Lesson 3 of 13

Your first hand

Let's play one whole hand together. Four players, each for themselves: Abuela, you, Lucía and Rafa, taking turns in that order. Everyone has seven tiles.

Your seven tiles.

Abuela holds the double-six, so she leads with it. Both open ends are 6.

Your turn. You play your 6-2, with the 6 against the double. The ends are now 6 and 2.

Lucía plays 2-4 on the 2. The ends are 6 and 4.

Rafa has no 6 and no 4, so he says “paso.” Remember that: everyone at the table now knows he's out of sixes and fours.

Abuela plays 1-6 on the left. The ends are 1 and 4.

You could play your 5-1, 6-4 or 4-4. You choose the double-four, because doubles are easy to get stuck with. The end is still 4.

Play keeps going around the table the same way: match an end or pass. Many turns later…

Both ends have grown: the ··· stands for all the tiles played in between. Lucía plays her last tile, the 6-0. ¡Dominó! The hand is over.

= 26

Everyone else shows what's left: Abuela 5-3, you 0-5, Rafa 5-5 and 2-1. 8 + 5 + 13 = 26 points for Lucía.

Try it

Rafa passed when the ends were 6 and 4. What does that tell you?

1In Pipside, tap End hand and pick Lucía.
2Tap the leftover tiles (or tap Type and enter 26).
3Confirm, and 26 goes on Lucía's score.

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