Cribbage Board

Cribbage Board

The cribbage board is used for scorekeeping in the card game of cribbage. This game is traditionally for two players, but these days is more often played with 3, 4 or more. The idea is to play and group cards in combinations to make points.

Cribbage is considered the 'official' pastime among Americans serving aboard submarines.

There are several designs of crib board:

Classic: a flat wooden board approximately 250–300 mm (10–12 in) by 70–80 mm (3–4 in) and 10–20 mm (0.4–0.8 in) deep. There are two sets of 60 holes (30 'out' and 30 'back') divided into 5 point sections. A pegging-out hole in the middle at each end allows the board to be used in either direction. One player or team scores on one set of 60 holes and the other player or team scores on the second set. Different arrangements are made for three player games.
An equilateral triangle with two rows of forty holes on each side is an older design. These boards did not generally include extra pegging-out holes or holes to count games.
Of more recent design, the board has three or four rows of 120 holes with a pegging-out hole at the end and is often brightly coloured. It is best suited to games played to 121, though it can also be used for 61-point games.

Since the cribbage board is a useful scoring device, players sometimes use it to keep score in other games, such as dominoes.

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