Cribbage

Enjoy Cribbage, a traditional card game that tests your strategy and counting skills. Play with friends to see who can score the highest and achieve the ultimate crib.

Basics Discard Phase Play Phase Show Phase

Starting Show Phase

The Show phase is started with each player turning their cards face up.

Starting with the player on the left of the dealer, players each score points based on the contents of their hand in conjunction with the starter card.

Scoring

Points are scored for the following:

Each unique combination of cards totaling 15 scores 2 points.
Pairs (and 3 or 4 of a kind) are scored in the same manner as in the Play phase.
Each run of cards larger than 2 scores points equal to the number of cards in the run.
Each flush larger than 3 cards scores points equal to the number of cards in the flush.

The Crib

After each player has finished scoring their hand, the dealer flips the crib cards over and scores them for themselves as an additional hand.
These cards are scored in the same manner as a regular hand is in the Show phase, except that the crib cannot score a 4-card flush. 5-card flushes are scored normally.