The invention of cribbage (sometimes called crib for short) is attributed to the poet Sir John Suckling (1609-1642) by his biographer John Aubrey as a derivation of the game 'noddy.' The winner is the first person to peg a certain A jack having the same suitĪs a top card is awarded an additional point known as 'nobbs.' The crib Of a kind, runs, and combinations of cards giving 15. All face cards are counted as 10įor the purpose of playing out, but the normal values of, ,Īfter all cards have been played, each player counts the four cards in his hand taken Then alternately played out by the two players, with points being scored for pairs,ģs and 4s of a kind, runs, cumulative total of 15 and 31, and playing the last possibleĬard ('go') not giving a total over 31. The top card is then ignored until the counting round, unless it isĪ jack, in which case the dealer pegs two points for 'heels.' Cards are After the discard, the top card in the remaining deck Each player then discards two of his six cards to a four-card 'crib' whichĪlternates between players. Cribbage is a game in which each of two players is dealt a hand of six cards.
