How to play Dominoes
Dominoes on 4Games is standard two-player Draw Dominoes with a double-six set — 28 tiles from blank-blank to six-six. You take turns adding tiles to a shared chain, matching numbers end to end, and try to be the first to empty your hand. Play against the computer at three difficulties or hand one device back and forth in Pass and Play, over a single round or a race to 50 points.
How to play
- Each player is dealt seven tiles; the remaining fourteen form the boneyard (the draw pile). The highest double opens the first round.
- On your turn, add one tile to either open end of the chain — one of the tile’s two halves must match the number at that end. A double is laid crosswise but counts as its single value.
- If you cannot play, draw tiles from the boneyard one at a time until you can; if the boneyard is empty and you still cannot play, you pass.
- A round ends when a player plays their last tile (a “domino”), or when neither player can move — then the lower remaining pip total wins. The winner scores the pips left in the loser’s hand.
- Choose Single Round for a quick game, or First to 50 to play rounds until someone reaches fifty points.
Tips & strategy
- Shed your heaviest tiles early — if the game blocks, you want the smallest pip total left in your hand.
- Play your doubles when you get the chance; they are the hardest tiles to place late in a round.
- Keep a variety of numbers so you always have something to answer both open ends and are never forced to draw.
- Watch what your opponent passes on: it tells you which numbers they cannot play, so you can leave those ends exposed.
Accessibility
Dominoes is fully playable by touch, keyboard, or screen reader: your hand is a list of labelled tile buttons ("six and three", "double four", "blank and five"), you place a tile by choosing a clearly labelled left or right end control (no dragging), and the chain has a spoken text equivalent with its open ends. In Pass and Play a privacy curtain hides each hand until the right player reveals it. Feedback is always text, never colour alone.