Welcome to the World of Jamaican and Caribbean Partner Dominoes!

Discovering the Fun and Excitement of Jamaican and Caribbean Partner Dominoes

Have you ever heard of Jamaican and Caribbean Partner Dominoes? It’s an amazing game that can be played by four people. The goal is simple: you must score six or more points against your opponents while preventing them from scoring at all.

In this game, you won’t be alone! You’ll have a partner by your side, and together, you’ll face another team of two. You and your partner will sit opposite each other, ready to take on the challenge.

But first, let’s set it up!

To get started, all the tiles are shuffled, creating a mix of possibilities. Each player receives a total of seven tiles, giving you a hand to play with.

Now, let the games begin!

The first round always starts with the player holding the double 6 tile. This tile serves as the key to unlock the excitement of the game, as it becomes the starting point for the layout.

In each new round, the team that won the previous round gets to start. When we receive our tiles, we can decide which one of us will take the first turn, but we can’t say anything to each other about the tiles we have. We can start the game by placing any tile on the layout.

The game moves in a counterclockwise direction, starting from the first player. It’s your turn when it’s your team’s time to play. As you take your turn, you need to place one tile on either end of the board. The tile you play must match one end of the layout with one end of the tile you’re playing. If you have a double tile, you can play it perpendicular to the layout. If you don’t have a tile that matches, you have to pass your turn.

While playing, we can’t talk or make any gestures to each other about the tiles we have. The only time we can discuss who will play first is at the beginning of the game.

When there’s only one remaining occurrence of a number that can be played to finish the layout, it’s called a hard end. This means that there’s only one tile left that can be played on this side to continue the game.

The round ends when either a player plays all their tiles or when there are no more possible moves on the layout.

SCORING

After the round ends, we determine the winner. If a player successfully plays out all of their tiles, their team is declared the winner of the round. If the round ends with a blocked layout, the winner is the team whose individual has the fewest remaining spots on their tiles. In the case of a tie between two players for the least number of spots, the round ends in a tie.

Typically, the winners of the round will receive one point, although it’s possible to earn two points.

If you have a layout where there are only two open ends and you have one tile left that can be played legally, that tile is called the key tile. If you play the key tile as your last tile and win, you get an extra point. However, if the key tile you played was a double, you don’t get that extra point.

If there’s a tie, neither team gets a point.

When you score, you add the points to your score and keep adding until you reach 6 points and win the game, or your opponents score a point. If the opposing team scores, your score goes back to 0.

END OF GAME

The game ends when a team scores 6 points without the opposing team scoring anything. That team wins.

The game ends when a team scores 6 points without the opposing team scoring anything. That team wins.