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Answers to the 7 Card Cribbage Hand Score Quiz!
Today is the day of the answers to the cribbage score quiz last Friday. We were playing 7 card cribbage and got interesting hands to score. Hand A is 28: There are a dozen points worth of 15s for 2; there are 12 points worth of 3 card runs; and there are 4 points worth…
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7 Card Cribbage Hand Scoring Quiz and Update on New Cribbage Boards Shipping from Canada!
Today we played 7 card cribbage and tackled challenging hand scores. It’s quiz time! First, we got to have some rules which are here. For convenience, the rules are copied below from Masters Traditional Games web site: “Seven card cribbage Only experienced players play this game – it can get quite complicated. Play is to…
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9 Card Cribbage Comedy!
Sena’s been after me for weeks to play 9 card cribbage, so because it’s St. Patrick’s Day, I gave in because we might get lucky and the game might be playable. We used a computer scorer developed by somebody who posted about 9 card cribbage (and other cribbage variants) and has a link to a…
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The 29 Cribbage Board Rematch Game is in the Books!
Well, we finally had our rematch of the 29-board cribbage game today! Sena won! We made a YouTube video of it. We used alternate brightly colored acrylic pegs that are special order. They didn’t come with the board. I won the first game back in 2020. Sena won the rematch in 2022. She’s the champ—so…
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Cribbage 29 Board Arrives!
Hey, we got our new cribbage 29 board today! We’d been playing cribbage for a good part of the day (both 8-card and 10-card) on the big board although the 29 board will have to get its workout tomorrow. It’s just like the one we had before it got lost last year in the move.…
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Cribbage 29 Board Ordered!
Well, remember that Cribbage 29 board we lost in the move that I blogged about in December? They were out of stock until a few days ago. Sena ordered one and we should be getting it pretty soon. It’s a 10-inch board. The cut card printed on it is 5 spades. So, we’ll have to…
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13 Card Cribbage to Ring in the New Year 2026!
Well, we played the 13-card cribbage game today and we survived it! I got to tell you; I don’t know how anyone would invent such a hairy cribbage variant. I got so mixed-up Sena had to bail me out on counting a complicated run. We did use a special cribbage scorer that I picked up…
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11 Card Cribbage Now!
Hey, it’s New Year’s Eve and it’s time for 11-card cribbage! Recall, the American Cribbage Congress (ACC) website has a cribbage variations page in which the unknown author reports there being many cribbage variants, including 11 and 13 card cribbage. So, yesterday we played 12-card cribbage and we decided to address the 11-card variant today.…
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Twelve Card Cribbage on the Tournament Board!
As promised, we played a game of 12-card cribbage on the tournament board today. What an adventure! We both missed pairs in counting high scores on one round (that we noticed after viewing the video)—but we got through it. I don’t know of anyone else who’s made a video of this wacky variant, but let…
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Anyone for 12-Card Cribbage?
You know the winter is getting long when Sena and I talk about trying to play 12-card cribbage. We’ve come up with a way to manage the deal and the crib and we’ll try to play it tomorrow. Sena’s been bugging me for a while now to try playing both 11-card and 12-card cribbage—despite the…
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