I just had to get this post out this morning after a 3-hour game of Crib Wars playing 7-card cribbage because Sena won with the highest hand point total of 46! Some say this is analogous to getting a 29 hand in 6-card cribbage. See below for details on the rules, about which opinions differ due to the high point totals players can get.
While the game took 3 hours to finish, it didn’t feel that long because we got pretty absorbed in it.
Recall we just recently learned the 7-card cribbage variant rules and I planned to try it during a Crib Wars game, which we are also just learning. I wondered if it would shorten the game, which it obviously didn’t. We travel farther along the board, but we also take longer to count the often-complicated scores—like 46. There are 8 three-card runs for 24 points; 3 pairs for 6 points; and 8 fifteens for 2 for 16 points.
We didn’t film this game because it took 3 hours to finish. We started at 8:00 a.m. and finished at 11:00 a.m. when Sena got the 46-point hand count. This has been reported to be the highest count in 7-card cribbage according to the web site Masters Traditional Games.
There are other ways to play this game mainly by changing how many cards are dealt to the crib. Some say you should toss 2 cards to the crib as usual, which differs from what Masters Traditional Games says, which is to toss one right after the deal and then 2 more by each player after looking at the hands dealt. This means you get a 5-card crib instead of a 4-card crib. When you end up with a 6-card hand (plus the starter) and a 5-card crib (plus the starter), scoring gets higher and takes longer to count, at least for us.
Now Sena wants to play a mashup of 9-card cribbage and Crib Wars!
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