Sebastopol

Sebastopol is played similarly to regular Block Dominoes, with a few variations. The number of players for Sebastopol is four, with each player taking seven tiles each, and no tiles left to make a boneyard. In Sebastopol, you can play off any side of the first tile, which is the the major difference between Sebastopol and regular Block Dominoes.

Since all tiles are being used, there will be one player who is holding the double six tile, and this player will be the first to play by laying down that tile. Another tricky part about Sebastopol is that each of the four sides of the first double six tile must be played against before the game can go on any farther. These first five plays create a cross, although in this game it is called a "star". After the star is created, players can proceed to play off of any open end. There is more opportunity to play your tiles in Sebastopol because of the creation of the star; and because all tiles are in play, the hand will go until someone plays out all of his or her tiles. With regular Block Dominoes there may be a boneyard, or extra tiles that cannot be used, and this sometimes results in a game that stalls because it gets to a point where nobody can play a tile, and everyone passes. Though there are times when you have to pass in Sebastopol, there will always be one player who can lay a tile down.

The player who runs out of tiles first wins the hand, and will get a score equal to the number of dots left on the tiles of all the other players. Sebastopol can be played to a number of points upon which all players agree.

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