Five-Up (All Fives)

Overview

Five-Up is a classic domino game where players score points by making the open ends of the chain total a multiple of 5. All doubles are spinners — they can branch in up to 4 directions.

Players

2–4 players. Each player receives 7 dominoes from a standard double-six set (28 tiles).

• 2 players: 7 tiles each, 14 in the boneyard
• 3 players: 7 tiles each, 7 in the boneyard
• 4 players: 7 tiles each, no boneyard

Gameplay

1. First play: The starting player plays any tile from their hand.
2. Subsequent turns: Play a tile from your hand that matches an open end of the chain. You must match at least one pip value.
3. Drawing: If you cannot play and the boneyard has tiles, you automatically draw until you can play or the boneyard is empty.
4. Passing: If you cannot play and the boneyard is empty, you must pass.

Spinners (Doubles)

All doubles are placed crosswise and are spinners:

• Initially, play continues on both inline sides of the double.
• Once both inline sides have tiles, the two perpendicular sides open for play.
• A spinner can have up to 4 tiles connected to it.

Scoring During Play

After each tile is placed, sum the pip values at all open ends:

• A double at the end of a branch counts both its pips (e.g., [5|5] at an end = 10).
• A regular tile at an end counts its outer pip value.
• Perpendicular ends of a spinner each count their pip value.

If the total is a multiple of 5, the player scores total ÷ 5 points.

Examples

Layout ends	Sum	Score
5, 0	5	1
5, 5 (first tile [5|5])	10	2
3, [6|6] at end	3 + 12 = 15	3

Hand End

A hand ends when:

• A player plays their last tile (goes out), or
• All players pass consecutively (blocked game).

Hand-End Scoring

The winner (player who went out, or player with fewest remaining pips in a blocked game) scores points from opponents' remaining tiles:

• Each opponent's remaining pip total is rounded to the nearest 5 and divided by 5.
• The winner receives the sum of all opponents' rounded values.

Winning

The first player to reach 61 points wins the game.