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| LINKS | DOCUMENT DESCRIPTIONS |
| • 42 comparisons | 42 compared to Poker and Bridge. |
| • 42 description | An excellent description of the game 42 published in Texas Monthly magazine. |
| • 42 overview | 42 in a nutshell: A brief description of how the game is played. |
| • 42 quiz (basics) | Ten questions with answers about the game of 42. |
| • 42 quiz (history) | Ten history questions with answers about 42. |
| • 1887 scenario | A short story about how 42 might have started in Texas. |
| • 1906 42 card game | 1906 rules for playing 42 with domino cards. |
| • 1955 42 rules | The official rules for playing 42 in 1955. |
| • About the game 42 | A short narrative about the game and its origin. |
| • About this web site | Evolution of and stats for this 42 web site; includes listing of new documents added to site (by date). |
| • Aggie 42 rules (1992) | Texas A&M′s Lechner Hall rules, 1992-1993. |
| • Archived documents | Mostly of interest to tournament players, includes bidding and indicating discussions (links). |
| • Beerdaddy history | A long-time 42 player in east Texas discusses the history of 42. |
| • Bidding poll | Bid four different 42 hands and pick the trump suit if you were to win the bid in each. |
| • Brain-teasers | Two challenging 42 hand brain teasers by Luis Flavio Nunes, a 42 player in Brazil. |
| • Commentaries | Commentaries by notable 42 players: Beerdaddy42, Dennis Roberson, David Roberts, Edwin Glynn Hill, Jerry Whitney/Ron Nolte, Lonn Taylor, Luis Flavio Nunes, Billy Johnson, Myrna & Tom McDonald, Jacqueline Phillips, Lacye Comer, Jody Badum, Nick Carter, Gary McClish, Lenora Boughton, and other noteworthy contributors |
| • Crosswords - 42 | A 20-piece crossword puzzle that shows some of the places in Texas where 42 is played. |
| • Demographics | Majority 42 player and polling demographics summary stats and charts. |
| • Domino drawing hands | Shuffle the dominos, draw seven, and analyze your hand. |
| • Domino Images | Small domino images for inserting in documents, web pages, and messages. |
| • Domino Magic | The old card trick done with dominos. Pick a domino, and the computer will identify it. |
| • Domino puzzles (4) | Interactive domino puzzles for mentally stimulated players. |
| • Download frames page | Portable instructions for learning how to play 42 (self-extracting). |
| • E-mail link to friend(s) | Send a friend the link to this web page. |
| • E-mail webmaster | Send your comment(s) or suggestion(s) to the webmaster. |
| • East Texas map links | Where east Texas is according to some maps. |
| • Evolution of 42 site | Thirty years of 42 website development |
| • Facebook group | A Facebook group for learning, sharing, and discussing 42 bidding & playing strategies. Visitors welcome to join. |
| • Fair play survey | Opinion poll on fair play in 42 bidding and indicating. |
| • Feedback form | Send comment, suggestion, or report web page problems. |
| • Free 42 images | Two downloadable 1000x1000 Texas 42 images suitable for custom tee-shirts |
| • Four Hand Texas | Archived rules for the game that 42 was called in the olden days. |
| • Frames version | Frames version of my 42 instructions. |
| • Glynn Hill 42 | Sage advice from a long-time pure 42 player in east Texas. |
| • Google finds | Newest automated Google finds on 42 domino game since 28 Aug 2012. |
| • Google stats | Top ten Texas cities that visited Texas42.net, 2006/2007. |
| • Guestbook | Sign-in and/or view the visitor guestbook. |
| • Hallettsville winners | County residences of the winners of the annual state 42 tournaments in Hallettsville, 1981-2016. |
| • Home page | Home page of Texas42.net (where this Quick Menu is linked for mobile devices like the iPhone). |
| • Jigsaw puzzle | A 20-piece crossword puzzle that shows some of the places in Texas where 42 is played. |
| • Learn to play 42 | Original non-frames version of instructions. |
| • Links to other 42 sites | Useful links to most other 42 web sites and documents. |
| • Mineral Wells and 42 | Scenarios how Mineral Wells might have influenced the spread of 42 in the 1880s. |
| • Mobile 42 | Mobile version of 42 playing instructions. |
| • N42PA Information | The National 42 Players Association: Objectives, guidelines, how to join, and more. |
| • New additions | New web pages added to web site since launching Texas42.net (29 Nov 2006). |
| • New Mexico 42 | A tribute to the presence of 42 in New Mexico. |
| • Non-frames version | Non-frames (original) version of my 42 instructions. |
