Domino Pas-Pas

Partners sit across the table in Domino Pas-Pas. Stefan Vialle’s rules use a double-six set and seat four players in two teams. Six tiles go into each hand at the beginning of a round. The leftover pieces form the skeleton, and the first lead comes from a random draw.

How to play?

Lay down any tile for the first move of the round. Play proceeds clockwise from there. Place a matching domino on the layout when a legal side appears. A blocked hand sends a draw from the skeleton. A playable draw goes onto the line at once. An unplayable draw passes the action to the next seat. An empty skeleton also passes play onward. A bonus move comes up when the two exposed ends total 5 or 10 after placement on the line. A skipped seat follows when those exposed ends match or total 7, sending play to the partner. Doubles left at the ends score by their full pip value. A round also stops after a block, with no legal tile available for any hand. The team that empties all tiles takes the round. That side receives 0 points. The opposing pair adds the pips left in hand to its round score. Seven rounds decide the match. The lower team total wins.