PX7 Domino Disc Question

[nolemmings]

Ben,

I am afraid that the disks may have just been for the basic game of dominoes, which has variations in how it's played. I do not believe the Home/Visitor disk was issued with the cigarettes. Just my opinion, but note there is no reference to the brand or factory-or even dominoes. Also, a tabletop game issued around 1916 used the same disks as game pieces. I would venture that this was the source of their creation. I have never seen any instructions of of how dominoes relate to baseball, but I am not a game aficianado. Still, if you and your buddies are bored sitting with a bunch of disks, use your imaginations like the kids of yore and apply it somehow to create a field of dreams.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by nolemmings

Ben,

I am afraid that the disks may have just been for the basic game of dominoes, which has variations in how it's played. I do not believe the Home/Visitor disk was issued with the cigarettes. Just my opinion, but note there is no reference to the brand or factory-or even dominoes. Also, a tabletop game issued around 1916 used the same disks as game pieces. I would venture that this was the source of their creation. I have never seen any instructions of of how dominoes relate to baseball, but I am not a game aficianado. Still, if you and your buddies are bored sitting with a bunch of disks, use your imaginations like the kids of yore and apply it somehow to create a field of dreams.

Ben,

I agree with what Todd said about the PX7 discs not being used for a specific baseball themed game, but for some version of a dominoes game. And that is exactly why I mentioned about the directly related to baseball themed games that are out there, and included the reference to the baseball themed game site you can take a look at. The number of different baseball themed games that have come out over the years is absolutely astounding. If you and your buddies are looking to maybe find an old baseball themed game to actually play, there are a lot of options, just maybe not with the PX7 Dominos Discs.

[rhettyeakley]

As stated by Todd, the Home/Visiting disk would not have been issued in cigarettes as it has no Factory designation on it. it was law at the time that inserts in tobacco have factory designations. Possibly made by the same manufacturer of the px7 coins give the similarity, but unlikely an actual insert into the packs.

[benge610]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

As stated by Todd, the Home/Visiting disk would not have been issued in cigarettes as it has no Factory designation on it. it was law at the time that inserts in tobacco have factory designations. Possibly made by the same manufacturer of the px7 coins give the similarity, but unlikely an actual insert into the packs.

Thank you Rhett and Todd. I think I was reading too much into that specific piece when I saw it (Home/Visitor); with the T209 fiasco, no factory and all. I was trying to put myself in the position of kids at the time; always looking to make a game of/trade cards, etc.

I apologize for not being clear earlier; as I said in the previous paragraph; I try to understand better how the kids of the times adapted to using their time to occupy themselves; anywhere from flipping their baseball cards up in the air and calling to determine the winner of a card, etc. My childhood was filled with make up games and cards were no exception.

I still struggle with the idea that one of my buddies (when I was a kid) comes up with the idea to take round disks and attempt to play dominoes. We would have laughed him off; real dominoes being rectangular in shape; being laid down at ends or angles to play. Somebody in the neighborhood would have come up with some way to use the disks and number counts of domino backs, to win and lose ball players' disks with reference to individual's collections. That's what I meant when I said that my wife and I were scratching our heads; putting ourselves in the position of a kid of the times.

Thank you all for your input.
Ben
"I love baseball history backstory; especially when it involves cards."

[Touch'EmAll]

I don't know much about them, but picked up some years ago.

A bit of info: from The MET in NY - "Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company and distributed in their Sweet Caporal cigarettes.... to be collected and used in a game."

[benge610]

Originally Posted by Touch'EmAll

I don't know much about them, but picked up some years ago.

What a nice group.
... and a Home/Visiting team disk to boot!

Ben