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Contents 1 Double Fives 2 Starting Out: 3 Basic Gameplay 4 Scoring

[edit] Double Fives

Double Fives is a dominos game.

[edit] Starting Out:

Equipment: This game uses a set of dominoes going up to double fives.(Hence the name)

Players: Double Fives is meant to be played by two, three or four players. (If there are four players use a full double six set)

Draw: In a two-player game each player draws eight, in three and four-player games each player draws six.

[edit] Basic Gameplay

Choose one player to lead. (This will rotate through the game) He/she can play anything out of his/her hand. The rest of the players take turns laying dominoes that have at least one number in common with the lead domino. The highest of the lead suit takes the trick and leads the next one. (A dominoe's suit is the higher of the two numbers) It is legal to follow with the non suit number but you can't take any tricks with it. If a player doesn't have either of the lead numbers he/she can play anything. (There is no boneyard or passing)

[edit] Scoring

At the end of a hand each player adds up the score in his/her tricks. Each four is worth one point (The double four is worth two