Mexican train Dominos

[Macattak1]

Greetings,

Ok. I dont know if this is the right area. But this does not seem to be only PC type games and this is the Gen Forum so...

Talk of gaming and such. I am in Sac Ca moving to MN. I cant wait to get their. My wife has been their for 2+ months. The kids are with me and have only seen her for 4 days (THG Holiday) and she and them are missing each other badly. Can not wait for summer to by a Travel Trailer and get out camping just the 5 of us.

So, Mexican Train dominos. Way too much fun. More for adults, but my 8 year old can play well. 5 to7 people is a blast. Walmart has Double 12 sets. Dont recomend getting anything higher.

Anyway. Many ways to play.

- Start with double 12's, then each game goes to next one down...
double 11's, double 10's...
- Place the double in center of plastic train station thingy.
- Draw 12 or so tiles. Bout 16 for 4 to 10 for 8?
- Can play if you have a double tile equal to current games double.
- Keep drawing tile each turn till you get current double to start.
- If you can not play you place a train on your station exit, go tooootoooot and Anyone can then play there on their turn. As long as train is on your station (or tiles as your train gets long) another player can play on it.
- When you can play on your train you remove the toy train
- You can not play till you have your matching double. After that you can play on yours or any open one.
- Only lay one tile per turn unless you lay a doubles. You have to close it off with another doubles or it Tooooots and NO ONE can play anywhere until the double is closed. You must draw one if you can not close it. Others as well.
- Get rid of your tiles on others and yours.
- Last tile in your hand double tap it on table for warning.
- Each dot is worth a point. Double Blank tile is 50 pts.
- From double 12's to double 1's or when ever.
- Lowest score winns.

I am not much for gambling. But we adults play $.01 per point. We never anti up. But we do hold it over each others heads for years and years. A good running $ tally is great bragging rights. We keep the pad updated...

Good way to meet neighbor campers, etc. and is a blast to play!

http://www.pagat.com/domino/train.html
http://www.shopping.com/xGS-mexican_train_domino_set~NS-1~linkin_id-3068608

I really dislike Walmart, but Target does not have them. $12 or so.

Peace.

 

[Master~Plan]

uhg I cringe when family is over and I hear the words "mexican train". I can't stand the game. Just when you think its all over and you played all your tiles, they move the one out of the middle and replace it and you start all over! No strategy, no manipulative plays, just tile arrangement... I always need a calculator to figure out my score at the end too. I am no fan of that game

 

[Macattak1]

uhg I cringe when family is over and I hear the words "mexican train". I can't stand the game. Just when you think its all over and you played all your tiles, they move the one out of the middle and replace it and you start all over! No strategy, no manipulative plays, just tile arrangement... I always need a calculator to figure out my score at the end too. I am no fan of that game

Here I was trying to shout out about a none lethal game...I am Soooo misunderstood...Your just MAD cause there is no Digital Killing in it!

I love the game. It is way more fun playing it when you are sitting around looking for something to do in the mid day or evening when camping.

Ever play the dictionary game?

Everyone takes same colored pen and same color and size paper.
Take turns looking for a word in the Dictionary that yoiu dont think others will have a chance in knowing. Give them the word and spelling. No People, Places, etc. Proper nouns or verbs.

Then you write down the real simple first def. and everyone else writes down what ever they want as the def. Key is to write in dictionary form, but you will be surprised how many you can fool. The real one hardly ever sounds like the real def. and some people write some doozies.

Then read off all the defs. Every one but you chooses which number they think is real. Everyone you fool you get a point. Everyone that chooses another fake def that person that created the def. gets a point. Everyone that chooses the real def gets a point.

Good for 5 to 10 people. We play with about 8 and Maybe go twice around. It is hilarious in what people make for defs. My wife's freind found 3 syn. for Shrewish woman. She fooled us all 3 times because we always thought it was just someone copying the new but different def of the new syn. We died laughing cause she is a book worm but very reserved and quiet and she nailed us all.

Peace.

 

[Master~Plan]

Your just MAD cause there is no Digital Killing in it!

heh, one of these days I'm gonna fall over dead from bordom while playing that game, I can tell you that much

Ever play the dictionary game?

Yeah, I like the dictionary game. They sell it in board game format. Its called Balderdash. I'm always up for a game of Balderdash After about round 5 is when it starts to get really hard to be creative.