Domino is a game of chance and strategy that is played by arranging dominoes (also called bones, cards, men or tiles) edge to edge. Each domino has a face with an arrangement of spots or pips, similar to those on a die. The other face is blank or patterned differently. The value of a domino, expressed as the sum of its numbered pips or by the number of pips on the adjacent faces of the two adjacent ends of the piece, is called its rank or weight. A domino that has more pips is considered to be heavier than one with fewer pips.
The name of the game derives from the Latin dominus, meaning “lord, master,” referring to the domino’s position at the end of a row of dominoes. The first player starts by placing a domino on its edge against another domino in such a way that the values of the adjacent dominoes are either identical or form some specified total. The next player then places a domino of his choice on this stack, thus forming a sequence of dominoes. Depending on the particular variation of domino being played, different rules determine how many pieces may be placed on the stack and what the maximum value of a domino is.
In its more modern usage, the word domino may also refer to a system of business processes and procedures that is designed to improve efficiency, effectiveness and quality in a company’s operations. It may also be used to describe a person or organization that is successful and has a positive impact on the world around them.
Like the game of dominoes, some learning challenges can have a domino effect where the impact of one small event causes everything to fall in a chain reaction. Students who struggle with learning can become overwhelmed and begin compensating for their differences in the classroom, which leads to a decline in their academic performance over time.
Domino has a long history of using her mutant powers in service to others. She is a weapons expert, a master martial artist and a linguist who can speak multiple languages. Able to manipulate the laws of probability to shift odds in her favor, she is also an accomplished mercenary. She was recruited by X-Corporation to join their Hong Kong branch, where she and her Wild Pack colleagues (renamed the Six Pack) were tasked with sabotaging Rumekistan and Cable’s island paradise Providence in an effort to free mutants sequestered by ONE’s Office of National Emergency.
She was later tasked with disabling an experimental combat droid codename Jericho that was being neurologically controlled by rogue CIA agent Ekatarina Gryaznova. Domino later joined X-Force and helped to hinder John Sublime’s Third Species mutant organ harvesting movement. During this period, Domino was romantically involved with fellow mutant Jesse Aaronson.