Cribbage

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Cribbage multiplayer game. Card game for two players or two pairs; two stages - the play and the show with grouping cards in combinations to score points; online cribbage, free cribbage. Cribbage had become a mechanical affair for us, both in choosing which cards to toss into the crib and which cards to play when. We went through the motions, with a rare play sparking some actual thought. CrossCribb put a whole new spin on things. Cribbage is a 400-year-old game that descended from an English card game known as “Noddy.” The creator of the game was Sir John Suckling, who was an English poet. The most interesting facet of cribbage is its use of a cribbage board to keep score, rather than a pen and paper.

By David Campbell - from Cribbage World, March 2019

Cribbage has its own unique and interesting vocabulary. Here is our quick guide to the cribbage terms you need to know: Crib - the dealer's extra hand Pegging - marking scores on the cribbage board, or more generally, the card-playing phase of the game Muggins - claiming points your opponent failed to notice.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. —Mark Twain

Each year in February or March, Lana and I take a trip to Florida to temporarily escape the cold and snow. This year was no different, so during the second week of February we headed to Orlando to check out Epcot and play some cribbage. We arrived on a Wednesday and planned to go to Epcot on Thursday and find something else to do on Friday before the tournaments started on Saturday.

Normally, we arrive at Epcot near opening and stay the entire day to see the fireworks at night. This year we arrived at opening like always, but after eating the buffet in Germany (to get ideas for Oktoberfest, the theme of this year's Grand National in North Conway NH in October) and walking over eight miles we decided to call it a day just after 6p.

For the next few days my legs and other parts of my body felt the pain of my decision to wear sandals to Epcot. So, the plan of doing something else fun on Friday vanished.

Saturday morning, we arrived at the tournament and saw the usual Floridians and other people who decided a warm break would be nice in the middle of February. We started playing, and on my table was a woman I didn’t know. At lunch I had the opportunity to talk to her and found out her name was Julie Mayo and she was from Gorham, Maine. Gorham is a couple towns away from where I live, and as it turned out I was very good friends in high school with the son of one of her very good friends.

This was her first tournament ever, and the only reason she played was because yearly she came to Florida to visit a friend. But this year her friend had already signed up for the tourney, so Julie decided to play also.

What happened on Saturday was a wonderful sight. People were kind and very helpful to Julie throughout the day. I must admit that after talking to her it would be tough not to be nice to such a sweet woman. I am proud seeing what a great organization we were all lucky enough to join.

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About the Game

Cribbage Rules

CrossCribb® is the exciting strategy game that takes the traditional favorite, cribbage, and multiplies the fun times five. CrossCribb uses conventional cribbage scoring rules as you try to build five high scoring cribbage hands while simultaneously sabotaging your opponents' hands. It's easy to learn, but difficult to master.
The CrossCribb game can be played with one to six players. Durable color CrossCribb game board, high-quality CrossCribb card deck, 2 scoring pads, pencil, die and full scoring rules are included. The game also includes rules for exciting variations: CrossCribb 20:20, CrossCribb DoubleTrouble, CrossPoker and CrossCribb Solitaire.
Whether you're an experienced cribbage player or new to the game, you'll find CrossCribb is an easy but challenging twist on an old favorite that's positively addicting!

How to Play

Cribbage Board

As in cribbage, a card is cut to add to the crib. This card is placed in thecenter of a 5x5 grid. Starting with the dealer’s opponent, each playerlooks at his top card and either tosses it into the crib (if he hasn’talready done so twice this hand), or plays it on any vacant space in the grid.One player is trying to build the best possible hands in each column, while theother tries to do the same with the rows.
When all cards have been played, each five card hand is scored and the dealeradds the crib to his total. The player with the higher total scores the differencebetween the totals, with the game going to the first player to reach 31.
Cribbage had become a mechanical affair for us, both in choosing which cardsto toss into the crib and which cards to play when. We went through the motions,with a rare play sparking some actual thought. CrossCribb put a whole new spinon things. With pegging removed, you concentrate on building the best hands andstopping your opponent from doing the same.
The balance between offensive and defensive card play is devilish. If my opponenthas already created a row with 4-5-5-6, playing an 8 into it is a no-brainer.But what if I draw a queen? Do I give him 4 points, or do I risk him drawinga 4, 5 or 6? Tough call– especially since I could place the queen in oneof the columns with a 5, scoring points for myself. And if the queen’sthe same suit as one of the fives, it becomes an even tougher choice.
You only need four cards of the same suit for a flush, which adds a frustratingcomponent to defensive play. You want to break up the forming double run, butthe card you just drew would give a flush instead. Play it anyway, or hope youropponent doesn’t draw what he needs and you get a better stopper next time?

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