FAMILY TRADITIONS
Table games
Today I want to talk to you not only about a tradition that my family has, but also about a tradition that the Dominicans have had since the Spanish colonized the island (we are talking about the 1500s), and we have adopted it as ours and as part of our recreation: playing board games. Although you may not believe it, board games are a very important part of Dominican coexistence, they play them in schools, at parties, in the streets, on Sundays in the park and everywhere we can sit down in a table and hang out.
There is an extensive list of board games that are played, but I am going to make a list for you and I will explain in detail the most important one and I will tell you why later.
- Domino
- Parchis
- Chinese checkers
- Bingo
- Uno
- Chess
- Rummy
- Monopoly
- Checkers
- Clue
TRADICIONES FAMILIARES
Juegos de mesa
El día de hoy quiero hablarles no solo de una tradición que tiene mi familia, sino de una tradición que tienen los dominicanos desde que los españoles colonizaron la isla ( estamos hablando de los años 1500 ), y hemos adoptado como nuestra y como parte de nuestra recreación: jugar juegos de mesa. Aunque no lo crean los juegos de mesa forman una parte muy importante en la convivencia dominicana, se juegan en los colegios, en las fiestas, en las calles, los domingos en el parque y en cualquier lugar que nos podamos sentar a pasar el rato.
Hay una lista extensa de los juegos de mesa que se practican, pero les voy a hacer un listado y les voy a explicar detalladamente el mas importante y les voy a decir por qué mas adelante.
- Dominó
- Parchés
- Damas chinas
- Bingo
- Uno
- Ajedrez
- Rummy
- Monopolio
- Damas
- Clue
The Dominoes game consists on being the first to run out of chips, simple ... on a square table, it is played by 4 people, normally facing each other (in a team with the one who sits in front of you) or of 2 people. When playing 4, all the chips are distributed (there are 28 in total, each player having 7) and if there are 2 people each takes 7 chips, and when they do not have any chips to place, they take one of the leftovers on the table.
The idea is to place chip by chip following the one on the table for example: if you have a 4/8 the next thing you should do is place a chip that has a 4 or an 8 on the corresponding side ( As you could see in the next photo ).
El juego de Dominó consiste en ser el primero en quedarse sin fichas, sencillo... en una mesa cuadrada, se juega de 4 personas, con frente normalmente ( en equipo con el que se sienta en frente de ti ) ó de 2 personas. Cuando se juega de 4 se reparten todas las fichas ( son 28 en total, teniendo cada jugador 7 ) y si son 2 personas cada uno toma 7 fichas, y cuando no tengan ninguna ficha que colocar toman una de las sobrantes en la mesa.
La idea es ir colocando ficha por ficha siguiendo la que está en la mesa por ejemplo: si tienes un 4/8 lo siguiente que debes hacer es colocar una ficha que tenga un 4 o un 8 del lado correspondiente (como verás en la fotografía siguiente ).
When playing with 4 people and facing each other, it is more interesting, since you have to count the number of chips that are left on the table, which ones your opponents have, which ones your facing partner has and which chip you should put to block the opponents or which one suits your partner head on to win. Now the game got complicated, right? It really is a bit complicated but you just have to add up the chips and as there are only 28 chips, there are 7 of each number and the numbers go from 0 to 6 you can discard.
Cuando se juega de 4 personas y con frente, es más interesante, ya que tienes que ir contando la cantidad de fichas que quedan en la mesa, cuáles tienen tus oponentes, cuáles tiene tu compañero de frente y cuál ficha te conviene poner para trancarle el juego a tus oponentes o cuál le conviene a tu compañero de frente para ganar. ¿Ahora si se complicó el asunto cierto? Realmente si es un poco complicado pero solo tienes que ir sumando las fichas y como son solo 28 fichas, hay 7 de cada número y los números van del 0 al 6 puedes ir descartando.
But now, What makes this game so special? Simple, the little details that the Dominican adds ... In addition to the tension of the game itself, you can't miss a good cold beer in your hand; a bachata at full volume in the background ( or depending on the social group in which it is played it can change ); Another detail that cannot be missed is that when they place the chips on the table, they do not place them, no, they hit them with the table! if it doesn't sound, it's like you didn't play; Also when you don't have chips to put in, you don't say "I'm not going," you hit the table with your fist.
Ahh! and the conversations to distract the participants, very creative; worth noting that we play so well that just lefting 4 turns to finish, the winner of the round already knows who is going to play and who is not going; Not to mention the celebration at the end of the game, unique and full of joy as our beautiful country is.
I leave you a short video of a ending of a domino game so that you understand a little better what I am talking about:
Pero ahora bien, ¿Qué hace a este juego tan especial? Simple, los pequeños detalles que el dominicano le agrega... Además de la tensión del mismo juego, no puede faltar una buena cerveza fría en la mano; una bachata a todo volumen de fondo ( o dependiendo del grupo social en el que se juegue puede cambiar); otro detalle que no puede faltar es que cuando colocan las fichas en la mesa no las colocan, no, ¡las golpean con la mesa! si no suena, es como si no jugaste; también cuando no tienes fichas que poner no se dice ¨no voy¨ se golpea la mesa con el puño.
¡Ahh! y las conversaciones para distraer a los participantes, muy creativas; pero eso si, jugamos tan bien que faltando hasta 4 turnos para terminar, ya el ganador de la ronda sabe quien va y quien no va; sin hablar de la celebración al final de la partida, única y llena de alegría como lo es nuestro bello país.
Les dejo un videito corto de un juego de dominó para que entiendan un poco mejor de lo que hablo:
Hopefully my introduction to dominoes has encouraged you to practice it. I love to play it with friends! And when I don't have them around, I play it on a cell phone application.
Until next time, thanks for reading!
Ojala que mi introducción al dominó te haya animado a practicarlo. ¡A mi me encanta jugarlo con amigos! Y cuando no los tengo cerca lo juego en una aplicación del celular.
Hasta la próxima, gracias por leer!
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Board games is something we still play when we go on holiday with friends and family, I must get a Domino set again after reading your post! We play Uno and Rummikub with the latter being my absolute favourite, not sure if you're familiar with it, but it consists of numbered & coloured tiles; kind of a mix of a domino and a card game, it's great fun and will keep the brain ticking over as you start discovering new tricks;)
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dominoes are the best :)
Totally acurate
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