'The play' (or 'pegging') starts with the non-dealer (Alice).

The starter is used later during 'the show'.

A Jack scores the dealer two points for 'his heels'.

The non-dealer (Alice) cuts the deck and the dealer reveals the top card of the bottom section, called 'the starter' or 'the cut'.

Each player's hand and the crib are four cards.

Each player chooses four cards to keep and discards the remainder face-down to form the 'crib' to be used later by the dealer.

👤 4⇨ ✋ 5 & players sitting opposite each other are on a team.

If tied, the deck is re-shuffled and re-cut.

The players cut for first deal, lowest card deals first.

The pegging board represents each player's score.

It contains elements of both skill and luck, and players must strike a difficult balance between pursuing a number of different objectives. Finally, ‘the show,’ in which cards are retrieved and further sets and combinations are scored.Ĭribbage is a unique and enjoyable game with a highly distinctive flavour and terminology. Second, players must play out their cards alternately, attempting to make various combinations of matching cards, runs, and point totals equaling 15 and 31. During this stage, both players must discard cards to the ‘crib,’ which may accrue additional points for the dealer. The first is grouping and discarding cards to form combinations of runs, flushes, and cards totaling 15. Cribbage is both an adding and set collection game that involves playing and grouping cards in various combinations to gain points.

Cribbage is a well known British card game for two players, played with a standard 52-card deck and a special cribbage board used for keeping score.

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