So, as long as we had the cribbage tournament board out, we decided to play 10 card cribbage yesterday. This is not a game for mindfulness, at least for me. Each player gets 10 cards. You have to sort them into two 4 card hands and the dealer gets the usual 4 card crib.
That’s a lot of cards to sort through. I get a little flustered trying to figure out what to keep and what to throw to the crib. I have to decide which 4 card hand to start the play.
The more cards you have, the higher the scores. Some games take only about 15 minutes despite the plethora of scores you have to wade through. Overall, in tournaments you have to be able to play a 6-card game in 15 minutes, so it seems ironic you can do the same in a 10-card game.
You have to be mindful, in a way, to play these Calvinball crib variations. But I can get a little hyped. Maybe you can tell.
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