This is a short summary of a fun game we’ve learned about at school, called cribbage… please enjoy!
History-
Cribbage was invented in the mid 1600′s by an Englishman named Sir John Suckling. He was also a poet, a playwright, and helped rescue one of his friends from the Tower of London! Cribbage was originally called Noddy. It became popular with American soldiers on submarines in World War II. Many cribbage board designs have been used over the years; most were made of wood, but other artists used marble. The modern cribbage board has 120 pegs for each player and each player uses two pegs to keep track of points.
Epic pheasant cribbage board!!!!!
Playing-
Cribbage is played using a cribbage board, pegs, and a simple deck of cards. Each player is dealt six cards to begin with, and discards two cards each to the “crib” which is used by the dealer. Then, the players do what is called “pegging” where they each play one card at a time and try to get points that add up to fifteen or thirty-two. After that the players count up the points based on combinations of fifteen, pairs, or runs. Then, the dealer counts up the points in their “crib” in the same manner. For more information on the rules of cribbage, refer to this link or the vocabulary list below.
Magic 29 Point hand!!
Vocabulary-
- Fifteen – if you get a combination of fifteen in your hand it is worth two points
- Pairs - if you have two of the same cards (e.g. two fives) it is also worth two points
- Run – if you have three of more consecutive cards in your hand (e.g. 4,5,6) it is called a run… a run is worth as many points as cards in the run (e.g. 3)
- Muggins -if your opponent misses any points in their hand then you get to call “muggings” and you get two points
Traditional cribbage board
I hope you’ve enjoyed this brief description of the game of cribbage! It is one of the most fun games I’ve ever played that involves math!! (Kids, don’t be scared, you just have to be able to count to thirty-one 
I highly recommend this game to anyone who enjoys a challenge and saying the word muggings!
