Number of Players: 2 - 4
Type of Dominoes Used:Double 6
Type of Game:Scoring Game
What's unique: A player is awarded points every time he makes a play that results in the open ends of the tiles in the line of play adding up to a multiple of 3 or a multiple of 5.
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The game may be played in partnership when there are 4 players.
Number of dominoes drawn: If 2 play, each player draws 7 tiles. If 3 or 4 play, each player draws 5 tiles.
The tiles not drawn are pushed to one side to make up the boneyard.
Set: Lots are drawn to determine who sets the first tile. The first player may play any domino in his hand. After the first tile has been set, play continues to the left.
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How to Play: After the first domino is set, subsequent players must join a tile from their hand with an open end in the line of play. The ends of the two tiles that are joined must have the same number of pips.
If a player is unable to make a play from his hand, he must draw tiles from the boneyard until he draws a playable tile. If a player is unable to make a play from his hand and there are no tiles left in the boneyard, the player must skip his turn until he is able to make a play.
Scoring: A player scores 1 point per pip when the total number of pips on the exposed ends of the tiles in the layout is a multiple of 3 or a multiple of 5. If, after making a play, the total number of pips on the exposed ends of the tiles in the layout total 10, which is a multiple of 5, that player would score 10 points. If the total number of pips was 12, which is a multiple of 3, that player would score 12 points. If the total number of pips was 30 a multiple of 3 and a multiple of 5, that player would score 60 points (30+30).
The game is over when one player has dominoed or when the game is blocked. Once the game is over, each player should count the total number of pips on the remaining tiles in his hand. The player who dominoed or the player left with the lowest number of pips in his hand at the end of the game is the winner. The winner earns a score of the total number of pips left in his opponents' hands (1 point per 1 pip).
The game is usually 251 points.
Variations: 1) No more than 4 can play, and every player, regardless of the number of players, draws 7 tiles. 2) If 4 play, each draws 5 tiles; if 3 play, each draws 6; and, if 2 play, each draws 7.
Variation: The player holding the highest double in his hand makes the first play by setting that tile. After the first tile has been set, play continues to the left.
The first double played is a spinner.
Variation: There are no spinners.
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Variations: 1) When there are 2 players, the last two tiles in the boneyard may not be drawn. If there are 3 or 4 players, the last tile in the boneyard may not be drawn. 2) If a player has a playable tile, he must play it. 3) A Player may draw from the boneyard even if he holds a playable tile in his hand.
Reprinted with permission of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY from GREAT BOOK OF DOMINO GAMES by Jennifer Kelley, ©1999 by Jennifer Kelley. (The Sterling book is available as PUREMCO'S GREAT BOOK OF DOMINO GAMES)
- In All Fives Dominoes game, players try to match all scoring ends of the layout on their turn so that its total is a multiple of five which is scored immediately by the player. In addition winner of each round scores bonus points at the end of each round.
- Each player gets certain number of tiles at the beginning of each round.
- Remaining tiles are set aside forming a boneyard.
- First turn or lead is decided by a draw of lot (each player draws one tile and highest tile starts the round). In subsequent rounds player winning the previous round starts first. If there was no winner for the previous round then lead is again decided by draw of lot.
- Turn can be started with any tile and then subsequent tiles can be played at the open ends of the layout.
- In All Fives only the first double is a spinner which means tiles can be placed on all four edges of the spinner double.
- If a player can not play, then he/she must draw from the boneyard until either he/she gets a playable tile or the boneyard has no tile left.
- If player draws a tile which can be immediately played, then it must be played.
- If player can not play a tile and can not draw from the boneyard either, then he/she simply passes the turn to next player.
- The round ends if a player has played all of his/her tiles. Round can also end if the game is blocked which means no tile can be played by any of the players.
- After a player plays a tile, all open ends of the layout are totaled and if the total is a multiple of five (5, 10 etc.), then player immediately scores that total.
- Doubles at the end of an arm in the layout are worth its pips count. Once two tiles are placed on a double, its pip count is not considered in the total (even when the spinner has one or two edges available to place tiles).
- The open ends of the arms on all four edges of the spinner double are counted in the score.
- First player playing all his/her tiles wins the round. If the game is blocked then player with the lowest pips count in his/her hand wins.
- After the round ends, pips on all remaining tiles of all players are counted and rounded up or down to nearest multiple of five and then divided by five which is scored by the winner of that round.
- The game is played for multiple rounds and player with highest score above 100 wins.
- Though players score during the game play, game can only end after the end of a round. It is possible that the first player to reach the score of 100 is not the winner if the round is won by another player who after adding the bonus points has the highest overall score.
- The other variants of this game are Muggins (no spinner) and Five Up (All doubles are spinners).
- Reference Rules: pagat.com
