Dominoes

Dominoes, with rather good company

PRINTWORKS Dominoes from the Reverra collection takes one of the world's most familiar games and gives it a home you are unlikely to hide away once the final tile has been played. Inside the structured case sit 28 classic white melamine domino tiles with black pips, neatly arranged within a wooden box covered in faux leather. Soft grey and white panels meet across the lid, accompanied by restrained graphic details and gold-coloured lettering, giving the case the character of a considered home accessory rather than a conventional games box. Measuring 30 cm wide, 24.6 cm deep and 6.8 cm high, PRINTWORKS Reverra Dominoes has enough presence for a coffee table, sideboard or open shelf while remaining neatly contained between games. It weighs 0.56 kg. The gameplay needs little introduction: the tiles are mixed and distributed among the players, with any remaining pieces forming the stock depending on the chosen variation. Players then take turns placing a suitable domino against an open end of the growing line. Matching pip values meet one another until someone has played all the tiles in their hand or no further move can be made. The rules are reassuringly straightforward, yet there is enough observation, timing and forward planning involved to make the familiar promise of “just one more game” rather unreliable.

A classic that gets straight to the point

Dominoes has the rare ability to create plenty of decisions from a remarkably small set of rules. The obvious move is not always the useful one, particularly once the line begins to stretch across the table and the number of available values narrows. Keeping an eye on your own tiles, remembering which pip values have appeared and thinking a move ahead can leave you with better options later in the game. At the same time, it remains wonderfully accessible. There is no lengthy set-up, no complicated rulebook to work through and, rather pleasantly, nothing that needs charging first. That makes PRINTWORKS Dominoes an easy choice for slow afternoons, evenings with friends or the part of dinner when nobody is quite ready for the evening to end. And once the game is over, its soft neutral palette and neatly finished case mean there is very little reason to put it away.

A small move against the digital background noise

PRINTWORKS was founded in Stockholm in 2017 by Annette and Patrik, inspired by the wish to create more room for shared analogue moments in an increasingly screen-filled everyday life. The idea is simple: open a photo album instead of scrolling past another hundred images, or gather around a game rather than disappearing into separate feeds. The Reverra collection expresses that philosophy through an especially calm visual language. Familiar games are presented in soft neutral shades, clean lines and tactile materials intended to feel at home in contemporary interiors. Reverra Dominoes combines a faux leather-covered wooden case with a structured interior and traditional melamine tiles. The game itself does not need reinventing, and that is rather the point. What changes is the way it lives in the home. It is an approach that feels natural to us at LIVOSY too: objects should earn their place by being used, while still feeling considered enough to remain part of the room afterwards.

Leave the next round within easy reach

With its restrained combination of grey, white and black, PRINTWORKS Reverra Dominoes sits comfortably alongside books, candles and other home accessories without looking like something that escaped from the games cupboard. It makes a thoughtful gift for lovers of traditional games, hosts, design-minded friends and anyone who prefers sharing a table to sharing another link in the group chat. Within the PRINTWORKS collection, Dominoes pairs naturally with chess, backgammon, card games and memory games, while the brand's photo albums and The Essentials gift sets continue the same celebration of analogue moments in different forms. Together they create a collection of objects that do not demand attention but have a useful habit of bringing people closer. For now, though, 28 tiles, a little table space and the right number at the right end will do nicely.