Hexdominomega (2018)

Hexdominomega uses the Double-seven binary-coding hexdominoes by Nestorgames. This set ncludes 36 tiles (with numbers from 0 to 7) composed of two adjacent hexagons. Instead of the standard ‘pips’, this set uses a special concentric binary representation. A central pip equals 1, a small circle equals 2 and a big circle equals 4.

Hexdominomega is a game for exactly 3 players derived from Dominomega, by the same designer. It is the result of applying the multiplicative scoring of OMEGA to this dominoes set.

Each player has an allocated symbol (pip, small circle or large circle). Before the game starts, shuffle all tiles face down. Each player draws one tile (don't show it to the other players).

Starting with the 'pip' player, players take turns (pip - small circle - large circle) placing their tile on the table and adjacent to at least one previously placed tile if any, so that the tiles fit into an imaginary hexagonal grid, then drawing a new playing tile from the supply (if possible). The values of adjacent tiles don’t need to match.

Once all the 36 tiles have been placed, players calculate their score:

To calculate your score, multiply the sizes of all groups of hexagons (half tiles) containing your symbol. Notice that some half tiles contain several symbols (example: the number 7 contains all three). Notice also that each symbol is present exactly 36 times. The player with the highest score wins. The maximum possible score is 531441.

Variant for 2 players: The small circle is not allocated to any player (but still can win!).

—description from the publisher