Cribbage
The rules of Cribbage are simple. It is a card game for two to four players. Described by some as 'a game of low, animal cunning', it demands skill, experience, craftiness and luck to win. A popular pub game, like backgammon, it can be enjoyed by all generations and nowadays you can even play Cribbage online. The rules of cribbage are simple and easy to learn.
The scope for strategy, clever discards, and sheer blind luck makes it a fascinating and involving game at every level of play. Cribbage Corner has everything you need to learn and play, including how to get the perfect cribbage hand!
You can download free cribbage games for Windows, cribbage games for Mac and also smartphones and PDAs such as the Apple iPhone and BlackBerry. If you enjoy playing cribbage online, try playing some other traditional games at an online casino.
If you have any questions about the rules of cribbage, there are hundreds of helpful users in the Cribbage Corner Forum who will answer them! You can also join Cribbage Corner free for a limited time only.
Century cribbage board
Submitted by admin on Wed, 10/08/2008 - 13:58Linda sent us this question by email:
Hi, for the life of me I can not find any info on this. We have a, "Century continuous track cribbage" (121 holes)board by ARE JAY GAME CO. INC., Cleveland Ohio Made in USA.
In the center (the infield) are holes for scoring:
GAMES WON (which is simple enough) Goes up to 9 each for R W & B
LEGS (Not sure how or why to use these) Also has 9 holes for R W & B
SKUNKS (Who pegs here? The player skunked or the player who skunks you?) Also has nine holes etc.
TOTAL POINTS HOLES 1-10, then 20,40,60 etc up to 100 & then 200,300 etc up to 900 for R W & B
(What points do we put here and why? Is there a total we are heading to or is that arbitrary?)
It also says that it is a "2 3 4 6 player board"
So how do you determine the winner using all the above holes? I have no clue on any of this and have researched till I can't see straight. Any and all info would be greatly appreciated. This seems to be the only board with all these extras and we just don't know the right way to use them or why. Please help?
Does anyone have one of these boards who can help out Linda with some information?
Cribbage software
If you're learning to play cribbage, or just looking for cribbage software for your PC, Mac, palmtop or mobile, these resources should help you.
Free cribbage game downloads
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Commercial cribbage software
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Android cribbage apps
Cribbage games for Android
Free cribbage apps to download for Android-based phones such as the T-Mobile G1, Motorola Droid, CLIQ, HTC Hero, HTC Magic, HTC Touch Pro, HTC Dream and others.
Cribbage Pro
Download Cribbage Pro (this link will work only on your Android phone)
Review by Robert Milk
Cribbage Pro (by Fuller Systems) for Android cell phones is a strong single-player cribbage game. It does not take ‘needless’ pairs and does not needlessly play into runs. It appears to have some strong logic behind it. Recently, I was surprised when it paired my 9 lead in the first play of a game, but later realized it had a pair of 9s with its remaining cards being an 8 and 10 so I realized it played the mathematical odds.
The graphics are clear and sufficiently large enough to see and select properly. The main improvement needed is to the board as it is not a standard board layout, two-track, or round-about, so you need to look at the positional scores, which are readily seen next to player avatar, to verify board position. The other improvement needed is with the pegs, the peg color is too close to the track colors, red/blue, to easily see. Neither of these detract from the game or more importantly to good cribbage players, the ‘skill’ of the game.
Cribbage Pro has a nice set of user settings. You select a User Name and select an avatar from a long selection of avatars. You can select from one of three table colors and the card style. You can also have it auto-play, but I did not test out this feature. You can select auto-cut the deck; if you do not select this option, then you must tap down on the deck to a cut position; a better choice might be to spread the cards and select the cut card.
What I consider the best option is the Computer Difficulty selection. You can choose between Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced. I noticed that the computer ‘strategy’ matched the level. With these varying levels, Cribbage Pro, is for those learning the game up to those who are great cribbage players. I have attained the Grand Master rating in the American Cribbage Congress (ACC) and find that Intermediate Level matches good ACC Grass Roots club play and the Advanced level approaches the level of play seen in ACC Tournaments.
Fuller Systems, the company that developed Cribbage Pro even posted the logic used for dealing. This can be seen at http://fullersystems.blogspot.com/.
If you own an Android cell phone and like to play cribbage or want to learn the grand old game, the Cribbage Pro is the game to install for the Market apps. This cribbage player is going to play another game of Cribbage Pro.
Cribbage
Download Android Cribbage (this link will only work on your phone)
Cribbage by bytesequencing.com (Android Market link) is a free cribbage game for Android devices (ad-supported; there is a $1.99 paid version without the ads).
Here's top-ranked US cribbage grandmaster Robert Milk's review of Cribbage for Android:
This version of cribbage is a fun version that has the 'basics' built-in, but little in the way of strategy. For example, if you lead a 10, the app may play a Jack even if it has a King available. It is easy to practice 'trapping' cards and many times takes a needless pair.
It is not intuitively obvious when starting which color is the player and which color is the app. Once you have played a game or two you will know which color is always the player.
The one 'bug' I have seen is that the game does not always clear out a message before another message is displayed. I have played about 50 games and there have been no crashes or 'forced' close.
This is a fun game to play on your Android cell phone.
There is a 'pay' version which does not have the ads; other than no ads the games are identical; save your money and install the 'free' version.
Happy Pegs,
Bob
Five player cribbage
Submitted by WISDOM on Wed, 01/20/2010 - 05:05I've been asked if you can play Cribbage with five players. Did a web search and saw where someone said there was a variation for five, but that site did not explain how to play with five.
Does anyone know if five can play? If so, how?
Cribbage Master of the High Sierras
Submitted by Visitor on Sat, 01/16/2010 - 01:42Can anyone tell me who the Cribbage Master of the High Sierras is?
I'd like to go to the tourney. I saw it on a site
A question about specific hand during the count in a four player game.
Submitted by Visitor on Mon, 01/11/2010 - 17:36Just trying to end an argument here, I have asked many people and have not been able to get a consensus.
1st card is and 8
2nd card is a 7= 15 for 2 points
3rd card is a 6= 21 and a run of three for three points
4th card is a 5= 26 and a run of four for four points
5th card is a 5= 31 for one of two possibilities.
Either it is 31 for two points plus a pair for four points altogether,
OR it is 31 for two points plus a double run of four for twelve points altogether.
Thank you for your answers!
Counting your hand question
Submitted by Visitor on Thu, 01/07/2010 - 05:07I'm reading the cribbage rules section of the website and it reads after one player get's to 31 you count you hands. What cards do you count? The one's you discarded to make up 31? Jus the cards you layed down or all of them together? This game is not easy to learn. But I'm trying.
Learning how to play Cribbage since I got a board for xmas have a Question.
Submitted by Visitor on Thu, 01/07/2010 - 04:52I'm reading how to play and I'm only on the turn card rule and I'm already confused. When you turn over the start card and it's the next person's turn do you had your card to the start card? Let's say you cut the deck and the start card is a 3 then the first person goes and lays down a 7 is the count then 10?
