French Domino Game

"French Domino" is a 4 player domino game played with a set of two to six dominoes. At the beginning of each round all the tiles are distributed equally among the four players. The first round begins with the player who receives a 0-0 tile and starts the round with that double. If that player does not have a double, the round begins with the next player holding a double. If there was no winner in the previous round, the round starts again when the player receives a 0-0. In French Dominoes, the first is a spinner, and players need to play tiles on all four sides before any further moves can be made. Once a tile has been placed on all four ends of the initial take, each of the four shoulders can only be stretched by first playing a take on that arm, which can be further expanded by playing the appropriate tile. Any new number at the end of an arm can only be extended if the corresponding take has already been played on one of the four arms. The first player to play all his tiles wins the round. If the game is blocked, the player with the lowest number of pips in his hand wins. If there are two players in a blocked game, there is no winner in this round. Players receive pantali points equal to the number of pips of the remaining tiles in their hand. If a player runs out of one or more doubles in his/her hand, his/her penalty points are doubled for that round. If a round is won by the player who played a double as the last tile, the penalty points for the other players are doubled for that round. A player receives 10 penalty points each time he/she passes 3 times in a row. If a player takes a turn and then passes the next three players, all 3 passing players receive 10 penalty points each.