Domino on your phone at tamashebi.cc runs in the browser, on Android and on iPhone, with nothing to download. The table was built for a phone from the start: a tile goes down with one tap, the boneyard slides up from the bottom of the screen, and the turn clock and the connection are handled by the server, so stepping into a lift or answering the door does not cost you the match. Below: what you see on a small screen, how to play a tile, what happens when time runs out or the internet drops, and how to turn the site into an app-like icon.
The mobile interface
Space is precious on a small screen, so the table puts four things first, in this order: the green felt, your own tiles, both scores and whose turn it is. Everything else — chat, emotes, hand history — lives in small buttons and drawers that do not cover the felt.
- Your tiles sit at the bottom of the screen and are drawn a little larger than the board’s: you look at them most and have to hit them with a thumb. On a narrow screen they shrink only as far as every pip stays countable.
- When drawing makes your hand grow, room is found step by step: first the gaps close, then the tiles shrink slightly, then they overlap a little, and only after that does the rack scroll. No tile is ever hidden or cut off.
- A long chain makes the board scale down so it stays on screen in full.
- You can turn the phone sideways: on a short screen your rack shrinks further so the felt keeps its room.
- Both scores are always visible, and points appear beside the tile that made them. The server counts — no pen and paper needed.
Playing tiles and the boneyard
On a phone you play a tile with a tap, and the game decides how many steps the move needs:
- Tap a tile in your hand.
- If it fits only one place, it goes straight down — no second tap. You never turn a tile yourself: the game places it the right way round.
- If it fits several ends, every possible spot is highlighted. Tap the one you want. The choice often decides the score, so the game leaves it to you, and the targets are spaced so one tap cannot land on the neighbouring spot.
- If it fits nowhere, the tile gives a short shake and, where the phone supports it, a light buzz. Nothing is sent to the server.
- Changed your mind? Tap the selected tile again to put it back.
When you have no move, the bazari (the boneyard) slides up from the bottom like a sheet, showing the face-down tiles, and you pick one yourself. Which one you touch changes nothing — the boneyard is shuffled and hidden on the server — but picking feels like playing rather than pressing a button. A drawn tile that fits must be played at once. The last two tiles are protected and cannot be drawn; if only those two remain and you have no move, the turn passes to your opponent by itself.
Turn time
Each move normally has a time limit, and the seconds left are shown at the table. The site sets the length, the same for every match. What matters is what happens when it runs out: the match does not end. The server moves for you — it plays a tile that fits if you have one, draws from the boneyard if you do not, and passes if drawing is no longer allowed. The move is chosen by the same code that plays the bot, from the same view you have: your own tiles and the board, nothing else. So if you put the phone down for a moment, the table keeps going and your opponent is not left staring at a clock at zero. Losing a match on time happens only as a last resort — if the server could not move for you at all and the reserve time has run out too.
When the connection drops
On a phone the connection drops often — in the metro, in a lift, when switching from Wi-Fi to mobile data. When it does, the match stays on the server and your turn clock stops, so a network problem does not cost you time as well. Your opponent sees that you are coming back and waits.
- When you return, you continue from the same position with the same tiles. If you are on another page of the site, the banner saying a game is waiting takes you back to the table with one tap.
- The time to come back is limited and there is one allowance for the whole match: each drop does not start a fresh countdown but continues where the last one stopped. That protects an honest player from someone who would drag a match out forever.
- If that allowance runs out completely, the match counts as abandoned and the win goes to your opponent.
- You can only sit in one game at a time on the site, which rules out two matches running in two tabs.
Adding it to your home screen
You do not need an app, but if you want an icon, add the site to your phone’s home screen. The icon opens the domino page directly, in its own window without the browser’s address bar — almost like an ordinary app. It takes next to no storage and never needs updating: the latest version always opens. One thing to keep in mind: the game is live and runs on the server, so it will not work offline, and an icon does not change that.
- Android, Chrome: open tamashebi.cc/domino, tap the menu (three dots at the top) and choose "Add to Home screen" or "Install app".
- iPhone, Safari: open the same page, tap the Share button (the square with an arrow) and choose "Add to Home Screen".
- Confirm the name — the icon appears on your home screen.
Tips for a small screen
- If a tile fits several ends, do not rush: first work out which end gives a multiple of five.
- In a noisy place the buzz tells you a tile does not fit, so sound is optional.
- A long match to 255 or 355 drains a phone battery; on the move, a match to 75 is handier.
- If the rules are still new to you, practise against the bot or with the interactive tutorial first.
Frequently asked questions
- Do I need to download a domino app?
- No. Domino runs in your phone’s browser — Chrome, Safari or any other. If you like, add the site to your home screen and it opens like an app.
- What happens if my time runs out on a move?
- The match goes on: the server plays a fitting tile for you, draws from the boneyard or passes, and play continues.
- My internet dropped — have I lost the match?
- Not if you come back in time. The match is kept on the server and the clock stops. Only if your whole allowance runs out does the match count as abandoned.
Domino on tamashebi.cc is free to play. Coin tables use only Domino Coin, a virtual in-game coin: it is not money, cannot be bought, cannot be exchanged for money and means nothing outside the site.
The games on Tamashebi.cc are played in a Georgian-language interface. They are free and use a virtual coin, never real money.