Domino Rules

DOMINOES RULES: INTERNATIONAL DOMINO

Dominos is a game that is played with 28 fiches/dominos or bones depending where you are from.

PARTNERS DOMINOS

1. Played with four players

2. Your partner will be the person sitting in front of you or across from you.

3. Dominos are shuffled faced down

4. Each player draws 7 dominoes

5. The player with double-6 plays first

6. The player to the right plays next

7. They continues that way until one player has played all dominoes or the game is blocked

8. The player who plays their seven dominos first, wins.

9. If the game is blocked (meaning no one can play anymore (fichas), the person with

lowest count wins.

10. The winning team can choose which player poses the next game.

11. If two players on opposing teams score the same amount of points on the block game,

then no one wins. The next game is played for two points.

12. Double six is posed and the person to the right plays after.

13. The winner of the next game gets two points.

14. The maximum amount of points for any game is 2.

15. THE FIRST PAIR TO WIN SIX STRAIGHT GAMES WIN THE HAND

16. ALL REMAINING DOMINOES/FICHAS WILL BE TURNED FACED UP AT THE END OF

THE GAME.

17. If there is a rack available, all dominoes must be in the rack. No questions to the board

may be asked. If a person touches a domino, that domino must be played. If the person

removes their hand without playing the domino, they would automatically lose the game.

18. If there is no rack, then the term “dominoes to board” must be asked. Everyone

including the person asking the question must PLACE THEIR DOMINOES ON THE

TABLE. NO VERBAL RESPONSES. After two warnings in a set the player will lose all

games each time they question individually or choose to answer their partner verbally.

19. When there is no rack, when a player attempts to play a domino, they cannot return the

domino to their hand. If that were to happen then the player will lose the game

automatically.

20. If a player says pass that is considered a play. Knock is NOT a pass. Once a person

says pass they cannot play again. If a domino is found in their hand, they will lose the

game automatically. This means if a player takes an unnecessary pass, the player will

lose the game and the other team will be awarded one point.

21. If the player plays the incorrect domino, then they will lose the game automatically. The

point will be awarded to the next team.

22. If a domino can play but it is played incorrectly, the player can fix it without penalty.

However, if the next player exposes their domino before it is fixed, then the pl;ayer loses

the game for a mixed matched card.

23. All dominoes must be played on the board, put the domino at the end. DO NOT

THROW OUT DOMINOES. After two warnings, by the referee. The player will lose the

game.

24. If the score is 1-1, there is no start over. The score of the next game will be 2-1. If the

game that follows is a derby then the score after the win will be 3-1.DOMINOES RULES: INTERNATIONAL DOMINO

Dominos is a game that is played with 28 fiches/dominos or bones depending where you are from.

PARTNERS DOMINOS

1. Played with four players

2. Your partner will be the person sitting in front of you or across from you.

3. Dominos are shuffled faced down

4. Each player draws 7 dominoes

5. The player with double-6 plays first

6. The player to the right plays next

7. They continues that way until one player has played all dominoes or the game is blocked

8. The player who plays their seven dominos first, wins.

9. If the game is blocked (meaning no one can play anymore (fichas), the person with

lowest count wins.

10. The winning team can choose which player poses the next game.

11. If two players on opposing teams score the same amount of points on the block game,

then no one wins. The next game is played for two points.

12. Double six is posed and the person to the right plays after.

13. The winner of the next game gets two points.

14. The maximum amount of points for any game is 2.

15. THE FIRST PAIR TO WIN SIX STRAIGHT GAMES WIN THE HAND

16. ALL REMAINING DOMINOES/FICHAS WILL BE TURNED FACED UP AT THE END OF

THE GAME.

17. If there is a rack available, all dominoes must be in the rack. No questions to the board

may be asked. If a person touches a domino, that domino must be played. If the person

removes their hand without playing the domino, they would automatically lose the game.

18. If there is no rack, then the term “dominoes to board” must be asked. Everyone

including the person asking the question must PLACE THEIR DOMINOES ON THE

TABLE. NO VERBAL RESPONSES. After two warnings in a set the player will lose all

games each time they question individually or choose to answer their partner verbally.

19. When there is no rack, when a player attempts to play a domino, they cannot return the

domino to their hand. If that were to happen then the player will lose the game

automatically.

20. If a player says pass that is considered a play. Knock is NOT a pass. Once a person

says pass they cannot play again. If a domino is found in their hand, they will lose the

game automatically. This means if a player takes an unnecessary pass, the player will

lose the game and the other team will be awarded one point.

21. If the player plays the incorrect domino, then they will lose the game automatically. The

point will be awarded to the next team.

22. If a domino can play but it is played incorrectly, the player can fix it without penalty.

However, if the next player exposes their domino before it is fixed, then the pl;ayer loses

the game for a mixed matched card.

23. All dominoes must be played on the board, put the domino at the end. DO NOT

THROW OUT DOMINOES. After two warnings, by the referee. The player will lose the

game.

24. If the score is 1-1, there is no start over. The score of the next game will be 2-1. If the

game that follows is a derby then the score after the win will be 3-1.