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RULES:
The object of the game is to be the first player to score 150 points. From double blank to double sixes there are 28 dominoes. Place the dominoes face-down on the table and mix them up. In a two player game each player selects 7 dominoes. In a 3-4 player game each player selects 5. Keep your dominoes in front of you but hidden from your opponents.
The player with the highest double, that is, the domino with matching numbers on both ends, places that double on the table to start the game. After the first round, the person who won the previous round starts the next round. Play proceeds clockwise.
To play you must place a matching domino next to any of the 4 exposed ends. Doubles are placed perpendicular to other dominoes when being played. The first double played is called the “spinner”. You may play off of either end of the spinner as well as its regular sides. The spinner is the only domino that can be played off of 4 ways. However, due to space constraints, a tile may be connected at a right-angle, creating an "L" in the layout.
If a player doesn’t have a domino of matching value, they must pick a domino from the “boneyard”, which is the face down pile of remaining dominoes. They keep picking up dominoes from the “boneyard” until they get a playable domino. If there is no playable domino then the player must pass their turn to the next player.
Points may be awarded during the play by making the exposed ends of the chain total to a multiple of five. You receive as many points as you make. The first player to play all their dominoes wins the hand. They also scores points for all the remaining unplayed dominoes in the other player’s hands. Add them together then round to the nearest multiple of five, give this many points to the winner of the hand.
The first player to reach 150 points wins.