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Chickenfoot (Domino Game)

Game NightFamily Reunion
C
PLAYERS
2-8
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Indoor
MATERIALS
HOW TO PLAY
1

Players draw a hand of dominoes, and the player holding the highest double tile plays it first in the center to start the round.

2

Whenever a double tile is played, every other player must immediately place one matching tile branching off from each open end of that double, forming a 'chicken foot' shape of three branches.

3

Play then continues normally, with each player in turn adding a tile that matches an open end somewhere on the layout, or drawing from the boneyard if they cannot play.

4

If any branch of a double remains unfilled, no other play can happen on that double's other open ends until all its branches are filled.

5

A round ends when one player plays their last domino, or when no one can play any more tiles, and each remaining player's hand is scored against them based on total pip value.

6

Play continues through a full set of rounds, one for each double value in the set, and the player with the lowest total score at the end wins.