Domino Effect Set In Motion
594731
This novel was quite compelling. A story about a father and son who walked very different paths yet mirrored  each other in the darkest way. Hilly Wise was a man that seemed to live a haunted life.  Even before his obsession with Savannah (the black domestic Lem Dawson's niece) he was haunted by events that  provided the beginning of his family's wealth. He existed but he didn't live.  He just didn't allow himself to do so. As if even if he willed himself to live, he would crumble from the weight of it all. He took on guilt like a second skin. Art Wise, was intriguing. He wrapped himself in many layers. The way he handled his ever increasing wealth was  self preservation at its finest. He protected himself to the detriment of others. He exuded confidence, even arrogance most times. It appeared as if no one could break him. Or could they?  It seemed that Hilly bore a lot of the guilt that the father should have carried inside on his shoulders. Hilly was far too sympathetic in his father's eyes. While Art was far to cold and calculating in his son's eyes. Deep down, their very natures were like coping mechanisms to maneuver through their individual experiences.  This novel has a sophisticated depth to it. Nadler is a talented writer who crafted his characters in such a way as to understand why they lived their lives the way they did. He tackled issues such as racism, greed, and unrequited love wonderfully. He explored the mysteries that can linger beneath the surface of the human heart with honesty.
3918490
The Tray is "wonderful"! Keeps the game going without multiple stoppage for dice falling off the table. Great game during holiday season. Nice break from the routine of playing dominoes with the family. Cheers!
2719723
the fact that i have arthritis makes it easy for me to play dominos. I grew up with the game and love it
2261220
I ordered this game on Amazon based on someone's recommendation. It sounded unique enough for me to be curious enough to buy it. I brought it to a couple of game groups I'm in. I tweaked the rules a little to make the game go a little faster.

The game consists of license plates of three colors, white, blue and black. The white ones only require making out the letters on the plate, like those novelty plates you see on cars. For the blue and black plates, you must make out the plate and identify the celeb or type of person who might have that plate. 40NTNT  would be 40 and Dynamite. DRTWOB would be Doctor To Be, most likely belonging to a medical student. A right answer allows you to roll the die and keep going down the highway.

When you reach the finish, you must identify the plate and type of person from a black license plate, which are the toughest ones in the game. Overall a game with a different twist that's fun to play and makes you think. Takes about 45 minutes and up to four can play. 30 second timer is included. If there's more than four, just pair people up. Two heads are often better than one. This game is from the 80s and is out of print. So if you want it you'll have to get it online. I got it through Amazon.
3499445
My dominoe set that I received only had 83 dominoes! I was supposed to receive 91. So I was shorted 8 dominoes! We didn't discover the shortage until we were playing a game and nobody had the double 12.
3954242
I ordered this for the box and not the dominoes and that's why I'm leaving this review just in case someone else is interested only in the box also.....LOL. Dominoes are not bad though I guess. I took a chance and the box will probably hold up for a bit after I do a little work on it. The wood is very soft and the bottom is made of balsa. I read all the reviews and figured this would be pretty close to what I was getting. I play a game called Liar's Box and it uses large dice and the bouncing of the dice will affect this box and probably leave marks inside unless I line it which I will probably do anyway, lining helps with the noise factor from the dice being shook in the box. As far as the measurements, it's perfect. The sliding lid works but does slide off the tracks unless held on the sides but can be fixed also to hold up until I can get one made special. Oh and just FYI....The lid does not have that huge black domino on it. It just has writing on it or at least the one I received did but I'm glad, easier to paint. I will use it for a back up though especially after I do all the upgrades to it. Worth the money for the dominoes alone if that is what your after, box is nice extra.
2865842
Overall a good game set.  Was most interested in the Dominos.  I needs to have more flexibility so the player can tailor the game.  For example, player should be able to set the number of dominos to be used within a game (9 versus the limit of 7) and the game level of difficulty should be higher.  I have an 80% win rate at the hardest setting....and I'm not that good.
536957
This disk-puzzle is essentially a Russian reinvention of the vintage classic "Tower Of Hanoi" stacking puzzle. The goal is to slide the 7 individually colored chips from the inner circle to one of the two lines at either side of the outer edge of the disk, with the challenge being that each chip will move only as far as it's matching color slot (forcing the chip past it's own slot may DAMAGE the puzzle). The puzzle is very convenient to play anytime and anywhere...besides being compact, it also has a clear cover that snaps onto the front and each chip also clicks into place, which allows you to stop playing, cover it, and go back and play at a later time with everything still intact! Overall, four and half stars for a nicely produced puzzle.
4469683
The pieces and the machine blocks are very light.  A some of the machine blocks aren't as effective being knocked into by such light dominoes.
2391850
Thank you Goliath Games for replacing the domino train that lays the dominos. We appreciate your great customer service. Now my son can get back to building his ultimate domino adventure!
816255
I would have loved using these. It was opened and there were double numbered dominos inserted in the pack.
4574685
A very fun and completely crazy game. With the rules constantly in "flux", you never know what's going to happen at any time. Rules can get changed and scrapped, cards replaced/exchanged, and everyone baffled from time to time as to what is going on, then suddenly someone unexpectedly wins. Its a lot of fun and a very clever game. Only reason I'd give it 4 stars is that sometimes the overlap of rules can be a little confusing, such as when you've got a half dozen rules on the table to keep up with, and some don't necessarily contradict but they confuse other rules, such as the rule for adding 1 to numbers on cards while other rules are in play. Sometimes you have to stop and re-read everything just to clear up the mess. I guess it's part of the nature of the game, but it can bog down the flow from time to time (that, and when you get to the point where everyone is drawing 5 and playing all, and you'd got a slow, thoughtful player in the game, etc...)
3937992
The Domino Effect has some nice twists and turns as its hero becomes a young adult. The high jinks were plausible, and the tender relationships were very touching. I look forward to reading Andrew Cotto's next book.
3384874
This is the hub which used to come with Mexican Train Dominoes.  You put a domino in the center, and when your train goes up, you simply push on the domino to start the great train sounds.  The new hub requires you to move a small switch to initiate the sounds.  The problem is, the switch is often on the other side of the hub, and when you try to move the switch, you move the hub.  So - you need to buy this hub to really enjoy the Mexican Train Dominoes.
1382777
"Do you believe you decided to come to this theatre today? That it was your own idea? Of your own.. free will?" Stanley Kramer's The Domino Principle begins with a lengthy and truly surreal paranoid rant delivered in voice over by a stern Patrick Allen sounding for all the world like the managing director of a ball bearings firm who's been slipped a peyote LSD chaser and handed a script written by an out-of-his head Dennis Hopper after reading too much Franz Kafka as captions reading `ASSASSINATION' (in several languages) and 'WHAT AUTHORITY DO THEY REPRESENT? are intercut with photos and stock footage of murders, state buildings, Vietnam and prison to underline the point that we're all part of a giant conspiracy. You almost expect him to end it with "I'm not wearing any trousers and I've got a gun."

