Another rule depicted in Figure 2 is that doubles are placed perpendicular to non-double tiles. Trains of tiles must grow from the long ends of the spinner tile before players can play off the spinner’s narrow sides. There will be at most four trains (rows of tiles) extending from the four sides of the “spinner,” which is the term used for the first double-tile played. If the player does not have a domino that matches, the player must draw from the tile heap until a tile is drawn that can be played, or until there are no more tiles to draw, at which time, that player’s turn is forfeited. For example, if the 6-4 was led, the second player must play a domino with one of its squares containing either a 6 or a 4. A matching tile has a square with the same number of pips as the square of the tile at an open end of the train. A player takes a turn by matching one of his or her dominoes to an open end of the trains of dominoes that have been played. Players will play in a clockwise sequence. The starting player can play any domino from his or her hand, whether or not it scores points. Any leftover or extra dominoes are placed to the side, in the “heap.” Dominoes in the heap are used if a player, during his or her turn, does not have a domino that matches any of the domino “ends” that have been played on the table. All players then draw equal numbers of tiles, and conceal their tiles from the view of other players. Once the starting player is selected, all dominoes are returned to the facedown position and reshuffled. Each player draws one domino, and the player with the largest number of pips on his or her domino starts the game. In Domino All Fives only the initial double is a spinnerįirst, all the tiles are placed face down and shuffled. This game is generally played with a double six set of dominoes. The first player to reach a designated number of points wins the game. For each multiple of five resulting from play, the player receives 5 points. One type of domino game, the All Fives Domino Game, uses multiples of five to score points.

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