Cribbage
Fifteen-two, fifteen-four. First to 121 pegs. 2 players.
Also known as Crib.
How to play Cribbage
- 1Each player gets six cards and lays two face down in the crib, which belongs to the dealer. The deal alternates every hand.
- 2The non-dealer cuts and the dealer turns up the starter. If it is a Jack, the dealer pegs 2 (his heels).
- 3Pegging: starting with the non-dealer, take turns playing a card and saying the running total, never going over 31. Score 2 for making 15 or 31, 2 for a pair, 6 for three of a kind, 12 for four, and 1 point per card for a run of three or more (in any order).
- 4If you can't play without passing 31 you say go (we call it for you). The other player keeps playing if they can; whoever played last pegs 1 for the go, the count starts again, and the last card of all pegs 1.
- 5Then each hand is counted with the starter: the non-dealer first, then the dealer, then the dealer's crib. Fifteens 2 each, pairs 2 each, runs 1 per card, four cards of one suit 4 (5 with the starter; the crib needs all five), and the Jack of the starter's suit 1 (nobs).
- 6The first to 121 wins, even in the middle of a hand.
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