Object of the game
The first player to cross the finish line, 121 points, wins the game. Points are scored by combining cards in pairs, runs, and combinations that add up to 15, during the play and after counting your
hand and crib.The Layout
When the game starts your hand of six cards is displayed face up at the bottom of the screen just above the command bar. Your opponent's hand, the computer, is displayed face down at the top of the
screen. The crib hand, with the two discards from your opponent, is displayed across the middle of the screen waiting for your discards. The cribbage board floats above the table at the right of the
screen.
How to Play Cribbage
At the start of a game each player is dealt six cards and must immediately discard two, face down, to the crib. The crib is an extra hand that alternates players between deals. The player with the
crib is called the dealer the other player is called the elder. Points in your hand accumulate from pairs (2 or more of a kind), runs (3 or more in sequence) and combinations of cards that add to 15.
What you discard to the crib depends on whether you are the dealer or the elder during that round. At the end of the round the points in the crib go to the dealer.
Strategy-crib
Deciding which two cards to discard to the crib is an important part of each hand. You should assess the value of your hand for pairs, runs and combinations of cards that can total 15 in order to
maximize the actual and potential value of your hand. Generally a hand value between 10 and 20 points is considered good and 7 is about average. For the record the highest scoring single hand is 29
(four 5s and a J).
Choosing the best discards is a talent that comes with experience. Generally you want to keep cards that add up to the highest total especially when you are the elder player
(you don't have the crib).
When you are the dealer the points in the crib will go to you at the end of the hand so you can feel better about discarding pairs or 15's to your crib. You can press
the Hint button to get a hint from the computer about which two cards to discard to the crib. This hint is based on the cards in your hand and the probability of cards in the computer's hand.
For information on Cribbage Strategy
The Starter Card. After the discard one card is drawn from
the deck and placed face up on top of the pile. This is called the starter card. The starter card is added as a fifth card to each hand and the crib during counting. It is not used during the play.
The elder player draws the starter card from the deck and places it face up at the right side of the screen. If you turn up a Jack you receive 2 points for "Your Heels".
Play Strategy
It is generally not a good idea to start the play with a 5 or 10-valued card since it is very likely your opponent will have a 10 or 5 to make 15
The Opening Lead
After the crib has been chosen. You must decide what card you want to start off with the opening lead. There is no safe opening lead because you have no idea what your opponent has in their hand. But
here are some pointers that can help you in your decision, remember that if your lead is higher than four, your opponent may make 15.
The Play
The play begins after the starter card is drawn. Non-dealer plays first by laying one card from their hand to the table and announcing the total. The dealer plays the next card and announces the
total. The idea during play is to acquire points by making pairs, runs or 15's from the played cards. You want to be careful also not to lay out cards that are close in rank in order to avoid a run.
The maximum total of played cards is 31. The player that lays a card, which totals exactly 31, receives 2 points. If a player cannot lay a card that keeps the total at 31 or less he must announce a
"Go" and pass the play. The remaining player must lay out their remaining cards that keep the total to 31 or less and receives one point for the Go and two points if he was able to total
exactly 31. The play then continues again starting from zero in this way until all cards are played out. The running total count is displayed at the bottom of the screen. The player that lays the
very last card of the play receives one point
Play Duplicate Crib
This option plays a game of duplicate crib. In duplicate crib you play one game to completion then in the next game you receive the cards that your opponent was dealt in the previous game and visa
versa for your opponent. This method of play eliminates any luck in the deal. The Starter card is also repeated in the duplicate game.
If you select duplicate mode during a game the next game will
deal the hands that have occurred in the current game. If the duplicate game requires more hands than were saved from the previous game then new hands are dealt until someone wins.
If you Quit
and Save the current game during a duplicate game the duplicate hands are not saved when you restart the game.
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