Other Domino Games

Mexican Train is one of a family of domino games, and people arrive here looking for its relatives. These pages explain those games properly — real rules, honest comparisons — rather than just pointing at the door.

The games

Block and Draw Dominoes

Mexican Train With a Double-Nine Set

Chicken Foot Dominoes

Train Dominoes and Private Trains

What this site plays

Only Mexican Train, with a double-12 set. It does not implement Chicken Foot, block or draw dominoes. You can play with people you invite, or against the computer. If that is not what you are after, these pages should still tell you something useful about the game you came for.

If it is what you are after, start with how to play Mexican Train.

The games in full

• Block and Draw Dominoes — the two games everything else is built on
• Chicken Foot Dominoes — the closest relative, and how it differs
• Mexican Train with a double-nine set — a shorter game
• Train dominoes and private trains
• Mexican Train apps and sites compared

New to the game itself? How to play Mexican Train is the whole thing, and the rules section goes deeper on each part.