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Each tile will have two of the below categories:β€οΈ [MPG: Romance] β Must match the main genre
π·οΈ [Tags: Workplace] β Needs **10+ relevant tags**
π¨ [Colour: Blue] β **>50% blue** on the cover/image
π [Page No: 3] β Use books where the **page number starts with 3**
π [Wild] β **Wildcard!** Can match **anything**
1- Each round, you will receive 5 dominoes from randomly generated tiles2- You need to choose at least three per round
3- The book you read for needs to match both the criterias of the two tile ends you are matching (i.e. not both the criteria of same tile but both the criteria of end of the tiles.
eg. if you have T1: [page no.2] [color: yellow] and T2: [mpg: Romance][tags: Magic], to match these you need to read a book that matches a criteria for each end of the tile i.e. Read a romance that starts with 2, or read a romance with yellow cover, or read a book with Magic tags that starts with 2 or read a book with Magic tags with yellow cover)
4. The game finishes after 10 rounds
5. If one of the end has wild you can use it for anything
6. You can match with any of the tiles in your current board as long as one end of it is not struck out.
1 free skip to change a full block to [wild], after that
3 points to change one side to [wild]
Points / Book : 2
π Sample Game: Bookish DominoesπΉ Round 1 β Your Block Set:
A1: [MPG: Horror] + [Page No.: 2]
A2: [Page No.: 3] + [Colour: Orange]
A3: [Tags: Magical Realism] + [MPG: YA]
A4: [Page No.: 4] + [Tags: Friends to Lovers]
A5: [MPG: Thriller] + [Colour: Red]
You Choose:
A1: MPG: Horror + Page No. 2
A4: Page No. 4 + Tags: Friends to Lovers
A5: MPG: Thriller + Colour: Red
First Book You Read:
A Horror MPG book where the page number starts with 4 β matches A1 + A4.
Updated Domino Set:
A1:
A4:
Next Book You Read:
A Thriller MPG book where the page number starts with 2 β matches A5 + A1.
Updated Domino Set:
A5:
A1:
A4:
πΉ Round 2 β Your Block Set:
B1: [Colour: Blue] + [Page No.: 2]
B2: [Page No.: 3] + [MPG: Romance]
B3: [Tags: Workplace] + [MPG: Romance]
B4: [Tags: Dragons] + [Wild]
B5: [MPG: Historical Fiction] + [Colour: Pink]
You Choose:
B2: Page No. 3 + MPG: Romance
B4: Tags: Dragons + Wild
B5: MPG: Historical Fiction + Colour: Pink
Next Book You Read:
A Romance MPG book with Friends to Lovers tag β matches A4 + B2.
Updated Domino Set:
A5: [Colour: Red]
A1:
A4:
B2:
Next Book You Read:
A Historical Fiction MPG book where the page number starts with 3 β matches B2 + B5.
Updated Domino Set:
A5: [Colour: Red]
A1:
A4:
B2:
B5:
Next Book You Read:
A book with Red on the cover β matches A5 + B4 (Wild).
Final Domino Set for Round 2:
B4: [Tags: Dragons]
A5:
A1:
A4:
B2:
B5:
π Continue like this for 10 rounds!
Points tracking : 14
Example Completion Post 1- Connect: X1, X4
Book: example name of A horror book with [486] pages
Date completed:
How it fits:
X1: MPG horror
X4: Pages [486]
Then I update your board per below:
2- Then you update
Connect: X1, X5
Book: example name of a thriller with [250] pages
Date completed:
How it fits:
X1: [250] pages
X5: MPG Thriller
Then I will update your stack as below ahead of Round 2 tiles
In Round 2, you would then need to start pairing with either X5 colour red or X4 page no. 4
Round 1 A1: [ Page No. : 3 ] [ Wild : Wild ]
A2: [ MPG : Young Adult ] [ Tags : Dark Academia ]
A3: [ MPG : Historical Fiction ] [ Color : Black ]
A4: [ Tags : Witches ] [ Page No. : 4 ]
A5: [ Page No. : 5 ] [ MPG : Thriller ]
Start by connecting ends of 2 dominoes. You would need to select at least 3 dominoes per round
1- Connect: A2 with A4Book:
The Stranger Diaries - Elly Griffiths Date completed: 9/10/2025
How it fits:
A2: [ Tags : Dark Academia ] - Tagged Dark Academia by 43 users
A4: [ Page No. : 4 ] - 416 pages
Am I correct in assuming that my next move will be connecting either A2: [ MPG : Young Adult ] or A4: [ Tags : Witches ] with another tile e.g. A2: [ MPG : Young Adult ] with A3: [ Color : Black ]? Its been a very long time since I played Dominoes and I want to make sure I am doing it right.
i believe you want to connect A2 and A4 as your first steps - your thinking is right - you need to connect any one end of the remaining 3 blocks with the A2: [ MPG : Young Adult ] or A4: [ Tags : Witches ]
2- Connect: A2 with A3Book:
Pretties - Scott WesterfeldDate completed: 9/15/2025
How it fits:
A2: [ MPG : Young Adult ] - MPG Young Adults by 4,917 users
A3: [ Color : Black ] - 79.5% black
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3- Connect: A3 with A1
Book:
The Sirens - Emilia Hart Date completed: 9/18/2025
How it fits:
A3: [ MPG : Historical Fiction ] - MPG Historical Fiction by 481 users.
