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To start playing Cribbage on mobile devices (iPhone, Android, tablet):

Install Cribbage app on your phone or tablet

Start the app and enter your player name and password or register as a New player

Select a table to play or create your own table

When you have 2 players at the table, click start

When both players select Start, move the cards by touching or by dragging them

Cribbage Terms & Concepts

Deal	Deal is a distribution of randomly shuffled cards in an orderly rotation to the players for a round or hand and an assignment of the Dealer.
Dealer	The first time the assinment of the Dealer is random. Then the Dealer assignment it alternates from hand to hand until the game is over. The Dealer gets extra points from the Crib.
Pone	Pone is a non-dealer. Pone will try to discard into crib the cards that are unlikely to bring extra points to Dealer.
Crib	Each player discards 2 cards to form a 4-card crib. Crib counts for the dealer at the end of the hand.
Pegging	Scoring is cribbage is traditionally called pegging as it usually onvolves moving pegs on a cribbage scoring board.
Starter Card	The last card after dealing is turned face-up and serves as the Starter card - it will count for combinations as part of both players' hands as well and for the Dealer's crib. If the starter card is a Jack, the Dealer immediately scores 2 points, called "One of the undealt cards is turned face up. It is the starter card - it will count for combinations as part of both players' hands as well as for the dealer's crib. If the starter card is a Jack, the dealer immediately scored 2 points called "Two for his heels".
Skunks	Skunks come from a non-standard cribbage variation where if the loser scores 61-90 points in 121 pt game, that loser is 'skunked' and loses a double stake; if the loser scores 60 or fewer, that loser is 'double skunked' and loses a triple (or quadruple) stake. This is not part of standard cribbage rules and is not implemented in our online cribbage - No Skunks Allowed!

Objective The objective in cribbage is to be the first player to score 121 points or over. Scoring 121 points corresponds to advancing own pins 2 times around the 61-point cribbage board of the standard British design. The points are accumulated over several deals (hands) and are scored mostly for combinations of cards either during lay or in players' hands or in the cards discarded before the play, which form the crib. Board, Pegs & Score Cribbage score is reflected on a cribage board with pegs. In online cribage, the score is also shown below & above the cribbage board. The bottom score of the cribbage board is the player's own score. It is shown in black, and own pegs are also shown in black. The score above the cribbage board is opponent's score and opponent's pegs are red as well. The scores are pegged automatically using the two pegs alternately: the player's forward peg shows that player's latest score, and the rear peg shows that player's revious score. In the cribbage board example with the score 13:4 in your favor, the black forward peg is placed in the 13-th hole for you & in the 7th hole for opponent. The black rear peg for you is on the 4-th hole, indicating thatwhich means that your previous score was: 4.

opp. score your score

Play of the Cards

Starting with Pone (non-dealer), the players take turns to play one card at a time. Cards form a face-up row in front of your handthe middle of the table. In this stage, the total point value of the played cards must not exceed 31. The values of the cards are:
Ace = 1     2 to 10 = face value     Jack = 10     Queen = 10     King = 10.

When someone plays a card that brings the total points to 31, the player who played that card scores 2 points - called '31 for 2'.

If a play cannot be made without exceeding 31 on that player' turn, the player says 'Go', and opponent would continue if possible, pegging for scoring any further combinations (see below). Bringing the total to exactly 31 scores 2 points, and if neither player can has a card without going over 31, then the last player scores 1 point for the Go.

The played cards are turned face-up and a new play starts with the unplayed cards in the same way. The opponent of the player who scored Thirty one for two or One for last now plays first in the new round. This 2-nd round of play goes on until none of the players can play without going over 31 points. The last player again scores 1 point for Go or 31 for 2 points. Play continues until both players' cards are discarded. In the end, one player may run out of cards while the other still has cards and would keep playing and scoring any combinations until all of the cards are played.

Example: Player A has Queen-Queen-2-2; Player B has 9-8-7-6.
First round: A plays Queen; B plays 6 ; A plays Queen (now there are 26 points on table);
B says "Go"; A plays 2; A plays another 2 "30 for 3". A scores 3 points - 2 points for the pair of twos and 1 point for "Go" - playing the last card of this round.

Second round: Player B plays 8; Player A has no cards left so - skips; B plays 7 and scores 2 points for "fifteen"; B plays 9 scoring 4 points - three for the run 7-8-9 and one for "Go" - playing the last card.

A player can either score "one for last" or "31 for 2", but NOT both! Scoring exactly 31 for two points you do not get an additional "one for last".

