Muggins Dominoes

An advanced version of Block Dominoes.

Number of Players

The game is for 2 - 4 players, with forming teams as an option for 4 players.

Set Up

• Any dominoes set will do

Place all the dominoes face down and shuffle them. Each player draws 5 dominoes. The remaining dominos are called the “boneyard”.

Turn order is then determined using any sort of method desired.

Game Play

The first player will play a domino on the table and is called the “set”. All subsequent players place a domino next to the appropriate side that matches one of the sides of the played domino. If a double sided domino (one that has the same amount of pips on both sides) is used, it is played at a different angle and no dominos may be played on the top or bottom of the double sided domino. However, they may be played on either side.

If a player cannot play a domino, they are blocked and must draw from the boneyard until they can play a domino. The exception is if the boneyard is exhausted. For 2-player games, this is when there are 2 dominos. For 3- and 4-player games, this is when there is 1 domino.

Players score when the both ends of the domino line, with doubles counting both sides, are multiples of 5. For each multiple of 5, the player scores 1 point.

Winning the Game

The first player to play all their dominos down says “domino” and wins.

If the boneyard is exhausted, reveal the hands and count the pips. The player with the lowest pip count wins.

In any case, add to the winning player’s score the total of the other hands.