| • Non-indicating sample | A sample hand of 42 played with no indicating. |
| • Observations | Some observations about social (only) 42 players and tournament players. |
| • Odds in drawing | The odds of drawing various combinations of dominos from a pool of 28. |
| • Odessa article | Newspaper article about Roberson′s book and 42. |
| • Open questions | Questions that need answers (your help solicited). |
| • Origin of 42 | A paraphrased newspaper article that reports how 42 originated in Garner in 1887. |
| • Photo Memorabilia | Images of photographs that commemorate the game of 42. Visitors welcome to send other commemorative digital images. |
| • Players map | Where 42 players live in Texas, the U.S., and the world (maps plotted using data from Billy Johnson′s 42 players directory). |
| • Polling comments | Extended comments on 42 polling demographics from previous online surveys. |
| These are the counties that defined the Texas polling areas in previous surveys. | |
| • Polling results (bidding) | Summary of survey results for bidding the four sample hands demonstrated in the instructional pages. |
| • Popular 42 pages | The most popular 42 pages visited at this site between 4 March 2010 and 3 March 2011. |
| • Print versions (PDFs) | Various printable versions of my 42 instructions, all PDFs |
| • Probability extracts | Extended comments on the luck factor in the game of 42. |
| • Proft comments | My comments on closing out the research on the origin of 42 in Texas. |
| • Proft′s web pages | These are links to my main web pages, including those at Proft.50megs.com. |
| • Questions & answers | Questions about 42 submitted by visitors, with answers (searchable). |
| • Rail map (1885), U.S. | U.S. map showing how states, cities, and towns were connected by the railways in 1885, six years before Garner got connected. |
| • Rambling boy | A newspaper article which includes a story about playing 42 in West Texas. |
| • Readme for download | The readme file for the downloadable version of my 42 instructions. |
| • Reflections | Reflections on 14+ years of developing and maintaining this web site. |
| • Roberson comments | Roberson′s comments about the reported origin of 42 in Garner. |
| • Roberson scenario | Roberson′s scenario for playing the sample hand in my instructional pages. |
| • Roberson′s Winning 42 | Table of contents and link to Dennis Roberson′s book (publisher) on 42. |
| • Scoring options | Discussion on scoring methods in 42: marks vs. points. |
| • Search this site | Search engine for Texas42.net. |
| • State domino game | How 42 became the official State Domino Game of Texas. |
| • Terms and definitions | Many of the terms (with definitions) that you might hear regarding the game 42. |
| • Texas 42 app | Play 42 on the iPhone, iPod touch, & iPad |
| • Texas 42 app | Play 42 on the iPad (HD) |
| • Texas 42 players | Discussion on estimating the number of active 42 players in Texas. |
| • Texas 42 poem | A poem about the game of Texas 42 (written by a Tennessean). |
| • Texas 42 song | Lyrics (with background music) about the game of 42. Why not? Everything else has a song. :-) |
| • Texas image | Colorful Texas graphic that shows some places where 42 is played. |
| • Texas quick facts | Everything you ever wanted to know about Texas - well, almost everything. |
| • Texas visitor map | Respondent densities in the various counties in Texas (archived online survey results). |
| • Tips and tricks | Some common tips for playing your hand in 42. |
| • Tournament sample | An archived document of 42 tournament rules written by a Texas Gulf Coast group of professional engineers. |
| • Tourney players | Linked tournament schedules/locations. |
| • Trains and 42 | An analysis of early railroads and the spread of 42 in pre-1900 Texas. |
| • Trumps in 42 | A detailed explanation of trumps for beginners who might be having difficulty understanding the concept. |
| • TSHAonline | Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) info on Texas 42 article published online. The TSHA article on 42 is linked in the posting. |
| • U.S. visitor map | A Google map of the United States which shows relative concentrations of 42 visitors. |
| • Visitor comments | What visitors have said about 42 and my 42 web site over the years. |
| • Visitor locations | Top ten locations of site visitors (chart + map). |
| • Whitney remarks | Jerry Whitney, 2009 Texas State 42 Champion, discusses the merits of random selection of partners in 42 tournaments. |
| • Word search | Find the 42 terms (13 total) in an 8x8 matrix. |
