Fives and Threes Dominoes Game Rules

• In Fives and Threes Dominoes game, players try to match all scoring ends of the layout on their turn so that its total is a multiple of either five or three which is scored immediately by the player. In addition winner of each round scores 1 bonus point at the end of each round.
• Each player gets certain number of tiles at the beginning of each round.
• Remaining tiles are set aside forming a boneyard. These tiles are not used in the game any further.
• First turn or lead is decided by a draw of lot (each player draws one tile and highest tile starts the round). In subsequent rounds player sitting next to previous leader gets the first turn.
• Turn can be started with any tile and then subsequent tiles can be played at the open ends of the layout.
• This game has no spinner.
• If player can not play a tile, then he/she simply passes the turn to next player.
• 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.
• After a player plays a tile, two open ends of the layout are totaled and if the total is either a multiple of five (5, 10 etc.) or three (3, 6 etc..), then player immediately scores that total divided by that multiplier (3 or 5). One special case is the total of 15 which scores 8 points (3 fives and 5 threes) since it is a multiple of both five as well as three.
• Doubles at the end of an arm in the layout are worth its pips count.
• First player playing all his/her tiles wins the round and scores 1 bonus point. If the game is blocked then no bonus point is awarded.
• The game is played for multiple rounds and player with highest score above 100 wins.
• Though players score during the game play, game can only finish after end of a round. It is possible that the first player to reach the score of 100 is not the winner if after the end the round another player is leading overall score.