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Chicken Foot score sheet
A Chicken Foot score sheet needs a line for each round, from the double 9 down to the double blank: 10 rounds with a double-9 set. After each round, add up the pips left in your hand, with 50 for a stranded double blank. The lowest total wins.
- 2 to 6 with a double-9 set
- Double blank in hand: 50
- 10 rounds, 9-9 to 0-0
- Lowest total wins
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This is the real Scorepad, live. Hand 3 is Dev caught with the double blank, typed as 50 + 9. Tap any hand to change it.
Chickenfoot
- BGG #17264
- 45 min
A domino game where every double grows a chicken foot: three tiles splayed off it that must be laid before play goes anywhere else. Each round starts from a lower double, from the 9-9 down to the 0-0.
Year, time and rank from BoardGameGeek.
How to play Chickenfoot, in brief
Chickenfoot uses double-9 dominoes and runs 10 rounds, each opening on a lower double. The pips left in hand count against you; the lowest total wins.
- Deal the tilesDeal hands: fewer tiles the more people play (11 each for 4). The rest are the boneyard, for drawing.
- Open on the doubleThe holder of the 9-9 opens, and four tiles with a 9 go against it, one per side, before the lines grow.
- Make a chicken footMatch an open end. A double goes crosswise and needs three tiles off it (the chicken foot) before play goes elsewhere. If you’re stuck, draw one; pass if it won’t go.
- Go out, then go downA round ends when someone plays their last tile or nobody can play. Count your pips; the next round opens on the 8-8, down to the 0-0.
The pips you are stuck with count against you.
When a round ends, everyone counts the tiles still in hand. One tile breaks the pattern: the double blank costs 50.
What a tile left in your hand costs
| Tile | Points |
|---|---|
| Any tileBoth halves added: an 8-5 is 13 | Its pips |
| A blank halfA 6-0 is just 6 | 0 |
| The double blank, 0-025 in one variation | 50 |
| The player who went outNo tiles left | 0 |
- Count down the doublesWith a double-9 set, round 1 starts from the 9-9, round 2 from the 8-8, and so on down to the 0-0 in round 10.
- Stop when someone goes outA round ends when a player lays their last tile, or when it blocks and nobody can play.
- Count your pipsAdd up the pips on the tiles left in your hand. A blank half counts nothing, and the player who went out scores 0.
- Charge the double blankCaught holding the 0-0, you take 50 points for it on top of the rest.
- Lowest after the 0-0 round winsAdd each round to the running totals. After the round that starts from the double blank, the lowest total wins.
Round 3: Dev is caught with the double blank.
Round 3 starts from the 7-7. Mara plays her last tile while Dev still holds the 0-0 and a 6-3, and you hold three tiles. This is hand 3 on the Scorepad above, where Dev’s 59 is typed as a sum.
| Player | Pips left in hand | Round |
|---|---|---|
| You | 8-5 · 4-2 · 9-113 + 6 + 10 | 29 |
| Mara | Went outNothing left | 0 |
| Dev | 0-0 for 50 · 6-350 + 9 | 59 |
Ten rounds and one costly tile, added up.
Tabletales is a scorepad and scrapbook for game night. Chickenfoot is round after round of small scores. Type each round on the Scorepad and it keeps the running totals.
- Pick Lowest winsEvery new game starts on Highest wins. Switch it to Lowest wins and the trophy sits on the smallest total.
- A row for every roundSwitch to By hand and add a hand per round, 10 with a double-9 set. The TOTAL line keeps the running scores.
- 50 is just a numberCaught with the 0-0? Type 59, or type it with the rest (50 + 9) and Tabletales adds it up. Whoever went out gets a 0.
- And the night is keptSave it with who played and a photo of the table. Each game gets a history: how often you play it, who with, and who holds the best score.
- Everyone who was there
- Photos from the table
- Chickenfoot, with its scores
Common Chickenfoot scoring mistakes
- Counting the double blank as 0Left in your hand it costs 50 (25 in one variation), unlike in Mexican Train.
- Starting from the wrong doubleThe opening double drops by one each round, and the 0-0 round is the last.
- Counting a blank halfA 6-0 is worth 6. Only the 0-0 has a special value.
Chickenfoot scoring, answered
- How do you score Chicken Foot dominoes?
- After each round, add up the pips on the tiles left in your hand, with 50 for the double blank, and whoever went out scores 0. After the double-blank round, the lowest total wins.
- How much is the double blank in Chicken Foot?
- 50 points if it is still in your hand when the round ends. One variation makes it 25.
- How many rounds are in Chicken Foot?
- 10 with a double-9 set, one for each double from the 9-9 down to the 0-0. A double-12 set makes it 13 rounds.
Chickenfoot score sheet
A printable Chicken Foot score sheet: six players and ten rounds, one for each double from 9-9 down to 0-0, with a running total beside every round.
Score another game
House rules vary: one variation counts the double blank as 25, Wikipedia says a round cannot end on a double (going out on one costs 50), some tables use a double-12 set for 13 rounds, and Pagat also describes playing until someone reaches an agreed total, who then loses. No source gives a tiebreaker: the Scorepad gives every tied player the win, and your table can settle it. Rules checked on 19 October 2026 against Pagat and Wikipedia. Tabletales is not affiliated with Puremco, the game’s original publisher.
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