Sevens Dominoes Game Rules

  • Sevens Dominoes game can be played by 2 to 4 players.
  • Each player draws 7 tiles. Remaining tiles are set aside forming a boneyard. Four players game has no boneyard.
  • The player having highest double leads with that double. If no player gets a double then tiles are re-dealt.
  • Each player plays a tile on his/her turn as per rules described below.
  • There are 7 piles each of which can be started with a double.
  • One pile is started in the first turn with highest double. Other piles can only be started with a double if a previous or next pile has already been started with its respective double.
  • Left end of each tile is considered the "suit" and right end is considered the "rank". Each pile can be built by suit in increasing order of rank (as shown in the pattern below).

         [0-0] [1-1] [2-2] [3-3] [4-4] [5-5] [6-6]
         [0-1] [1-2] [2-3] [3-4] [4-5] [5-6]
         [0-2] [1-3] [2-4] [3-5] [4-6]
         [0-3] [1-4] [2-5] [3-6]
         [0-4] [1-5] [2-6]
         [0-5] [1-6]
         [0-6]

  • A player must play if a move is possible.
  • If a player can not play then he/she draws a tile from the boneyard. If no tile is left in the boneyard, then simply pass turn to the next player.
  • The first player to play all his/her tiles wins the game.
  • Reference Rules: pagat.com