Number
of players: 2 - 4
Type of Dominoes Used: Any Domino
Type of Game: Blocking
Game
What's unique: The highest double is
played as set. The set domino must be played on both ends, both sides,
and diagonally, forming a 7-tile star with a double-6 set of dominoes or
a 9-tile star with a double-9 or double-12 set, before any other tile
can be played.
Set: The player holding the highest
double begins play.
Number of dominoes drawn: For 2 to 4 players, each player draws 7 tiles.
If 5 or more are playing, prior to the start of the game players should
determine and agree upon the number of tiles each player should draw
from the deck. (If 2 players, each draws 7 or 8 tiles; 3 or 4 players,
draw 5 or 6 tiles.)
If there are any remaining tiles after the draw, they are discarded, not
used during that hand because there will be no drawing from the boneyard.
Set domino: The player holding the highest double begins play.
After a tile has been set, play continues to the left.
How to play: The highest double is played as set. The set domino must be
played on both ends, both sides, and diagonally, forming a 7-tile star
with a double-6 set of dominoes or a 9-tile star with a double-9 or
double-12 set, before any other tile can be played. If a player is
unable to match a tile from his hand with a tile in the layout, the
player passes his turn to the player on his left. Each player may play
only one tile per turn.
The first player to get rid of all dominoes announces
"Domino!" and wins the game. If none of the players can make a
play, the game ends in a block. If a game ends in a block, all the
players turn the tiles in their hands faceup, count the pips on each
tile, and add them together. The player with the lowest total wins the
game and earns the points (1 point per pip) of all the tiles left
remaining in his opponents' hands. The player who first reaches 100
points or more is the overall winner.
Set Variations: 1) highest double, and in
the event no double is drawn, re-shuffle and re-draw; 2) 6-6, and in the
event the 6-6 is not drawn, re-shuffle and re-draw.
Other rules: The game can be played with no spinners (which seems the
most often used rule) or by using the first double as the only spinner
of the game.
In most places, Cyprus is played to 100 points. However, there are many
different variations, including to 50, 150, 200, or 101 points.
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