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ThisAppFeaturestheCutThroatGameStyle,wherethePlayerwhoDropsSIXLOVEisthewinner!
Thereareatotalof28Dominoes,andtheyarelabelledin7differentsuitesorseriesasfollows:
6-6,6-5,6-4,6-3,6-2,6-1,6-0
5-5,5-4,5-3,5-2,5-1,5-0
4-4,4-3,4-2,4-1,4-0
3-3,3-2,3-1,3-0
2-2,2-1,2-0
1-1,1-0
0-0
AtthestartofeachRound,the28dominoesareshuffledanddistributedrandomlytothe4Playersatthetable.Eachplayerdraws7dominoesfromtheshuffledpoolofdominoes.
IntheFirstGameoftheSet,theplayerwhodrawstheDouble6dominoisthePlayerwhowillPOSE.ThePoseristhePlayertoplaytheFirstDominoatthestartofthegame.
AfterthePose,theTurnmovestotheplayertotheright(counterclockwise)ofthePoser.Thenextplayismadebyplayinganycardofthe6-suite,forexample6-5or6-2,toconnectwiththeDouble6thatwasalreadyposed.
IftheNextPlayerdoesnothaveadominowitha"6"intheirhand,thisplayerwillPASS,whichsimplymeanstheturnskipstothenextplayer.
Let'ssaythatPlayer#2decidestoplay6-5onthe6-6(Double6)pose.NowPlayer#3hasthechoiceofplayingeithera6ora5.Iftheydon'thaveadominobelongingtothe6-suiteor5-suite,theyPASS,andtheturnmovestothenextplayer.
Thissamepatternofmatchingorconnectingdominoescontinuesuntilaplayerisabletoplayalltheirtilesfirst.
Thefirstplayertoplayalltheirdominoesisthewinnerofthatgame.Thewinnerreceives1pointaddedtotheirscoreor2pointsforwinningwithaKEYCARD!
AkeycardisaTwo-FacedDomino,forexample,4-3,thatconnectswithbothendsoftheboard,asthelastcardplayedbyaplayerastheirwinningcard.InorderforittobeaKeyCard,itmustalsobethe7th(last)memberofthesuiteforbothsuitesthatitbelongsto.Soif4-3wastheplayer'swinningdomino,anda4wasexposedatoneoftheboardanda3attheother,and6piecesof4and6piecesof3werealreadyplayed,the4-3isdeemedtobeakeycard.
ThewinnerofagamebecomesthePoserofthenextgame.
Insomecases,thegamemayalsobeBLOCKED,meaningthateveryplayerpassesandnoplayerhasyetplayedalltheircards.Thishappenswhenall7-membersofasuitehavealreadybeenplayedandthesearetheonlyexposedvaluestoplayonateitherendoftheboard.
ThewinnerofablockedgameisthepersonwhohastheLOWESTCOUNTofallthepips/dotsonALLoftheirdominoes,collectively.Meaning,ifyouhave3-2and5-5remaininginyourhandwhenthegameisblocked,thetotalcountofyourhandis:3+2+5+5=15.
IfthereisaTIEforthelowestcount,thenthegameisaDRAWandthenextgameisplayedfor2points.Sincetherewasnoclearwinner,inthenextround,theplayerwhodrawsDouble6(6-6)willpose.
Inthe6-LOVEstyleofCutThroat,theSetofGamesisoverwhenaplayerreachesatotalScoreof6whileatleastoneotherplayerremainsatascoreof0(6-0).
Alternatively,thegameissaidtobe"BRUCK"orbrokenifeveryplayerscoresatleast1pointbeforeanyplayerisabletoreach6points.