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Have you only ever used domino tiles to make cool chain reactions, not to play the actual game they get their name from? Don’t worry! Dominoes is super easy to learn and a ton of fun to play. There are actually different variations of Dominoes, and we’ll walk you through how to play two of the most popular ones: Straight Dominoes and Mexican Train Dominoes.
Method 1 of 2:Fun Fact: Every dot on a tile is an individual “pip.”
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Tip: If you start to run out of room on the table, you can lay down subsequent dominoes so that the line changes direction.
Using a Marker: If you can't take a turn even after drawing a tile from the train yard, place a small marker, like a penny, on your train. This means that other players can now play on your train as well as on their own. To remove the marker, you have to play a tile on your personal train and then it goes back to being just your own.
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wikiHow Staff Editor Staff AnswerPicture dominoes is very similar to a game of straight dominoes with standard tiles. Instead of matching numbers, the players match pictures together. Just like in straight dominoes, you play until one person runs out of dominoes or nobody can make any more matches.
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wikiHow Staff Editor Staff AnswerIn all fives, the goal is to make the open ends of the layout add up to either 5 or a multiple of 5. The players typically play to 100 or 200 points.
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wikiHow Staff Editor Staff AnswerA double 9 set is a domino set that comes with 55 dominoes, with the suits ranging from 0 (blank) to 9. A double 9 set allows you to play a larger variety of games than a double 6 set, which only contains 28 dominoes with suits ranging from 0 to 6. Dominoes also come in double 12 sets.
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Each dominoes game can have lots of variations depending on how you learned to play and who you're playing with, and that is okay! Just take a few moments to talk with your friends and make sure everyone agrees on the rules before you start playing.
There are many other games that can be played with dominoes, like Moon and Texas Two Step.Try playing dominoes online! It's a great way to play the game without having to actually own a set of dominoes.
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120 votes - 81% Co-authors: 46 Updated: August 17, 2023 Views: 3,018,085 Categories: Featured Articles | Strategy Board GamesDominoes is a fun game you can play with 2 to 8 players. The game starts with each player drawing one tile. Whoever draws the highest double, or tile with the same number on each end, goes first. If no player draws a double, the player whose tile has the most pips, or dots, goes first. Spread all of the tiles out face-down on the table. Each player draws 7 tiles from the pile for their hand. Then, the first player plays one tile from their hand face-up in the center of the table. The player to their left must play a tile that matches one end of the tile the first player played. The next player can play a tile off of either end of the chain. Doubles are played perpendicular to the chain. If a tile has a blank side, the blank side can only be played off of the blank side of another tile. If a player can’t play a tile from their hand, they draw one from the excess pile. If they’re able to play the tile, they can play it after drawing it. Otherwise, their turn is over. Once the excess pile is empty, players just pass if they can’t play a tile. Play continues like this until one player runs out of tiles first and wins the round. The other players count up the number of dots on the remaining tiles in their hand. Their scores are added up and awarded to the player who won the round, and a new round starts. Keep playing rounds until one player scores 100 or 250 points, depending on how long you want to play for. To learn how to play Mexican Train dominoes, read on!