The game is
played with 24 different dominoes, which consist
of the following dominoes, where the hyphen represents
the separation of the two halves of the domino
and the number represents the pips: 6-0, 6-1,
6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 5-0, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3,
5-4, 5-5, 4-0, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 3-0, 3-1,
3-2, 3-3, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 1-0, 1-1, and one blank
domino 0-0.
The player who draws the highest domino starts
the game. If the number of pips is even, then
you draw once more.
If there are 2 players in the game they get
7 dominoes from the pile, while playing with
3 and four players you get only 5 dominoes.
The first player puts an optional domino on
the table and if the sum of pips amounts to 5
or 10 he gets the corresponding number of points.
The next player then puts down a domino that
has to match the number of pips it meets.
If the sum of the number of pips at the ends
is 5 or a multiplication of this (5, 10, 15 etc.)
he gets a corresponding number of points.
If a player cannot or
will not put down a “point
giving” domino he has to put another one
down that matches one of the ends. If you cannot
put one down then you have to draw from the pile
until you can put one down. If there are no more
dominoes, the turn passes clockwise to the next
player.
There can be maximum 4 arms on the board and
you can only build from the first double domino
and you can build on in all 4 directions.
The double dominoes are constantly put across
and it is the total sum of pips on this domino,
which counts as the value of this arm.
A game round is over when one of the players
has got no dominoes left or if the game gets
obstructed because no dominoes can be put down.
Then you add up the players´ points.
Besides the points which all the participants
have got
by building 5, the player who has put down the
final domino gets as many points from the opponent
players, as the total of pips of their remaining
dominoes sum up to.
If a round is obstructed, leaving all the players
with some dominoes left, it is the player, who
has got the least number of pips on his dominoes,
who is chosen to be the winner. He gets the sum
of points that corresponds to the difference
between his and the opponents number of pips. |
