Introduction
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| Chickie Sixes is a variation of
the traditional Domino game Chicken Foot played with a double
6 set of dominoes and two players. The normal Chicken foot
game rules call for a double 9 or larger and can be played
with more players. |
| Equipment |
| Double 6 set of dominoes, and two
players. |
| The Deal |
| Shuffle your dominoes face down, and each player select 5 tiles (bones) from
them. The remaining bones are called the boneyard or chicken/chickie yard.
You can call the tableau the barnyard if you choose. |
| The Starting of the round |
The first round starts with a double
6 or next double down in number of dots (pips) that is held.
The second round starts with double 5 or next double down,
and so on. The final round will start with double 0.
If there is no playable double held, draw a tile and play
if possible, pass if no play is still possible. Continue until
someone has drawn an appropriate starting double.
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| The Play |
The starting chickie yard must be
a PLUS sign, no other play is possible until all four arms
are played.
Once the 4 arms are played you may play any tile you have
on any arm matching numbers in the usual domino manor.
(Photo - start of double-2 round)
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Playing a Double: When you play
a double domino, you call out Chickie + the number on the domino;
from this point on the chickie foot consisting of three dominoes
matching the double placed in a chicken foot pattern from the
double must be completed before another domino may be played
elsewhere.
(Photo - Chickie three played out) |
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| If you are unable to
play you must draw a tile from the chickie yard, if that tile
can be played it must be played. If the drawn tile cannot be
played your turn ends. |
| Scoring |
Play ends when someone
runs out of tiles or when a Chickie Foot cannot be completed
due to all the tiles with that number in the chickie yard already.
Each player counts the dots (pips) and adds that to thier
score. At the end of the 7 rounds, the low score wins. |
| Variations and what
we do |
| Instead of allowing
alternate starting doubles, if nobody was dealt the required
initial double for this round, players draw from the chickie
yard until it is found. |
| > EngravedDominoes
plays without this variation for no reason other than preference. |
| Some like to play with a 0-0 left
in the hand worth either 50 or 25 points. |
| > EngravedDominoes.com
will only play by that rule if playing with a set that has
the zeros/fronts engraved because it gives the owner of the
set a psychological
advantage seeing thier personalization. We love to give the advantage to our
customers whenever we can! |
| If you have 1 tile left you must
announce it, failure do do so before your oponent points this
out means you need to draw from the chickie yard. |
| > EngravedDominoes.com
does not play by this rule ever, simply because Chickie Sixes
is only
played with two people and this rarely goes unnoticed. |
Chickie
Sixes
