Before naming this game /set of rules after my self I have been searching high and low, looking for anything like it (I will post all the web links that I found soon) and after a week long of searching I concluded no other domino game exist that uses my set of rules.
I did manage to find a few other games similarly interesting names: Bergen, Cyprus and Sevastopol ( though I am sure there are more out there).
Anyway, this is how we play domino is the Luxembourg house/style/family:
Luxembourg Draw Domino
For 2-6 players.
Setup
After shuffling the dominoes, each player draws tiles to make up their hand. The number of tiles drawn depends on the number of players:
2 players draw 7 tiles each
3 players draw 6 tiles each
4 players draw 5 tiles each
5 players draw 4 tiles each
6 players draw 3 tiles each.
The remainders of the tiles make up the bone yard, or stock, and are held in or reserve to be drawn upon at need.
After drawing their hands each player then draws 1 more tile from the bone yard and turns it over so that the pips on its face could be seen by all other players. The tile with the highest number of pips is placed on the table - this is the winning tile; all other tiles are then returned to the bone yard and the bone yard is shuffled again.
Game play
The player who drew the tile with the highest number of pips starts the game and tries to match the pips on one end of a tile from his hand with the pips on either ends of the winning tile. If that player is unable to match a tile from his hand with the winning tile he then must draw only 1 domino tile from the bone yard and pass his turn to the player on his left.
Play then proceeds clockwise as each player tries to match the pips on one end of a tile from his hand with the pips on an open end of any tile in the layout.
Drawing Tiles
A player that is unable to match a tile from his hand with a tile in the layout must draw 1 domino tile only from the bone yard and then pass his turn to the player on his left. If there are no dominoes left, then that player must pass.
Ending a Round
A game ends either when a player plays all his tiles, or when a game is "blocked" meaning; when all players still have tiles in their hand, but none of them is able to add another tile to the layout.
Scoring
When a Round ends, each player counts the number of points (1 pip = 1 point) in his hand, the rounds last till one of the player has reached 100 points. The winner of the game is the one who has the lowest number of point at game’s end.
PS.
Traditionally (again for the past 2 years or so) we play 3 rounds per game and The winner of the game is the one who has the lowest number of point at game’s end. we only do a tournament ( up to 100 points) when there is a crowd (3+ persons) playing.
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