Cribbage

Fifteen two, fifteen four…

Daily Deal

Everyone gets the same cards today: 6 hands against the Medium computer, 3 deals each. Beat Ada by as much as you can.

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Quick start

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With friends

Play with a friendHead to head, turn by turn, with a clock. Three-handed and partners are on the way.

Your game

Rules

To 121. The app counts every hand for you, line by line.

Computer

Throws for the best hand on average and pegs carefully.

Every card is dealt and checked by the server: nobody sees the other hand or the crib before it's counted.

How to play

  1. You each get 6 cards and put 2 face down in the crib: a spare hand that belongs to the dealer. The deal swaps every hand.
  2. The top card of the deck is turned over: the starter. Everyone counts it with their hand. A jack is 2 for the dealer.
  3. The play: take turns laying a card and saying the running count (aces are 1, pictures 10). It can't pass 31. Score 2 for making 15 or 31, 2 for a pair with the card before, and 1 a card for a run of 3 or more.
  4. Can't play without passing 31? That's a Go (the app says it for you): the other player plays on, and the last card scores 1. Then the count starts again.
  5. The show: each hand is counted with the starter: 2 for every way to make 15, 2 for each pair, 1 a card for runs, a flush, and 1 for the jack of the starter's suit. Then the dealer counts the crib.
  6. First to 121 wins, the moment they get there. Win before the other player reaches 91 and it's a skunk (2 wins).

✨ The perfect hand is 29: three 5s and the jack of the starter's suit, with the fourth 5 turned up.

Tap a card to lift it, and tap it again (or the button) to play it. Cards that would pass 31 are dimmed; tap one to see why.