Rules for playing dominoes There are many ways of playing dominoes.
The most popular of all has the following rules, place all the stones on the table face down and shuffle them, then the lead is determined by each player turning the domino containing the highest number of dots has the lead.
After the first game, the lead passes to the player on the left.
If only two players, they lead alternately.
The stones must now be well shuffled and each player takes an equal number, previously agreed upon, leaving a certain number of dominoes face down a stock to draw from and stands them up in front of him.
The faces of each player stones must not be seen by other players.
After the leader has placed the first stone, the player on the left tries to match either end of the stones, for instance.
If failing a double he has played "five-three" the player on the left must play one stone with a five or a three but only one stone each turn.
As illustrated, the leader has placed the "five-three", the second player the "three-four" and the third player, the "five-blank".
The fourth player must now play one stone which has a three or a blank.
When a player in his turn be unable to match either end, he is obligated to draw from stock until he gets a stone he requires or until the stock is exhausted, which is the case, when only 2 stones are left in the stock.
If still unable to play, he passes and the next on the left continues to play and so on.
A player is not obligated to play even if he is able to do so, but may draw as many stones as he likes from the stock.
When the stock is exhausted, he must play if he can.
The game is finished, when one of the players has no more stones left, or if all players are unable to continue in which case the hand is won by the one who holds the lowest number of dots and he scores not alone the dots held by himself but may also add those of his adversaries.
The game is won.
Specially when a player has scored 100 points or more.