Place your Mamas facedown and mix them up.

Each player picks their tiles, but be careful not to reveal what you have!

2 Players: each player draws 5 tiles

3 Players: each player draws 4 tiles

4 Players: each player draws 3 tiles

The person who received the Eucharist most recently selects a tile from the extra pile to flip over and then complete an image of Mama, matching the bottom to the top or the top to the bottom.

If the player cannot match the tile that is showing, they must draw one tile from the extras and their turn is over. The next player either plays a tile from their hand or draws from the pile.

If all of the MamaKnows tiles have been drawn, the player must skip their turn until they can play a tile in their hand.

Play continues until someone puts down all of their MamaKnows tiles and wins the game!

Then it is time to shuffle the tiles and play dominoes with the Mama you know all over again!

Play and draw tiles as in Traditional play, however, with the Partial Indulgence play, if someone plays a Doubles tile (with a single image of Mama on a tile, i.e. the head and feet of Our Lady, Undoer of Knots) that player is entitled to play a second tile in that same turn.

Play continues as normal once the player who played a Double places their second tile. If they cannot play a second tile, their turn is over and normal play resumes until another Doubles tile is played or someone wins by using all of their tiles.

Use the same rules as Traditional play, but once a Mama is completed you can add the head of a matching Mama to the middle of the completed Mama and continue playing.

Players draw 5 tiles each.

Traditionally referred to as Chicken's Foot, this game uses Doubles to create a 'chickenfoot' where three tiles must be laid down with matching ends.

In MamaKnows, let the Chicken Foot be a reminder that the there are three Persons (Father, Son, Spirit) in one God!

Whoever has a 'doubles' tile (a Double is when a single image of Mary is on both sides of the tiles, i.e. both the head and feet of Our Lady of Guadalupe) goes first. If more than one player has a Doubles tile, the person who has said more rosaries in their life goes first.

In MamaKnows, lay the Doubles tile down and then lay down 3 matching tiles. For example, if the Doubles tile has Our Lady of Sorrows on both sides, 3 Sorrows head pieces could be laid down, 3 Sorrows bottom pieces could be laid down, or any combination therein (e.g. 2 Sorrows heads and 1 Sorrows bottom).

If a person cannot complete the Trinity Play with the tiles in their hand, they must draw a tile from the pile. If they draw a tile for the Trinity Play, they may play it, otherwise their turn is over.

Once the Trinity Play / 'chickenfoot' is complete, play continues as normal until another Doubles tile is played, at which point the person playing the Doubles tile says, "TRINITY PLAY" and all play stops until the Trinity is completed as above.

If all of the tiles have been drawn and a Trinity Play cannot be completed, the player that has the least tiles in their hand wins!

Otherwise, the goal is the same: get rid of your tiles first to win!

Play as in the Traditional rules, with this twist: if a player runs out of tiles and the open ends of the MamaKnows do not match up, no one wins.

Tiles are flipped over, shuffled, and play begins again. If the open ends of the Mamas match, everyone wins!

Shuffle all of the Mamas and place them face down. Place them all on the players left side.

Take 3 tiles from the pile and place them face up in front of the player.

If any of the face up tiles can be used to make a match, remove those tiles add it them the 'Done' pile on the player's right. No more than one match can be cleared at a time (i.e. you cannot clear all three tiles at the same time in a long line).

Draw new tiles and put them face up so that 3 tiles are showing.

If no matches can be made, draw another tile and turn it face up.

Repeat the process until all tiles from the draw pile have been used.

Player wins if there are no unmatched tiles once the draw pile has been emptied.

If playing with 3-4 players, each player draws 5 tiles (7 tiles in the case of two players).

Play begins by placing a Doubles tile in the middle. Each player must play a tile off of the Doubles tile so that the tiles form a cross (similar to a compass rose). If a player cannot play off of the Doubles tile, they must draw a tile - if it can be played, the player must place it. If not, their turn is over.

Play continues as normal until one player wins by using all of their tiles.

A further variation on the Traditional Cross game play.

If playing with 3-4 players, each player draws 5 tiles (7 tiles in the case of two players).

Play begins by placing a Doubles tile in the middle. Each player must play a tile off of the Doubles tile so that the tiles form a cross (similar to a compass rose). If a player cannot play off of the Doubles tile, they must draw a tile - if it can be played, the player must place it. If not, their turn is over.

Once the four sides of the Doubles tile have been played, Doubles tiles must 'close' the open ends of the cross.

Play continues as normal for the duration of the game until someone wins by using all of their tiles.

In the basic version of the game, the number of tiles that each player draws initially depends on the number of players (typically 7-10). If one player does not have a double, the tiles are shuffled again.

In the first round each player plays a double to start a private line of play, known as a train. In subsequent rounds, players first add a tile to their own train or draw a tile and then pass if they cannot do this (player cannot play the drawn tile that round and must wait until their next turn to play again).

A player who did not pass can also add at most one tile each to each of the other players' trains.

Play continues until a player uses all of their tiles.

Each player draws 7-10 tiles, depending on the number of players.

Each player has a private train and a 'Guadalupe train' that starts from a central Doubles tile. Each player begins their personal train (in their own area) with a tile that plays off the central ('Guadalupe' [also known as 'Mexican Train']) Doubles tile.

Each player's personal train begins as a private train that can only be played on by themselves.

Players take turn playing one tile, either on the central / Guadalupe train or their own private train.

Tiles must be played to the player's own train or the Guadalupe train. A player who cannot play must draw a tile and play that; if the stock is empty or the tile drawn cannot be played, the player must pass and mark their own train as public, allowing other players to use it like their own train and the Guadalupe train. The train becomes private again as soon as the owner adds a tile to it.

The game ends when a player plays all their tiles.