merriam-Webster

Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition). A Word Judge is called to

verify which words are acceptable or not. Whenever there is a

challenge, someone loses one turn.

4. COUNT TILES- players often count tiles at two different times: 1)

before a game begins to ensure that there are 100 tiles; 2) near the

end of the game, when knowing exactly how many tiles remain to

be played can be crucial for the astute player.

5. DOUBLE-DOUBLE-When a player makes a play with letters that

cover two Double-Word Squares. The bonus for covering two

DWSs one play: quadruple the sum of the value of the letters of the

"Double-Double" word. The sum should include that extra values

earned form any DLS covered that turn only.

6. END GAME-The portion of a SCRABBLE game when there are

less than seven tiles left to draw from the bag.

7. HOOK LETTER (A.K.A. HOOK)-A letter that will spell a new word

when it is played with in the front of or at the end of a word already

on the board. Example: With HARD on the board, the letter Y is a

hook letter since HARDY is acceptable. Likewise, the letter C can

be "hooked: since CHARD is acceptable.

8. PASSING-A player may pass his/her turn by not exchanging tiles

and not making a play on the board. The player scores zero and
says "Pass!" and starts opponent's timer. It is now opponent's turn.

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Note that when there are 6 consecutive scores of zero in a game,

the game is finished.

9. SCRABBLE- is a word game in which two to four players score

points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a

gameboard marked with a 15-by-15 grid.

10.TILES - Game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with

characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc.

Brief History of Chess

Do you know where chess originated? Chess is a game that has been played

for centuries and was thought to have originated in India over the 15th century.

Chess is an indoor recreational activity which is now being introduced as a

major part of secondary level curriculum because of the benefits it gives to the

students.

You probably know some of the benefits derived from playing chess. Here

are some of the benefits which can be derived from playing chess.

1. Chess increases the mathematical and scientific skills of the students. It also

enhances the problem solving skills, concentration ability, as well as logical

thinking ability of the students.

2. It develops a sense of confidence and self-worth of a student.

3. It also increases communication skills of a student.

4. It gives a lesson of hard work and commitment.

5. Aside from intellectual exercise, chess provides entertainment and relaxation.

This game is free and can provide entertainment even for the observers.

6. Chess also has health benefits. It is considered as a form of recreational

therapy. Chess keeps the mind healthy and a healthy mind results in a
healthy body. It is used by therapists to help people suffering from cognitive

functioning such as anxiety and depression.

7. Chess a form of indoor recreational activity can be used to strengthen family

bond. The members of the family can play with each other while at home. In

a way, the chess pieces can represent the family members. Each member of

the family has a role to play. In chess, the pieces also have specific function

to perform to win the game.

Starting a Game

There are some steps which you need to follow to start a game of chess.

These are the following:

1. Begin by laying out the chess board so that each player has the white color

square in the bottom right hand side.

2. Arrange the chess pieces in the following order: all pawns on the second row,

rooks in the corners, then the knights, bishops, and finally the queen, who

always goes on her own matching color (white queen on white, black queen

on black), and the king on the remaining square.

3. The player with the white pieces always moves first. The players decide who

will have the white pieces. The white and black moves alternately until the end

of the game.

How the Chess Pieces Move

Do you know the different functions of each 6 different kinds of pieces chess

pieces? You need to remember each specific move to win a game. Pieces can be

moved to capture an opponent's piece. This is done by landing on their square and

then replacing them. Pieces can also move to defend other pieces in case of

capture, or control important squares in the game.

The King

The king is the most important pieces, however it is considered one of the

weakest. The king only moves one square in any direction - up, down, to the sides,

and diagonally. The king may never move himself into check (where he could be
captured).

Note: The dot (●) represents the direction of move of the pieces.

The Queen

The queen is the most powerful piece. It moves in any one straight direction -

forward, backward, sideways, or diagonally. As all the other pieces except the

knight, it cannot move over any intervening piece.

