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Have someone else not playing the game check the dominoes in the boneyard for available inventory or,.There are three ways to count this during gameplay that would be fair to players: Traditional rules say you can ignore covering the double in this scenario, but yes, you would have to count the dominoes to know for sure you can ignore it. In other words, if it’s late in the game and there are maybe only a dozen dominoes left in the boneyard and someone lays a 6|6, how do you know there are even any six-pipped dominoes left to cover it? “If someone plays a double that’s the last of it’s numbered kind late in the game, shouldn’t you count the tiles to know it’s even coverable?” You could opt just to draw and hope for the best than knowingly destroying your chain of plays. But if an opponent plays a double that you’re forced to cover, this could ruin your plans. One possibility is if your train has an end you can play on with an available domino, and you know your next two or three plays all line up neatly with the dominoes you have.

You might question why you’d want to skip a perfectly playable domino in favor of drawing from the bone pile, but there could be some strategy to it. The digital game knows you have a playable tile, so you’ll need to play it. However, when you play Mexican Train online or in our apps, the traditional rules apply. If you’re feeling lucky and want to play chicken with the boneyard, you could opt for a house rules variation to draw a domino and ignore your perfectly playable tile. “If you have a playable domino, can you choose to draw from the bone pile anyway?” Our online Mexican Train Dominoes game plays with the traditional rules of only one at the start. Then gameplay reverts to one domino at a time. Some house variations let players play as many dominoes as they can on their opening play. If you can lay multiple doubles in a row to string moves together, even better. If you play a double on your first play (which can be a good Mexican Train domino strategy, by the way), then play another. Traditionally you play one domino at a time unless you have a double. This is another question that comes up from an infinite well of house rule variations, specifically in “speed rules” that aim to shift the strategy and make the game move faster. “When you start a game, do you play one tile at a time or as many as possible?” Who knows, maybe someone else can open your train for you and set you up for a better move next time. And if you can’t play, then your line opens even if it and the public Mexican Train hasn’t started yet.” Our ruling is “if you can play, you must play. This is how our Mexican Train online game and Mexican Train apps work. But house rule variations are wide open on this and may encourage players to skip the train entirely. Traditional rules would say yes, you have to open your train. What happens if you can’t play on the public Mexican Train or your train and you have to pass? Does your train-which isn’t even on its first tile-have to go public, too? Also, assume your personal train hasn’t started yet, either. Assume the Mexican Train has not started yet. This scenario can happen early in the game. “If the Mexican Train hasn’t begun yet and a player can’t play early in the game, does that player have to open their train even if it’s not started either?” In this scenario, you could still be the winner by having the lowest score compared to your opponents. But you may still have the second-lowest.Īdditionally, the game may end with a block and no one can play all their tiles. In this example of you holding a 2|2 domino, your opponents may be able to play all of their dominoes, meaning at least one could have a 0 score. Mexican Train Dominoes is scored by the lowest pip count, traditionally after three games. You’re at least eliminated from playing all of your dominoes, but it doesn’t mean you’re automatically the loser that round. In other words, if all the two-pip dominoes are played and you draw the last one, which happens to be the 2|2 double, doesn’t that mean you can’t play it? And the answer is yes. “If all of the dominoes of a single value except the double are played and covered, doesn’t that mean the person holding that last double loses?” Odds are everyone who plays Mexican Train Dominoes enough with a physical-or even digital-set will encounter some unusual questions and scenarios like these. Clarifying Mexican Train Dominoes rules and questions during gameplay