Talk:Muggins

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Fives and Threes

I'm surprised that fives and threes isn't more extensively covered or indeed have its own entry. I thought it was one of the more common domino variants, I know my father played at club level

yeah i agree, i thought that was one of the most common variants, it's the only one i've played or seen played, but maybe it's just more common in britian than anywhere elseJimjom (talk) 19:02, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There is a paragraph on Fives and Threes, but I agree it merits its own article when someone has the time and sufficient information to write it. Bermicourt (talk) 19:10, 13 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

When the game is locked

The points should go to the player with the less points in their hand when the game’s locked (meaning no one can play) 2603:8000:9944:CA00:6CCE:27B9:EC00:FAC5 (talk) 16:55, 13 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The sources actually describe 4 ways in which this game may be scored when blocked. First, players divided their total pips and divide by 5, rounding up or down to the nearest multiple of 5. Let's assume that, after this, the winner (the one with fewer/fewest points) has B points and the loser or losers have A points. The options are that, in addition to points accumulated during the game, the winner scores:

A only
A + B
A - B
- B (and the opponent(s) likewise deduct their score(s) e.g. - A)

In due course, I may get round to rewriting the rules based on one or more sources and give the variants. In all cases, I would cite the sources concerned. HTH. Bermicourt (talk) 19:08, 13 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]