The Rook

The rook may move to any square as far as it wants, but only forward,

backward, and to the sides. The rooks are particularly powerful pieces when they are

protecting each other and working together!

The Bishop

The bishop may move as far as it wants, but only diagonally. Each bishop

starts on one color (light or dark) and must always stay on that color. Bishops work

well together because they cover up each other’s weaknesses.

The Knight

Knights moves by going two squares in one direction, and then one more

move just like an “L” shape. Knights are the only pieces that can move over other

pieces.

The Pawn

Pawns move forward, but capture diagonally. They can never move

backwards. On its first move, the pawn can advance two squares at a time.

Succeeding moves will be one square at a time.

History of Dominoes

Dominoes or dominos generally refer to the collective gaming pieces making up

a domino set (sometimes called a deck or pack) or to the subcategory of tile

games played with domino pieces.

The traditional Sino-European

presented in the following table:

Domino Set Number of Tiles Number of Dots

Double Six (6-6) 28 168

Double Nine (9-9) 55 495

Double Twelve (12-12) 91 1092

Double Fifteen (15-15) 136 2040

Dominoes are called "bones" because the earliest domino tiles were made

from animal bones or ivory. In addition to "bones", dominoes are also called "tiles",

"stones", "men", “tickets”,or “spinners.”. Each domino is a rectangular tile with a line

dividing its face into two square ends. Each end is marked with a number

of spots (also called pips) or is blank. The word "pip" commonly means a "spot" or a

"speck", and perhaps that's why a domino's spots are called "pips".

Benefits from playing dominoes.

As any indoor recreation game, playing dominoes provides fun and interaction

for the family. At the same time, the game provides learning opportunities to

stimulate the mind. It also encourages socializing and important social skills such as

learning how to win/lose, teamwork, and other values.

How to Play Dominoes

The proceeding sections detail the basic rules and regulations in playing

dominoes.

1. Shuffling the Dominoes

Before you start a game, the dominoes must be shuffled to make a boneyard.

You need to shuffle the tiles all face down moving them in random motion. Make

sure that no one knows the location of any given tile.

2. Decide who will make the first move.

You can do it in two ways:

 Each of the players choose a domino at random, with first move going to

the player holding the "heavier" domino (these dominoes are returned to
the boneyard and reshuffled), or

 The players draw their allotted number of tiles (which varies according to

the game being played), and the holder of the "heaviest" domino goes first.

3. Drawing Tiles

Once you begin drawing tiles, they are typically placed on-edge so that you

and your opponent can see your own tiles, but none can see the value of other

players’ tiles. Every player can thus see how many tiles remain in the other players

hands at all times during the game.

4. Placing The First Tile

After you and your opponent have drawn dominoes, the first player places the

first tile, usually a double-six, on the table. If no one holds the double-six, then the

double-five is played, and so on.

5. Playing Subsequent Tiles

You can only put domino tiles to “open ends”, i.e., no other tile is connected to

it. A double tile is usually placed cross-ways in the layout, straddling the end of the

tile that it is connected to. All four sides of a double are open allowing dominoes to

be connected in all four directions.

6. Drawing a tile from the boneyard ("draw" games) or you must "pass" if you

cannot make a move ("block" games)

As you take turns placing tiles with your opponent, if someone cannot make a

move, you can do either two things. In "block" games (or if there are no tiles left in

the boneyard), you must "pass" if you cannot make a move. In a "draw" game, you

can draw a tile from the boneyard. Depending on the game, you can then either play

it (if it fits, and if the rules allow), pass (if he cannot play the drawn tile), or continue

drawing until you can make a move or the boneyard is empty.

Currently, most rules allow the boneyard to be emptied completely. However,

some rules do not allow the last two tiles in the boneyard to be removed, and at the

end of a game, the winner receives the value of the tiles in the boneyard.
7. Ending A Game

The game ends when you have played all your tiles, or when a game is

blocked. When you play your last tile, tradition requires you to say "domino"! (when

this happens, the other players are said to have been dominoed. A game is blocked

when no player is able to add another tile to the layou