Chromino

Chromino

The instructions say that Chromino is dominoes with colors. That is kind of true, but not exactly. When you play dominoes you place one tile that matches another tile on one end. When playing Chromino, you will be placing one tile that color matches other tiles (may be more than one) in two places. 

Chromino includes 80 tiles: 75 Chromino tiles and five chameleon tiles. All tiles are divided into thirds and measure 2 1/8" x 3/4". Chromino tiles are made up of three colors and chameleon tiles have two colors and symbol in the middle. The picture below shows a star but my game has a symbol that kind of resembles the letter C. Any color may be played next to a symbol.

Included are eight easel stands as you see in the image above.

Below are examples of legal and illegal plays.

Object:
Be the first person to play your last tile.

Set up:
Choose any one chameleon tile and place it in the middle of the players. Put the rest of the tiles in the bag. Give each person an easel to stand their tiles on. Each person will choose 8 tiles randomly from the bag, without looking, and place them on their easel so they are facing them and no one else can she them.

Play:
Players take turns placing one tile on the table. The tile must color match a tile that has already been played in two places. The players turn is over and the next player plays. If the player does not have a matching tile, they will pick one tile from the bag. If they can play it, they must. If they cannot play it, they will place it on their easel and the next person plays. Keep playing until someone has only one tile left. That person will place that tile face-up in front of them so that everyone can see it. After someone places their last tile, the other players continue to play so that everyone has a chance to play once. If another player manages to play their last tile during this turn, they will win also.

In the box: 80 tiles, 1 draw bag, 8 easels

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