One of the games that has been in our repertoire for a long while is Mexican Train. The game is domino based, which means—just like playing cards and all of the games you can play with them—if you've got dominoes you can play. And just like cards, you can play with just the dominoes and get along just fine, or add some specialty pieces that enhance the game.
In Mexican Train all dominoes played radiate out from a center starter piece. You can buy any number of hubs that making this gameplay mechanic easy, and in some cases attractive. Earlier this summer I set out to design a wooden hub that would get the job done and look good doing it.
There are several designs that went into the fire but here is the final prototype in pine, and the resulting production piece in solid walnut with oak player pegs.
