All Fives Dominoes Game Rules

All Five Dominoes are true classics among domino games dating back to the beginning of the XX century. At that time, American Baptists considered playing card games to be a sin, and Domino substituted them as being more righteous. Moreover, today, it is a stapled domino game for video gamers as All Fives become a real crush for Red Dead Redemption 2 fans. In this game, players can play All Fives during the gameplay and combine the shooter with a bit of logical gaming.

Be it as it is, All Fives are a bit more complicated than a standard domino draw, but it is more challenging at once. Once you learn how to play Dominoes Fives, you can enjoy this game with your family, kids, or friends. That’s what we offer you in our blog article.

All Fives Objective

Dominoes Fives suits a company of 2-4 people who can play in pairs or just one against others. The objective of the game is to gain points designated for each time you play a tile with the number of pips on its end that makes a sum with other ends a multiple of five (5, 10, 15, 20, etc.).

The Game’s Setup

All Fives Dominoes rules start with the setup. So, you may need:

• from two to four players;
• a standard domino set of six doubles;
• a domino holder (if you have one) to place your hand;
• a scoresheet to fix the results of each round.

All dominoes at the beginning of a round are placed face down and mixed to be random. Each player takes seven tiles (in a game for two) or five tiles (in a game for three or four players) to their hands secretly.

All the rest of the dominoes are your boneyard, which is used during the game. Then, the round begins.

How to Play Dominoes Fives

Now, let’s learn how to play Dominoes Fives step by step.

1. The game starts with the player who has the highest double in his hand. If this double is a 5:5, it’s bingo, as the player gets 10 points by playing it from the very start (the sum of pips on the tile’s ends is multiple of five, so the player achieves +10 points). The first double played is a spinner, while other doubles are not spinners. This means that four tiles can be attached to their ends while other doubles during the round allow only two tiles to be attached to them.
2. If any of the players have no doubles in their hands at the beginning, each player draws a tile from the boneyard until someone gets a double to start with.
3. The next player clockwise has to play a tile that matches the double’s end. If there are no matching tiles, the player can draw them from the boneyard until he finds a matching one or until there are no more tiles in the boneyard. Then, the player skips the turn and goes to the next one.
4. The round goes on until any of the players discards all his hands or until the layout is blocked, and no one can continue with matching tiles.
5. During the game, when the player puts a tile whose free end’s number of dots in the sum with all other free ends’ pips gives the multiple of five, he has to shout ‘Fives,’ and it brings points to his score, 5 points if the sum is equal to 5, 10 points for the sum equal to 10, etc. Please, consider that when calculating the number of dots, all active ends are included. For example, if you play double two and the next player plays 2:6, then the sum of all the ends is 10 (as an untouched side of a double is calculated as 2+2 and then 6 is added).

6.  After the round ends, all scores are calculated, and the winner is designated.

The Game’s Scoring Rules

Dominoes All Fives are played for points. Each tile’s pips are Dominos Five points. The points are given for the following:

• When the starting player plays 5:5 from the start, he gets 10 points as the sum on the ends is a multiple of five and is 10.
• When during the game, after a tile is played, its free end in a sum with other free ends is multiple to 5. For example, if one side of the layout ends with four pips and another with three pips, it is not a winning combo as 4+3=7. Then, if you play 3:6, the ends of the layout are 4+6=10, which is a multiple of 5, so you get 10 points.
• When the game ends, each player who still has tiles in their hands calculates the sum of pips on these tiles. The result is added to the winner’s score. dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.

Winning Strategies for All Fives Dominoes

According to the Dominoes All Fives rules, the round ends in two cases:

• If someone finishes his hand. In that case, he is a winner, and all other players’ points from their hands become his.
• If the game is blocked, no one can continue it with a matching tile. In this case, the player with the smaller number of points in his hand is a winner, and all other players’ points from their hands transfer to him.

The score is calculated by adding points got during the game to the points from the losers. At the end of the round, the sums of points are compared, and the winner starts the next round.

Keep in mind: All Fives Dominoes rules allow the next round of the game to be started with any tile, not only with doubles. The winner of a previous round starts the next one.

The game lasts until one of the players collects 100 points.

Conclusion

The family of All Fives dominoes is branched and diverse. Yet the starter of this family is the classic All Fives Domino. Let’s learn how to play it and, thus, expand your gaming experience to gain new knowledge for further gameplay. After you practice a little, we welcome you to explore our blog’s other articles about All Fives’ variations and multiple other domino and board games you can enjoy.