How do you play dominoes?

A double-six set has 28 tiles, from double blank to double six. The tiles are shuffled face down, each player draws seven, and the remainder becomes the boneyard. One player sets the first tile, and from then on every tile played must match one of the line's open ends - a 6-3 can join a line ending in a six or a three. The rules hub walks through each game with pictures.

On your turn you play one tile against an open end, with doubles laid crosswise. If you can't play, what happens depends on the game: in Draw you take tiles from the boneyard until you find one that fits, while in Block you simply knock and pass. Scoring games like All Fives add a layer on top: you also earn points whenever the open ends total a multiple of five.

A hand ends two ways. Either a player dominoes by playing their last tile, or the game blocks with nobody able to move. The winner of the hand scores based on the pips left in the loser's hand, which is why counting pips matters so much - see why count pips. Hands repeat until someone reaches the target score for the game.