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| Written by Julie Hellstrom |
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Mexican Train Dominos is a great game that we've recently been introduced to, but we found the rules in the game we bought to be a little confusing. So I have decided to share our dominos rules of Mexican Train since it is simpler for our youngsters to learn. The dominos themselves are different than regular dominos because they go up to double 12's. One cool thing is that if counting dots is hard for your little ones, you can buy these dominos that have numbers instead of dots. The game go basically like this - each person takes a number of tiles based on how many are playing. Then starting with the double 12 tile (or the closest double someone has in their pile) it is placed in the middle. Every round goes down 1 number. Everyone then must start their leg (think spider here) with the same number that was the double. If you don't have that number on your tiles, you pick one from the bone pile. If you can play you do, if not the next person plays. You then only play on your leg until 1 of 2 things happen. 1st - If someone, who has their leg going, cannot play a domino on their leg after they pick from the bone pile, you can play on their leg. They place a plastic train (that comes with most domino sets) on their leg so everyone knows it is open to play on. As an added treat - we use M&M's instead of train. Then when the person whose leg is open can play on it again, they can chose to remove the train (or eat the M&M!) to close it off from other players. 2nd - If you have a tile that has the same number as the double that was used at the beginning of the game, you can start a Mexican Train. This is a leg started apart from the other legs and any person can play on it. Just one Mexican train per round. A few nuances - if you play a doubles tile during the round (like 3's), the doubles tile must be "satisfied" before regular play can continue. How this is accomplished is that either the person who plays the doubles tile must play another tile with the same number or it goes around the table for each person's turn until someone can satisfy it. You must draw if you can't play. You can however play the drawn tile if it matches. This can mess up the best laid plans! Also, it is not uncommon for someone to get stuck for the whole round without getting their leg started. The upside here is if you play rounds down to double 1's, this evens out. To win the round, be the first to play all your tiles. Everyone adds up the total number or dots on their remaining tiles. The total is their score on that round. The winner of the game is the person who has the lowest total after all rounds are completed. So now you know our rules for Mexican Train dominoes. We love this fun and easy to follow dominos rules game and can see giving it to our friends as a great family Christmas gift! About The Author: Go to our Good Christmas Gifts website to purchase Mexican Train Dominoes and other fun family games. Also, you can find many other gift ideas for the hard to shop for person. http://findgoodchristmasgifts.com Grab a totally unique version of this article from the Uber Article Directory Kindly provided by 4Girls.dk You are welcome to use this article on your own website, if you include this link. |
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