Dominoes variants
Other ways to play Dominoes, each one ready to play here. Read how a variant changes the rules, then start a game with it chosen in the table setup.
Block game
Dominoes without the boneyard: the tiles left after the deal stay face down, and a player who cannot match an end simply passes.
All Fives
Also called Muggins: score points during play whenever the open ends of the line add up to a multiple of five, in a match of several hands.
Bergen
A scoring game in which points come from making both ends of the line show the same number, with double-headers worth 2 and triple-headers 3.
Double-nine and double-twelve sets
Dominoes with a larger set: 55 tiles numbered up to 9 or 91 tiles numbered up to 12, bigger boneyards, bigger hands and bigger scores.
Partnership dominoes
Four players in two teams, partners sitting opposite: when either partner goes out the team wins, and a blocked game goes to the lighter pair.
Mexican Train
Every player builds a train of their own from a double in the centre, beside one shared Mexican train, over a round for each double from 12-12 down to 0-0.
Chicken Foot
A train game in which every double sprouts new lines: six tiles around the starting double, then three toes for every double played after it.