How to play dominoes rules?

Dominoes is one of the world's oldest games, with origins in China over 800 years ago. The standard set: A double-six set has 28 tiles, each showing two numbers (0-6) represented by dots. Setup: All tiles are placed face-down and shuffled. Each player draws 7 tiles. The remaining tiles form the boneyard (draw pile). The player with the highest double goes first. Gameplay: Place a tile that matches one of the open ends of the chain on the table. The matching numbers must touch. If you have no matching tile, draw from the boneyard until you can play (or the boneyard is empty). If you can't play and the boneyard is empty, you pass. Winning: The first player to play all their tiles wins the round and scores points from the remaining tiles in opponents' hands. If all players are blocked (can't play), the player with the lowest total dots wins and scores the difference. Scoring variations: Block dominoes — no drawing from boneyard, just pass if stuck. Draw dominoes — draw from boneyard when stuck. Points-based games — play to a target score (100 or 150) across multiple rounds. Dominoes combines simple matching with strategic tile management — deciding which tiles to play early and which to save for later is the key skill.