Thank you for your reply! I can see how it penalizes mismatches since the domino game is meant to match perfectly, but at the same time I feel like higher numbers shouldn't be affected by lower numbers, though I get that it would make the gameplay loop a bit stale and easy to break.
Do you have Discord or email? I'd love to keep discussing this since I still need to continue playing to see what else is there to discover ☺️