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.

JW emailed to say:

I have recently photoed and included images of the box and rules/directions for the Are-Jay Game Co.'s Century #715 Continuous Track Cribbage 2,3,4,6 Player Board. My grandmother purchased hers at Hudson's in Detroit, Michigan, where she worked as an employee, at a marked down price of $6.00, sometime prior to 1990.

Here is JW's photo of the board:

He also kindly photographed the playing rules (click on the picture to see the full size version):

I would also be very curious as to how this is officially played. I have one of these boards and we have just made up the rules, but I would love to know how we are actually supposed to do it.

How we play:

We play up to 968 points (that's 8 times around the board) because the point board will only let you keep track to 999.

Play is continuous, so if you win a game and have a huge hand, you peg through into the next game.

Each time you beat your opponent over the 121 line, you peg a win. If you get over with your opponent behind the skunk line, you peg two wins and a skunk.

As this is usually played over a few sessions, we record the score in the points box using three pegs. (ex. for 368 points, you place a peg in the 300, one in the 60 and another in the 8) This way, if someone wants to play a quick one-round game in the meantime, they can use the board without losing your place. We also finish each session on the leader's crib, so that when we start again we know that it is the person who is behind who gets the crib.

First person to get to 968 wins the overall game, but there are bragging rights for having more skunks or wins in the board.

We don't use the "legs" spots at all. I guess this is for recording who gets past each leg first, but seems excessive to me.

All in all it makes for a pretty epic game and with 4 players (playing partners) it makes for a pretty fun afternoon.

Again, I would be very grateful if someone could explain how we are actually supposed to use it.

I would also be very curious as to how this is officially played. I have one of these boards and we have just made up the rules, but I would love to know how we are actually supposed to do it.

How we play:

We play up to 968 points (that's 8 times around the board) because the point board will only let you keep track to 999.

Play is continuous, so if you win a game and have a huge hand, you peg through into the next game.

Each time you beat your opponent over the 121 line, you peg a win. If you get over with your opponent behind the skunk line, you peg two wins and a skunk.

As this is usually played over a few sessions, we record the score in the points box using three pegs. (ex. for 368 points, you place a peg in the 300, one in the 60 and another in the 8) This way, if someone wants to play a quick one-round game in the meantime, they can use the board without losing your place. We also finish each session on the leader's crib, so that when we start again we know that it is the person who is behind who gets the crib.

First person to get to 968 wins the overall game, but there are bragging rights for having more skunks or wins in the board.

We don't use the "legs" spots at all. I guess this is for recording who gets past each leg first, but seems excessive to me.

All in all it makes for a pretty epic game and with 4 players (playing partners) it makes for a pretty fun afternoon.

Again, I would be very grateful if someone could explain how we are actually supposed to use it.