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Mexican Train Dominoes
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About the game
Mexican Train is the dominoes game where every player builds a train of tiles out from a central double, the hub. Each round starts from a hub double, and on your turn you lay one tile whose end matches the end of a train: your own, the shared Mexican Train, or another player's train that has been opened. The first player to empty their hand ends the round, and the player with the fewest pips over the rounds wins.
This version plays you against one to seven computer players (two, three, four, six or eight at the table), with double-nine, double-twelve or double-fifteen sets. You choose whether a round is a short game or a round for every double, whether a double needs just one tile to cover it or a chain, and whether anyone may play on the Mexican Train at any time or only after the owner has played. When you cannot lay a tile you draw one from the boneyard and your train opens for everybody until you next play on it.
Playing it here
Click Play and use the rows above the table to choose the set (double-nine, double-twelve or double-fifteen), the number of players, short or every-double rounds, the double rule and the Mexican Train rule; "Deal again" starts over with the new choices. The table shows one train per player plus the Mexican Train, each with the tile you need to match ("Next: 12"). Your hand is the row at the bottom: the tiles you can lay are highlighted, and a tap on one puts it on the train it fits. Scores are in the table under the felt, and the Sound button turns the clacks on and off. The page keeps nothing but your language and colour choices on this device.
Controls
| Input | Action |
|---|---|
| tap a highlighted tile | lay it on the train it fits |
| draw (when you cannot play) | take one tile from the boneyard |
| Deal again | start over with the chosen set and rules |
| Sound | turn the tile sounds on or off |
A few things worth knowing
Empty your hand of high tiles first. Pips left in your hand count against you.
Keep your train closed. A train opens to everyone when you are forced to draw, so keep an option on it for next turn.
Use the Mexican Train. It is the one place anyone can play, so it often saves you from drawing.
Questions
How many players can sit at the table? Two, three, four, six or eight: you and the computer players.
What is the Mexican Train? A shared train that starts from the hub too. Anyone may play on it, or only after its owner has played, depending on the rule you pick.
Credits and licence
The code and the table are by John Morris, under the MIT licence. The tile sounds are recordings of poker chips from the Casino Audio pack by Kenney (Creative Commons Zero), the nearest free sound to a domino being set down.