Cribbage rules
Simple cribbage rulesThe rules of cribbage are simple - it's one of the easiest card games to learn and certainly one of the most satisfying. Once you've read through our simple rules for cribbage,...
View ArticleCribbage etiquette
Etiquette is important in card games, cribbage more than most. It is regarded as a gentleman's game (naturally, for card-playing purposes, ladies can be gentlemen too). Like most worthwhile things in...
View ArticleWhat happens if there is a misdeal?
Jacqueline writes:The other night, I was playing a game against my roommate. It was his deal and we were both very close to the end hole - he misdealt by dealing out 7 cards instead of 6. I said to...
View ArticleScoring a flush in the crib
James Walker emailed to ask:four card flush...I know it counts fourin hand ...BUT does it score four in CRIB ?There is a special rule for a flush in the crib. Normally, if you have four or more cards...
View ArticleRuns in the play
Ty Nielson emailed to ask:So, we’re having some controversy in the office over some of the rules of the cribbage game, all being long time players of cribbage and each of us having slight variations in...
View ArticleCribbage rules - the discard
(Previous section: Cribbage rules - the basics)Following the cut, each player throws away two cards from his hand into the 'crib' or 'box' - a third hand that is scored by the dealer. The rules of...
View ArticleCribbage rules - the scoring
(Previous section: Cribbage rules - the go)Having played out all the cards, both players then score their hands, pone first - this time including the turn-up card as part of both hands. The dealer's...
View ArticleCribbage on android
For those of you that don't go for fruit based computing (mine started and ended with apricot :-) there are a few nice cribbage applications for the Android platform.I've recently tried a couple on my...
View ArticleRationale for not scoring a 4-card crib flush?
I am new to the game of cribbage and am curious about the conspicuously negative rule excluding four-card crib flushes. This rule seems to be begging for a good mathematical explanation. Statistics...
View Articlegui cribbage game for linux
I found a tarball at the linuxforum.org site for a gui crib for linux at the link below. With a little help I now have a gui crib for linux finally. The poster Miven was kind enough to share his work...
View Article5 card crib
fed up with boys crib !!!! when will somebody bring on the real game (5 card crib)?
View ArticleJack in crib
Jack in hand, the same suit as starter, scores one point ("His Nobs"). Does a Jack in the crib, the same suit as starter, score for "his nobs" or not? Here's why the question comes up:In a rule book of...
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