This question is asking for a winning strategy.

Alice and Bob take turns to place regular dominoes into a $7\times8$ board. The first player who cannot go loses.

Is there a winning strategy for either player?

Alice and Bob take turns to place regular dominoes into a $7\times8$ board. The first player who cannot go loses.

Is there a winning strategy for either player?

Note that in this version the pips on the domino don't count for anything - it's just about placing the dominoes into the board.