PINOCHLE (DOMINOS)
PINOCHLE (DOMINOS)

OBJECTIVE OF PINOCHLE: The objective of Pinochle is to be the first player with 250 points.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 3 players
MATERIALS: A double-6 domino set, chips for scoring, and a flat surface.
TYPE OF GAME: Trick-Taking Domino Game
AUDIENCE: Adults
OVERVIEW OF PINOCHLE
Pinochle is a trick-taking domino game for 3 players. The goal is for you to reach 250 points before your opponents.
SETUP
The dealer first dealer is chosen at random and passes to the left for each new deal. The dealer will shuffle the tiles and deals each player 9 dominoes 3 at a time. There will be 1 tile left, this is the widow.
Tile Rankings and Melds
The tiles’ rank changes slightly depending on if you are in the melding or trick-taking phase of the game. For the melding phase, the doubles of each suit are either separated into their own suit or ranked within their suit in numerical order. If in their own suit, they rank with [6,6] being the highest and [0,0] being the lowest.
For the trick-taking phase of the game, the ranking is standard with doubles being the highest-ranked tile of their suit. A tiles suit is determined by the highest number on the tile. The other number determines the placement of the tile in the rank of the suit. The double being the highest down to the 0 being the lowest.
GAMEPLAY
The gameplay is separated into two phases. There is the melding phase and the trick-taking phase. 안전토토사이트
Melding
For the melding phase, the dealer will flip and reveal the widow. They will announce the two suits, or if it’s a double, the one suit the widow belongs to. Then starting with the player to the dealer’s left players will show any melds they hold in their hands by placing them face-up on the table. A player may choose to show all, some, or none of their melds. If they wish to show none or do not have any to show they simply say “no melds” when their turn comes around.
The widow can be used by any player to form melds from their hand. Two types of melds can be made.
The first type is 3 consecutively numbered tiles of the same suit. You can either have 3 tiles of consecutive order or two tiles and use the widow as the 3rd.
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