Six Card Cribbage is basically a game for two players. To read the online help, click the 'Rules' button in the game.īelow I've reproduced his introduction to cribbage for those (like me) who have never played before: I am not a cribbage player, so I'll rely on the online help written by game author Uwe Voss to explain the rules.

Note: The instructions below are for the old Adobe Flash game.Īs with all card games, cribbage trains memory, concentration, and strategic thinking skills. They are the premiere cribbage organization in the country and support local cribbage clubs all across the map.If you like this game, you might also enjoy my Video Poker page. If you are in the United States, look no further than the American Cribbage Congress. If you don’t have a large group of cribbage-playing friends or you want to find that group, there is a good chance there is a local cribbage club you can join.

Cribbage Clubs and Sanctioned Tournaments How you structure your cribbage tournament is totally up to you and your group, but I would suggest keeping it simple especially for larger groups so that you don’t have to spend all your time settling “disputes”. You can do “best of three” matches at each stage of the tournament. There are all sorts of complexity you can add like “double elimination” in which there is a loser’s bracket so that you have to lose twice to get knocked out. Those 8 winners compete leaving 4 winners and then two and finally you have a champion from that side of the bracket who faces the champion from the other side of the bracket. First round, 8 games take place leaving 8 winners. There will be 16 players on each side of the bracket. For example, I have 32 buddies that want to play. Split the group of players into two sides of the bracket and pair people up.

Ladder Tournament: This is what you get to see with March Madness.

Player with the most wins is the victor! You can count skunks as two points if you want, and you can settle ties with a winner takes all match. Rotate opponents after each game until everyone has played each other at least once. This is best for smaller groups of players or close friends that want to play everyone at least once.

Round Robin: This is where everybody gets a chance to play everybody.

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