5 dominos (3 or 4 players) for each player
| Name(s): | Muggins, Fives, and Sniff |
| Approx year: | 0 AD |
| Civilization(s): | European |
| Place: | England |
| Type of game equipment: | domino |
| Type of game: | chance |
| Language: | English |
| Possible Players: | 2 3 4 |
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Rules of the game:
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game for 2, 3 or 4 persons |
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7 dominos (2 players) 5 dominos (3 or 4 players) for each player |
Who starts:
players must draw the starting one by a lot. He/She puts a domino of his/her choice.
Rules:
Players add dominos number to the same number. First doublet must be placed vertically (unlike all other dominos) what opens 4 directions of adding dominos. Next doublets are added vertically or horizontally according to player's decision.
to add dominos in such manner that sum of pips on the outer halves of the domino line.is 5 or a multiple of 5. Player gets points for every 'five'. Player that reaches a certain number of points (usually 200) wins the game.
Points:
| when | who gets points | how much |
| during the game | player that added a domino and after his move sum of pips on the outer half of the domino line is 5 or a multiple of 5 | 5 |
| at the end | player that added all of his/her dominos | 10 |
| at the end when game is blocked | player that had the smallest number of pips on dominos | difference of pips on other players and his/her dominos
rounded to 5 5 if it's 3,4,5,6,7; 10 when 8,9,10,11,12 |
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