So it's a genuine surprise that the film itself is not some Ed Wood version of a 70s conspiracy thriller but an altogether more sedate affair, with good naturalistic performances from a strong cast and some impressive visuals (although the last shot is [I]very[/I] familiar to any fans of Michael Caine's early 70s work). Gene Hackman is the Vietnam vet and ace marksman sprung from prison by Richard Widmark's mysterious government middleman in return for an undisclosed favor at a later date, though it doesn't take a genius to see where this is headed when his convincingly foul-mouthed cellmate Mickey Rooney is killed by his new friends as excess baggage. Pretty soon everyone he sees that THEY don't want him to ends up dead as the favor gets called in, with all too predictable results. It's biggest problem is that the big conspiracy just isn't that shocking and the manipulation considerably less convincing than, say, Warren Beatty inadvertently incriminating himself in The Parallax View or Robert Redford's everyman finding himself collateral damage in a covert CIA war game played with real bullets in Three Days of the Condor. Instead it's the early prison scenes that tend to play the best in a film that's always perfectly watchable but always perfectly predictable. The weakest link is the relationship between Hackman and Candice Bergen (saddled with a terrible hairstyle), who never seem to connect or convince as two people in love, though Rooney, Widmark and Eli Wallach all do good work in the supporting ranks.

For the record, that insane opening rant in full: "Do you believe you decided to come to this theatre today? That it was your own idea? Of your own.. free will? Whether we know it or not, we're all manipulated. It's getting almost impossible to think or even act for ourselves anymore. We're manipulated. Programmed. Brainwashed. Right from the start. Right from the day we're born. By family, by press, by radio, by television. And more and more we know less and less of who THEY are. Who could they be? Is it the boss we work for? Who tells him what to do? Is it the government? Whoever's in power, it seems just the same. So, who's behind THEM? It's reached a point when they could take an ordinary man and so manipulate him that they could get him to kill the most important person in the world. Like the hero of a book written by Franz Kafka fifty years ago, we feel ourselves powerless, unable to control anymore what really happens to us. Perhaps we're all the victim of some appalling conspiracy. What authority could they represent? Listen to me. I want you to watch what happened to this ordinary man. He lived in a country with a legal constitution. All the laws were in force. Like many of his generation he was sent to fight in Vietnam. He survived, fell in love, got into trouble, wound up in jail. Then THEY really started to work on him. He fell victim to what they call the Domino Principle. The irresistible force of chain reaction..."

No extras on the Australian PAL DVD, but it does offer a good widescreen transfer.
4724047
Problem encountered with these numbered dominoes (as all others it seems from research) was the annoying similarity between six and nine (yes I'm clear on underlining!), which repeatedly caused confusion, arguments and interfered with the flow of the game. Were going back to dots!  I realized that with one simple change this could be fixed! Six and Nine like this would eliminate all problems:
3393532
The annoying sound adds to the fun.

Here is a tip . . . . we thought the light was the button for sound.  Almost returned it as defective.

Press the Domino tile in the center for sound.