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Dominoes guide

Dominoes best practices

Tips for playing well, the most useful first.

  1. Play your doubles early. A double fits only one number, so it can get stuck in your hand.
  2. Play heavy tiles, the ones with the most pips, early. If the hand ends blocked, the pips you hold count against you.
  3. Keep a mix of numbers in your hand, so you will almost always have a tile to play.
  4. Keep count of the numbers on the table. There are only seven tiles of each number, so when most are played, the rest are in someone’s hand or the boneyard.
  5. If your opponent passes or draws, they don’t have that number. Leave the end on it, and they will have to draw or pass again.
  6. In All Fives, before each play, add up the ends each of your tiles would leave. Look for a total of 5, 10, 15 or 20, and remember that a double at an end counts both halves.