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Mexican Train dominoes and Chickenfoot
Mexican Train nights, kept straight.
This is Parlor and Play's corner for Mexican Train dominoes and its table mate Chickenfoot. It is for weekly clubs, family game nights, and whoever ends up keeping score. The score keeper and the free score sheet cost nothing. The Printable Score Pad Pack is $7.99 and the Table Pro keeper upgrade is $4.99, one time, with no subscription.
If someone at your table says "who is keeping score tonight," point them here. That is the whole job this section does.
Start here: new to the game?
Never played? Learn it in this order. Each step is free, and each one assumes only the steps before it.
- 1
Mexican Train 101. How to play, taught by playing a tiny first round: the engine, your train, the Mexican train, open trains, and how scoring works. About five minutes.
- 2
The full rules. The reference version, for setup questions and table arguments.
- 3
Score Keeper. Bring it to your first real game and let it run the totals.
- 4
Score sheets. Paper for paper tables, and the pad pack when the table wants the designed version.
Around the table
Free
Score Keeper
The free online score keeper for Mexican Train and Chickenfoot. Runs the totals round by round, shows the leader, and works for up to 8 players. Chickenfoot mode is free in the keeper, and the starting hand count for your table shows inline while you set up.
Rules
Mexican Train Dominoes Rules
How to play Mexican Train dominoes, in plain words: setting up, building your train, the marker, the Mexican train, doubles, the boneyard, blocked rounds, and all 13 rounds of a full game.
FAQ
How Many Dominoes Do You Start With
The most argued question in the game, answered both ways it is actually published: how many dominoes each player takes for double-9, double-12, and double-15 sets, by table size.
Scoring
Scoring, and the Double Blank
How Mexican Train scoring works from the first round to the final tally, with a worked example. The double blank is worth zero pips, and the common 50-point house rule is explained as a house rule.
Rules
Chickenfoot Rules
The one page of Chickenfoot rules: the double-9 set, the feet, crosswise doubles, closing a foot, the descending rounds, and scoring. Free to learn, and the keeper runs it free too.
Gear
Best Sets and Accessories
Which domino set fits your table: double-9, double-12, or double-15, and what to look for in tiles, hubs, markers, racks, and cases. Typical prices as seen in October 2026.
Printables
Printable Score Sheets
The free one-page score sheet, plus the Printable Score Pad Pack: large-print 13-round sheets, a Chickenfoot sheet, a season standings sheet, and a one-page house rules card. The pack is $7.99.
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Take it to the table
The score keeper and the score sheets are free. The two paid extras are the large-print pad pack and the Table Pro keeper upgrade.
Download the free score sheet The Printable Score Pad Pack, $7.99 Table Pro, $4.99
The free score sheet is a one-page 13-round sheet you can print tonight. The Pad Pack is the large-print edition plus a Chickenfoot sheet, a season standings sheet, and a one-page house rules card. Table Pro is a one-time $4.99 upgrade to the keeper: saved groups and rosters, game history, season standings, double-9 and double-15 support, and a large-print display mode.
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About the rules here
This section is part of Parlor and Play, published by Oasis Investing LLC. Mexican Train and Chickenfoot are folk games played many ways. These pages teach the way most published rules describe the games, in our own words. Tables vary, house rules are real, and the table you are sitting at has the final word. No game publisher endorses or is affiliated with this site. Corrections: hello@oasisinvestingllc.com.