Game of fives

The goal of All Fives is to be the first player to reach the agreed-to point total see "Winning" below. Shuffle the dominoes , face-down, on the table. Each player draws the appropriate number of dominoes see below and stands them on edge so that they can see the faces the side with the pips but their opponents cannot.

With 2 players, each takes 9 dominoes. With 3 players, each takes 7. With 4 players, each takes 5. NOTE : Some people prefer to play so that each player draws 5 dominoes, no matter how many players there are. Another alternative: With 2 players, each takes 7 tiles, and with 3 or 4 players, each takes 5. The remaining dominoes are left on the table face down. This supply is known as the boneyard.

For the first hand, randomly determine the start player. For future hands, the start player is the one who was first to go out in the previous hand. If there was a "blocked" hand, meaning no player could legally place a tile, the start player is again determined randomly. The start player can lead with any tile in their hand.

The next player and all subsequent players must play a tile that matches one of the available ends on the board. Anytime a player cannot legally place a tile , they must draw from the boneyard until they either pull a tile which can be played and which the player plays immediately or the boneyard is empty. If the boneyard is empty and the player still cannot play, the turn passes to the next player. The hand continues until one player plays their final tile, or until no players have a legal play.

Double tiles are always played crosswise. For example, 'three, two, one, twenty'. At the same time as the player says the multiple of five every player holds out a hand, with either a closed fist or an open hand. If the number of outstretched fingers is equal to the multiple of five that the player said then that player is 'out'. Place the remaining cards face down in the middle of the table. Left of dealer goes first. Each player looks at his cards and tries to make pairs, trebles or four of a kind.

Players then choose whether to discard any or none of the cards in their hand. Players then draw the same number of cards discarded so as to maintain five cards in their hand. Discarded cards are placed on the bottom of the pack. Players check their new cards to see if their hand can be improved. Each player reveals his hand. The winner is the one with the highest hand from the following and wins that numbers of points shown.