Halletsville hosts an annual state championship on the first Saturday in March, and the Texas Senior Games crowns 42 champions each year. The game is still popular, mainly in Texas. 42 took over as the game to play in domino halls and soon became the “national game.” In 2011, 42 was designated as the official domino game of Texas. After the start of World War II, Texas military men taught it to their fellow fighting men. The boys introduced the game to their families, who shared it with their small community, and it took off.
For about four months, William and Walter played and made up rules for their new game. Since dominoes weren’t sinful by Baptist law, the pair set out to invent a game of cards but with dominoes. The other parents were notified, the cards were burned, and the boys got spankings. Two young boys, 12-year-old William Thomas and 14-year-old Walter Earl, were typical young kids who liked to play cards, and one spring day they were caught playing a card game in the hayloft by one of their parents. The year was 1887, and in Trapps Spring (now Garner), about 45 miles west of Fort Worth, Baptists were the law and card playing the devil’s work.
The game became a national pastime of sorts for Texans - anytime a group gathered, there was usually at least one game of 42. It requires four players, a set of dominoes, a pencil and score pad. 42 gets its name from the total of points to be won in each hand. Requiring skill and patience, 42 is a domino game similar in strategy to the card game bridge, though not as complicated.
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