THE THEORY BEHIND THE » TRIOMINOS « GAME ... ****************************************************************** I found this unusual DOMINO GAME in a flea-market in Berlin. My first question was: "Is it complete?" - No information was given. The POSSIBLE COMBINATIONS are fare more than the 56 PIECES found. Trying to find a reason for the game-inventor's decisions ... (1st) Discovery: When placing the lowest figure (= Z) on the bottom, the following figures on the triangle are ordered clockwise UP (*) ... (2nd) There are no counter-clockwise (= mirrored ) pieces in the set !!! (3rd) Interpreting the figures as COORDINATES ( Z, X, Y ) ... ... When ordered in Z-Layers, it becomes the shape of a TETRAHEDON with its top piece ( 5, 5, 5 ). It is complete with 56 PIECES ... ... on the right a SNAPSHOT of a GAME IN PROGRESS (*) A "CORONA-LOCKDOWN" ( 02/15/21 ) "MIND GAME" EXERCISE: ------------------------------------------------------------------ ??? » ALTERNATIVE-TRIOMINOS-GAME « with COUNTER-CLOCKWISE ORDER ??? ------------------------------------------------------------------ ... THINK FIRST ... THAN LOOK ... (B) Have a look at another "MIND GAME" on the "DOMINO GAME" ... impressum: ****************************************************************** © C.HAMANN http://public.BHT-Berlin.de/hamann (*) 05/10/14