Block is one of the easy basic games with dominoes. It is describes here in a standard format.

There is one great distinction between Draw games and Block games. In Block games all dominoes are distributed among the players.
There is no Boneyard from which players draw dominoes when they cannot play.

Number of players
The game is for 2 to 4 players.

Time
about 10 minutes

Materials
One domino game with stones 0-6.

Object of the game
The first player to score 100 or more points wins the game. For a short game play to a total of 50 points, to be agreed in advance.

The deal
All bones are shuffled face down. Each player receives 8 bones minus the number of players.
Thus, with 2 players, each player receives 8-2=6 bones. The remaining bones are left in the middle and are the stock,
usually called boneyard. To start the player with the highest double puts it in the middle. The turn then rotates to his left.

The rules
All bones played must be played to a free end and must match numbers.
The layout always has two open ends, each sprouting from one of the long side of the starting double.
If a player can not legally play a bone, he must pass his turn. No bones are drawn from the boneyard.
Doublets are placed crosswise as usual.

The end
The game ends when one player goes domino (plays his last bone) or when all players have consecutively passed.
The player who dominoes or, if everyone passed, the player with the least number of spots,
scores points equal to the number of spots on the stones in the hands of all other players.