Five Up dominoes
How do you play Five Up Dominoes?
In short. In this game, all doubles are spinners, so the math can get tricky.
The goal of the Five Up Domino game is to score points by adding to the domino trains, so the ends of all the trains add up to be a multiple of five.
For each multiple of five, the player receives 1 point.
The players get five tiles each and the rest of the tiles form the boneyard.
As long as one side is free, doubles count as the total of their pips on both exposed ends for scoring purposes.
How many tiles do you start with in Five Up?
The players get five tiles each and the rest of the tiles form the boneyard.
How do spinners work in Five Up?
All doubles are played as spinners. The usual rules for placing tiles on a spinner apply. That is, the first and second tiles played against a spinner must be placed against the two sides, before the third tile can be placed against the exposed end. When tiles have been played against both sides of a double, the double ceases to count towards the pip total, even though the two ends remain open.
How are doubles placed and counted in Five Up?
As usual, doubles are played crosswise on the train, with one side touching the open end on which they are played. As long as one side is free, doubles count as the total of their pips on both exposed ends for scoring purposes.
How do you score points in Five Up?
For each multiple of five, the player receives 1 point. Play to 61 points. For example, a hand with the [1-2] tile would round to five and score 1 point, while the [1-1] tile would round down to zero points.