Arab Draw Dominoes Game Rules

• Arab Draw is arabic version of Draw Dominoes which is played much like Draw Dominoes with certain variations as described below (Rules provided by Sultan Ratrout).
• Each player gets 7 tiles at the start of each round.
• Remaining tiles are set aside forming a boneyard.
• In the first round turn is started by the player who receives the highest double. If no player gets a double then player with heaviest domino starts. The first round is always started with the highest double or heaviest tile (whichever applies) by the player.
• Subsequent turns are started by winner of the round. If there is no winner for a specific round, then the player who started current round again starts next round.
• From second round onwards turn can be started with any tile.
• There is no spinner in the game so a double can only be played at two ends.
• If a player can not play, then he/she must draw from the boneyard until either he/she gets a playable tile or the boneyard has no tiles left.
• If player draws a tile which can be immediately played, then it must be played.
• If player can not play a tile and can not draw from the boneyard either, he/she simply passes the turn to next player.
• The round ends if a player has played all of his/her tiles. Round can also end if the game is blocked which means no tile can be played by any player.
• If the game gets blocked and both ends of the layout show a number of which all tiles have been played, the game immediately ends and is scored. In this case the player who has the turn is not required to draw remaining tiles from the boneyard.
• Winner of the round is the player who played all his/her tiles, or the player with lowest score.
• If the hand is blocked, there are two possibilities. If the two players get different scores, the player with the lowest score wins. He scores all other players' tiles pip count. If two players get similar score then there is no winner for the round and no player is awarded any point.
• The game is played for multiple rounds and first player to score 100 points wins.