| Number of Players:
2-5
Game Duration: 30 mins +
Players Aged: 5 +
A 'bone' or 'tile' is an actual domino.
A 'pip' is a spot on the bone, so the double six has twelve
pips.
You Will Need: A
set of double six dominoes (28 bones).
To Play
Turn all the bones face down on the table and
shuffle them. If there are 2 or 3 players each takes 7 bones.
4 or 5 players take 5 each. When you all have a full hand
of dominoes there will be some left over, these are put to
one side to form the bone yard.
The player with the highest double starts. The
first player lays the double face up on the table and play
moves to the left . This player must lay a domino that matches
the previously laid domino. The third player has to match
either end of the formation. Play continues clockwise in this
manner. Doubles should be laid at a right angle to all other
dominoes.
So, the first move might be a double 6, the
second a 6:4. The next player can lay any domino from his
hand that shows either a 6, or a 4, no matter what the other
side shows.
Rules
A player who cannot match either end of
the formation must ‘knock’. They knock on the
table to indicate that they can’t go and then take one
domino from the bone yard. If that domino can be played then
they play it. If not they add it to their hand and take a
a second from the bone yard and either play it or add it to
their hand. If they can’t play this second domino then
they take a third from the bone yard. If they can lay it then
they do, otherwise they keep it and play passes to the next
player.**
If there are no bones left in the bone yard
and a player cannot go then they simply pass.
** A variation on this rule is that there is
no limit to the amount of dominoes that can be taken from
the boneyard and the player must keep going until they find
one they can lay. If they empty the boneyard then they can
pass. We don’t recommend playing this rule with young
children.
The player who gets rid of all his bones
first wins or play continues until no more dominoes can be
played. This is a blocked game, in which case the .player
with the least bones left, wins.
Scoring
All the losers add up the spots left on
the remaining dominoes and this is the winners score. In a
blocked game the person with the lowest total wins, this player
takes his/her score and subtracts it from each of the other
players scores, adds the two totals together and this is his
score. Example: Winner has 10 points; Other players have 14
and 15. Winner scores 9.
The first player to 100 points wins.
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