Chicken Foot dominoes rules

A double-nine set of 55 tiles, or a double-twelve for bigger groups. With a double-nine set, the game runs ten rounds, from the 9-9 down to the 0-0.

1. 1Mix the tiles face down and draw your hands. How many each depends on the set and the number of players, so check your box. The rest form the chicken yard.
2. 2Whoever holds the round's double (the 9-9 in round one) plays it in the center.
3. 3The starting double gets a tile on each of its sides before any line grows longer.

Whenever someone plays a double at the end of a line, it goes crosswise and needs three tiles on its far side, splayed like a chicken's toes. Nobody can play anywhere else until all three toes are down.

1. 1On your turn, play one tile that matches an open end.
2. 2Can't play? Draw one tile from the chicken yard, and play it if you can. Otherwise, pass.
3. 3When the chicken yard is empty and you can't play, pass.

A round ends when someone plays their last tile, or when nobody can play. Everyone counts the pips left in their hand, and those points count against them. After the last round, the lowest total wins.