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Directions for Playing Spinners

Spinner dominoes is a fun variation of the traditional game of dominoes. The game is played with a special set of dominoes, which includes all regular dominoes up to double-9 plus 11 extra wild dominoes called spinners. The spinner symbol looks like a six-point asterisk with a 90-degree angle where each asterisk point would be. The game may be played by two to eight players and is won by the player with the lowest score at the end.

Things You'll Need

Spinner domino set

Instructions

- 1
  Place all dominoes face down on the playing surface, and have one person mix them together.
- 2
  Draw dominoes according to the number of players. For two players, each person draws 14 dominoes. For three to eight players, each player draws seven dominoes.
- 3
  Place the double-9 in the middle of the playing area if you have it. If nobody has the double-9, then the double-spinner may be played instead because spinners are wild. If nobody has either of those dominoes, then the person who mixed the dominoes draws a domino, and plays it if it's the double-9 or the double-spinner. Otherwise, play proceeds clockwise, with each player drawing a domino until someone draws and plays either the double-9 or the double-spinner.
- 4
  Play a domino on a double whenever one is played, until three plays have been made on that double, matching either the number of dots or playing a wild spinner. After three plays on a double, a player may play on any end. Any player who is unable to play must draw one domino and play it if possible or pass if unable to play.
- 5
  Win the round by being the first player to use all of your dominoes. Every other player scores the dominoes remaining in his hand. Score one point for each dot on both ends of the domino, and score 10 points for each spinner (20 points for the double-spinner).
- 6
  Play additional rounds, with each succeeding round beginning with the next lowest double. The second round begins with double-8, and the last round begins with double-0. The winner of the previous round always mixes the dominoes for the new round.
- 7
  Win the game by having the lowest score after all 10 rounds have been played.

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