Advice: often it is advisable to keep low cards in hand for this phase of the game in order to out-peg the opponent.

Scoring Combinations During Play

A player who makes any of the following combinations during the play, pegs them immediately:

15:	Playing a card that adds to 15 points on table - 2 points scored "Fifteen for two". e.g. K 5
31:	Playing a card which brings the total to exactly 31 points - you peg 2 points. e.g. K 10 9 2
Pair:	Playing a card of the same rank as the previous card - you peg 2 points for a pair, e.g. K K
Pair Royal:	If immediately after a pair a third card of the same rank is played, whoever played the third card scores 6 for pair royal, e.g. Q Q Q
Double Pair Royal:	Four cards of the same rank, played one after another. The player of the fourth card scores 12 points, e.g. Q Q Q Q
Run:	A run (sequence) is a set of 3 or more cards of adjacent ranks where suit does not matter. The cards may be played out of order but no other cards may be in-between. Score in points corresponds to a number of cards in a run, e.g. 2 3 5 4
Last Card:	If neither player makes exactly 31, whoever played the last card pegs 1.

The Show of Hands

All of the cards that were put down during the play of the hand are now opened up and get scored for combinations of cards held in hand. First, the Pone's hand gets scored together with the starter card as a part of the hand. The list of combinations counted is below:

15:	Any combination of cards adding up to 15 pips scores 2 points. For example king, jack, five, five would count 8 points (four fifteens as the king and the jack can each be paired with either five). This combination would be marked as fifteen: eight.
Pair:	A pair of cards of the same rank score 2 points. Three cards of the same rank contain 3 different pairs and thus score a total of 6 points for pair royal. Four of a kind contain 6 pairs and so score 12 points.
Run:	Three cards of consecutive rank (irrespective of suit), such as ace-2-3, score 3 points for a run. A hand such as 6-7-7-8 contains two runs of 3 (as well as two fifteens and a pair) and so would score 12 altogether. A run of four cards, such as 9-10-J-Q scores 4 points (this is slightly illogical - you might expect it to score 6 because it contains two runs of 3, but it doesn't. The runs of 3 within it don't count - you just get 4), and a run of five cards scores 5.
Flush:	If all four cards of the hand are the same suit, 4 points are scored for flush (only in hands - not in crib). If the start card is the same suit as well, the flush is worth 5 points. There is no score for having 3 hand cards and the start all the same suit. Note also that there is no score for flush during the play - it only counts in the show.
One For His Nob:	If the hand contains the jack of the same suit as the start card, you peg One for his nob.

After a non-dealer's hand has been shown and the score pegged, dealer's hand is shown, scored and pegged in the same way. Finally the dealer exposes the four cards of the crib and scores them with the start card. The scoring is the same as for the players' hands except that a flush in the crib only scores if all four crib cards and the start card are of the same suit. If that happens the flush scores 5. Also see Cribbage Variations

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Cribbage beginners may mistakenly believe that there is little strategy in cribbage, that you just keep pegging! The fact is, there's a lot of skill and mastery in knowing what to discard into the crib and in tempting your opponent into playing certain cards.
General cribbage tips below may help you improve your cribbage skills.

Cribbage Tips

Don't start with a 5 or a 10 card as it would enable your opponent to score 2 points by playing to 15.

Try to lead your opponent during play. For example, if you start with a 7, your opponent could play an 8 for 15 and score 2 points. By leading, you can play a 9 to score 3 points for a Run. The downside in this example is that your opponent may play a 6 and score extra 4 points for a run of 4.

Leading with a card from a Pair is a good tactic. With a Pair, you can lead by playing one of the cards of that Pair and if your opponent plays a matching card, you can respond with your other Pair for Three of a Kind and score 6 points.

Place in your crib the cards that would give you scoring combinations such as a Pair or two cards of a Run. When the crib belongs to opponent, avoid giving your opponent any cards that can add up to 15 easily, such as a 5 or 10-value cards.

Try to vary your discards in different suits to into your opponent's crib to deprive your opponent of Runs and to lessen opponent's chances to add up to 15.

Towards the end of the game, keep low cards in your hand so you'll have more opportunities to score Go points. When players are approaching the end of the game, although the dealer has an advantage of scoring both hand and crib, the pone has a bigger advantage of counting the hand first. In this situation, neither player may have to worry much about the crib: the pone may even discard high-scoring cards into dealer's crib while the dealer should concentrate mostly on leaving high-scoring cards for the game play.

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