Cuban Dominoes Game Rules

  • Cuban Dominoes is a 4-player game played in a fixed partnership using double-9 dominoes set. Players try to match two ends of the layout on their turn.
  • Each player is dealt 10 tiles at the begining. Remaining tiles are set aside and not used in the game.
  • The first player is decided by a draw of lot. The lead is passed anti-clockwise in subsequent rounds.
  • Lead player can start with any tile and then players take turn to play a matching tile on their turn. If a player can not play, then he/she simply passes turn to the next player.
  • There is no spinner in Cuban Dominoes game so a double can only be played at two ends.
  • A player must play if a move is possible.
  • The round ends if a player has played all of his/her tiles. Round can also end if the game is blocked which means no tile can be played by any of the players.
  • Round is won by the team of first player who played all his/her tiles. Blocked rounds are won by the team with lower pip count.
  • Winning team scores total pip count of remaining dominoes in losing team's hands (ignoring their own pip count). If pip count for both teams are equal in a blocked game, no score is awarded to any team.
  • The game is played for multiple rounds and first team to score 150 or more points wins the game.