Five-Up Dominoes, and its variants including
Muggins and
All Fives,
is common in the United States and parts of Europe. It is
mainly a social gathering with an enthusiastic group, although it is a competitive and
strategic game when played by four people. Most
general guides to the rules of dominoes such as the one by
Jennifer A. Kelley
describe the rules to these games.
The game is played by 2 to 4 players, either individually or in teams. The pieces are dealt
out to each player and play consists of placing a single tile on a growing skeleton in the
center of the board. The two ends of the skeleton are playable, as well as the extra two ends
of the first double placed. Points are scored when the
total of all the ends is a multiple of 5 (e.g., 5, 10, 15, 20), in which case the
player who lays the scoring tile gets the number of points corresponding to the exposed
total. In addition, the first person to use his last tile scores the number of points held
by all the other players, rounded off to the nearest 5. The winner is the first person or
team to reach 250.