A1: [ Page No. : 3 ] - 384 pages
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4- Connect: A1 with A5
Book:
The Postscript Murders - Elly GriffithsDate completed: 9/21/2025
How it fits:
A1: [ Wild : Wild ] - Wild card choice
A5: [ MPG : Thriller ] - MPG Thriller by 56 users.
A5: [ Page No. : 5 ]S<> A1: [ Page No. : 3 ] [ Wild : Wild ]
A4: [ Tags : Witches ]
Round 2 B1: [ Wild : Wild ] [ Page No. : 4 ]
B2: [ Tags : Friends to Lovers ] [ MPG : Romance ]
B3: [ Page No. : 3 ] [ Page No. : 5 ]
B4: [ MPG : Fantasy ] [ MPG : Science Fiction ]
B5: [ Page No. : 5 ] [ Color : Yellow ]
You maybe use books completed from Sep 25
5- Connect: A4 with B3Book:
Wicked - Gregory Maguire Date completed: 10/10/2025
How it fits:
A4: [ Tags : Witches ] - MPG Witches by 551 users
B3: [ Page No. : 5 ] - 512 pages
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6- Connect: B3 with B4
Book:
The Poisoned King - Katherine RundellDate completed: 10/22/2025
How it fits:
B3: [ Page No. : 3 ] - 320 pages
B4: [ MPG : Fantasy ] - MPG Fantasy by 132 users
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Keep playing please.
You wound need to connect atleast one more tiles for this round
7- Connect: B4 with B1Book:
The Dream Hotel - Laila LalamiDate completed: 11/4/2025
How it fits:
B4: [ MPG : Science Fiction ] - MPG Science Fiction by 395 users.
B1: [ Wild : Wild ] - wild choice.
Move on please.
A5: [ Page No. : 5 ]S<> A1: [ Page No. : 3 ] [ Wild : Wild ]
B3: [ Page No. : 3 ] [ Page No. : 5 ]
B4: [ MPG : Fantasy ] [ MPG : Science Fiction ]
Round 3 C1: [ MPG : Young Adult ] [ Wild : Wild ]
C2: [ Page No. : 2 ] [ Page No. : 4 ]
C3: [ Color : Orange ] [ Color : Purple ]
C4: [ Page No. : 3 ] [ Tags : 6-stars ]
C5: [ Wild : Wild ] [ Page No. : 5 ]
Will accept books from Nov 05
8- Connect: A5 to C5Book:
More or Less Maddy - Lisa Genova Date completed: 11/9/2025
How it fits:
A5: [ Page No. : 5 ] - 512 pages
C5: [ Page No. : 5 ] - 512 pages
9- Connect: C5 to B1Book:
Nuclear Family - Kate DaviesDate completed: 11/23/2025
How it fits:
C5: [ Wild : Wild ] - free choice
B1: [ Page No. : 4 ] - 432 pages
10- Connect: B2 to C1
Book:
Regretting You - Colleen HooverDate completed: 11/25/2025
How it fits:
B2: [ MPG : Romance ] - MPG Romance by 4,300 users
C1: [ MPG : Young Adult ] - MPG Young Adult by 406 users
Let me know when you would want to move on to next round
C5: [ Wild : Wild ]A5: [ Page No. : 5 ]
S<> A1: [ Page No. : 3 ] [ Wild : Wild ]
B3: [ Page No. : 3 ] [ Page No. : 5 ]
B4: [ MPG : Fantasy ] [ MPG : Science Fiction ]
Melanie wrote: "Ill move on now thank you, Nistha."Sorry Melanie I just noticed, there is an error in few of your connections:
C5: [ Wild : Wild ] - free choice --> this doesnt work as you already used C5 to connect with A5
B1: [ Page No. : 4 ] - 432 pages
B2: [ MPG : Romance ] - MPG Romance by 4,300 users -- this also doesnt work because you did not use B2 in your block set - you can only connect with edge tiles
C1: [ MPG : Young Adult ] - MPG Young Adult by 406 users
You can use any books completed during the period before also to finish the round i,e, you can use Nuclear Family - Kate Davies for B1, C1 (wild)
I am so confused with this game Nistha, I might stop this challenge and just focus on other challenges.
Sad to hear Melanie - all the best for the others.
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π― The Goal Make a domino chain by matching one of the ends with another tile for 10 rounds.