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How Cribbage Tournaments Deal with Slow Players
Remember that cribbage game Sena and I filmed a while ago to show we could finish a cribbage game in 15 minutes if we really tried? Well, we just managed, although truth to tell, our games typically run 20 minutes or so. Well, today I looked at the American Cribbage Congress (ACC) monthly newsletter called…
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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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A Conversation with AI about Backward Pegging in Crib Wars and Wicked Cribbage
I thought it might be interesting to see what AI has to say about backward pegging in Crib Wars and Wicked Cribbage. We haven’t found a set of Crib Wars that are specific on the 20-hole backward pegging because they don’t specify which peg you move back 20 holes. According to AI it’s the front…
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A Little Iowa Hawkeye Cribbage History
Sena played a couple of games of cribbage solitaire today and came within 8 points of making 121! And so that makes us both fans of this variation on cribbage. There was a little project I set for myself given that DeLynn Colvert’s book, “Play Winning Cribbage” has a section called Cribbage World Publication, which…
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Two to Tango Cribbage Mistake Update!
I already have an update to the cribbage kerfuffle I posted about yesterday! The American Cribbage Congress (ACC) representative clarified what to do if the non-dealer and dealer by mistake switched roles during the cut of the deck and picking the starter card. According to Dan: “This mishap of the cutting of the starter card…
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The “It Takes Two to Tango” Mistake in Cribbage
Yesterday while playing cribbage, Sena and I accidentally switched non-dealer and dealer roles during the cut and pick the starter card phase of the game. I was dealer and by mistake cut the deck. Sena was non-dealer and by mistake picked the starter card—which happened to be a jack. At that point we both realized…
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How Do Tournament Cribbage Players Play So Fast?
I finally tracked down an American Cribbage Congress (ACC) game from 2017 in Reno, Nevada. It was an hour-long match between just two of the many competitors. They played 4 games in approximately one hour. What amazed us was that they could play each game in about 15 minutes despite socializing with others, getting interrupted,…
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Cribbage for Turtles!
We’re still turtles when it comes to how long we take to play a cribbage game. And, I think I misjudged how randomization works with shuffling cards using a machine. I checked on line and various sources say, in general, whether you’re manually shuffling or using an automatic shuffling machine, adequate randomization of 52 cards…
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Learning to Play Cribbage from the Internet
I’ve been looking over the web about learning how and where to play cribbage. It’s a card game for two players usually, but there are variations allowing for 3 to 4 players. First, out of curiosity, I started searching the web on where to play cribbage in Iowa. There are about 200 local clubs across…
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Connection Between Cribbage and Obituaries?
Just for fun today (which is New Year’s Day of 2025) after Sena and I played a few games of cribbage, I searched the internet using the term “cribbage in Iowa.” I found a local newspaper story entitled “There’s No Crying in Cribbage. There’s No Politics Either,” published August 18, 2024 in the digital version…
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