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Printable Mexican Train Score Sheet

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Print a Mexican Train score card with a row for each of the 13 rounds (12-12 down to 0-0) and columns for up to 8 players, plus a one-page large-print rules card. Black ink only, US Letter or A4.

Or keep score on this page: the online score keeper adds up every round and names the lowest total.

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Online Mexican Train score keeper

One phone or tablet keeps score for the whole table. After each round, enter the spots left in each hand; the player who went out gets 0. It saves after every tap, works offline and has unlimited Undo.

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Mexican Train score sheet

Write each player's name at the top. After every round, write the spots left in each hand. The player who went out writes 0. Add up at the end: lowest total wins.

Mexican Train Score Sheet

Date:Place:
RoundEnginePlayer 1
 		Player 2
 		Player 3
 		Player 4
 		Player 5
 		Player 6
 		Player 7
 		Player 8
 
112-12
211-11
310-10
49-9
58-8
67-7
76-6
85-5
94-4
103-3
112-2
121-1
130-0
Total

Score = spots left in hand at the end of the round (going out = 0). Lowest total after 13 rounds wins. House rule? Double blank = 50: ☐ yes ☐ no

Large-print rules card

Keep this next to the hub. It covers everything you need during a game.

Mexican Train — the rules on one page

  1. Set up. Engine double in the middle (12-12 in round 1, down to 0-0 in round 13). 2–4 players take 15 tiles each, 5–6 take 12, 7–8 take 10. The rest is the boneyard.
  2. Your turn. Play one tile with a matching end: on your own train, on the Mexican Train, or on any train with a marker.
  3. Nothing fits? Draw one tile. If it fits, play it. If not, pass and put your marker on your train.
  4. Markers. A marker opens your train to everyone. Play on your own train to take it off.
  5. Doubles. After a double, play one more tile. An uncovered double must be covered by the next player before anything else. Can't? Draw; still can't? Pass and put out your marker.
  6. End of round. Someone plays their last tile (a double is fine), or nobody can play and the boneyard is empty.
  7. Score. Count the spots left in your hand. Lowest total after 13 rounds wins.

How to keep score in Mexican Train

  1. Write the players' names across the top, in seating order.
  2. At the end of each round, every player counts the spots on the tiles still in hand.
  3. Write that number in the row for the round. The player who went out writes 0.
  4. After round 13, add each column. The lowest total wins.

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Questions people ask

How do you keep score in Mexican Train?

At the end of each round every player adds up the spots on the tiles left in their hand and writes that number in the row for the round. The player who went out writes 0. Add the 13 rounds together at the end: the lowest total wins.

Why does the score sheet list doubles instead of round numbers?

Each round is named by its engine double: 12-12 for round 1, then 11-11 and so on down to 0-0 for round 13. Writing the double next to each row makes it easy to see which engine comes next.

How many players fit on the sheet?

Up to 8, which is the most a double-12 set handles. Leave unused columns blank.

What size paper does this print on?

US Letter, portrait; it also fits A4. Page 1 is the score sheet, page 2 is a large-print rules card. In the print window you can choose “Save as PDF” to keep a copy.