I love playing & teaching friends how to play cribbage. I learned how to play as a teenager with my Dad. I taught my son & he taught his wife when they were dating. This video is helpful for me to share with anyone that wants to learn a great game.
Cribbage is a complicated game that sounds like it was invented by two kids going "I played a 2, you played a 4, then I played a 3, so that's a run, and I score," and the other kid going "well, my jack is the same suit as the flipped card, so I score," and back and forth until they couldn't come up with any more ridiculous ways to score points, then eventually grew up and were like, "remember that stupid game we used to play as kids? well, I found the paper where I scribbled down all the ridiculous ways to score. want to play?"
You didn't explain muggins. An optional rule but common for many veteran cribbage players is muggins. When scoring hands, whether the non dealer hand, dealer hand, or the crib, if the player scoring misses points after saying they are done scoring, the opponent can claim the missed points if they point out the error. For instance if the non dealer is scoring a hand that is 996J and the start card is a 4 of diamonds and says, "15 for 2 15 for 2 and a pair for 2. That makes six points and no more" but they fail to notice that the jack is also diamonds, the dealer can claim the 1 point for his nob that the nondealer missed. It makes the game a bit more cut throat and exciting.
Rule changes for 3 players: 0:15 A 3 player board must be used. One extra card is dealt to the crib. Each player is dealt 5 cards instead of 6. Each person chooses 1 card to give to the crib (so it will still end up with 4 cards). The player before the dealer cuts to the "Start Card", and the player after the dealer begins play at 1:59. 3:45 I've never heard of a version where the "Go" action gives out any points. Interesting. 3:48 this is the same for 3 players. 6:04 The dealer's hand is counted last for 3 players. They also of course have their crib. Also, losing with 90 points or less is considered being "Skunked" and 60 or less is "Double Skunked". ========--------======== Rule Changes for 4 Players: You play in teams of 2, each team using the same scoring pegs. Each team sits across from each other, so that the clockwise order is Team1, Team2, Team1, Team2. Each player is dealt 5 cards to their hand and chooses 1 to go into the crib. Any scoring during the play or the show goes to the team that scored it. The rest of the rules are the same as the 3 player game, including the dealer showing last, along with their crib. The first team to reach 121 points or more wins.
Best instructions I’ve found. You know to explain outline of the game first, then the details so it’s in context. (I have an appreciation for explaining games well lol, it can be so difficult)
Cribbage can be played by 2, 3 or 4 players and is equally good for all those numbers. The game is quite complicated but not difficult. Luck of the deal and turn-up card ultimately determines the good and bad hands. The skill involved is discarding to the crib and the play up to 31 which makes the game such a moderate challenge.
My family plays the game and we have a couple crafted boards from my mom’s grandparents, we also play with two to three players or four players in teams. I can’t quite remember how to play the three player variation but this game has a lot more room to be expanded if you have more than two people.
I just posted on comment on this, here's the 3 player changes: 0:15 A 3 player board must be used. One extra card is dealt to the crib when dealing the player hands. Each player is dealt 5 cards instead of 6. Each person chooses 1 card to give to the crib (so it will still end up with 4 cards). As usual, the crib is set aside for the dealer to use later. The player before the dealer cuts to the "Start Card", and the player after the dealer begins play at 1:59. 3:45 I've never heard of a version where the "Go" action gives out any points. I don't think this applies for 3 players. Interesting. 3:49 this is the same for 3 players. 6:04 The dealer's hand is counted last for 3 players. They also of course have their crib. Also fun fact, losing with 90 points or less is considered being "Skunked" and 60 or less is "Double Skunked".
I grew up with cribbage and know the rules like the back of my hand (I'm younger than you'd think), but I now see the oddity of the game the moment I hear the objective of the game be stated by points instead of relative to the cribbage board. 121 certainly feels arbitrary, as does the scoring if you're unfamiliar
Awsome. Thank you, i started to listen to one and thought omg this is so boring then i saw yous below and it all came clear. I use to ay with my mom a the time she passed 8 years ago. I cant believe i forgot how to play this . thank you for these clear instructions
It seems like the dealer gets a lot of advantages by being able to score the crib in addition to the hand. The non-dealer gets to play a card first but does that make up for the lower scoring opportunities or are there other advantages to being the non-dealer? (And yes I know the players take turns dealing so it should even out over many rounds, but still.)
thank you. for some reason, my family hasn't taught me how to play, yet expects me to just know how from watching them lol... i didn't know what was going on or how one was winning until i watched this video.
Can you explain “reminder, you may not score a flush, or, 1 for his knob when playing cards.” I understood everything but this portion. Is this referring to the portion when counting to 31? Thanks in advance.
Yes! there are 3 phases of the game: (1)the initial play of cards, counting to 31; (2) pegging individual points with the start card; & (3) the dealer counting the crib. In phase 1, you cannot count points for a flush or the jack suit. These points are only counted in phases 2 & 3 of the game.
Forgot to mention: how important it is that the non-dealer counts their hand first; if they reach 121 the dealer never gets to count their two hands. That's where the expression "three hands to my one" comes from. Also, my friends from western New York called nobs "the right jack!" How quaint!
Awesome video but one thing my friends board (i dont have one) has three rows of dif colors is it able to be played eith three players or something?? Or is it nor really a cribbage board
One thing to add is this is an old game played in some parts of England as part of pub leagues. some pubs have resident crib teams. when i used to play we played an aces high/low varient where you could declare the ace as 1 or 11. so an ace played at 20 points would give 31 if you wanted. it also meant runs could have an ace high or low. finally when we cut the deck it was not replaced but the cut wss completed by placing the top half of the pack under the bottom half.
Thanks for posting this refresher course (for me, anyway). In England, certainly in many local village pubs, cribbage is/was a serious competitive business as well as a fun game, or it was when I was younger. Pubs had Crib Teams and played in leagues, just as darts and pool teams do. My local had a team of "old boys" already and a group of us younger crowd wanted to start another team. Sadly the landlords didn't want two teams. We still kept playing for fun though, there was probably enough of us who enjoyed the game, that we could probably have fielded 3 or 4 teams in total. So much for the Numpties in the comments section who think it's a kids game!
Totally different scoring to how we play in the UK. Used to play years ago, but needed a refresher and this has totally confused me. We don't add face values.
It becomes pretty simple with practice. Pairs, runs, and flushes are fairly straightforward; the 'fifteen's becoming almost automatic mental math once you have some games under your belt; leaving the jacks as the only thing to watch out for, and there's only one of those in the deck that'll match the turned-up card at a time anyway... Just don't play with jerks who rush your counting while you're still learning and you'll do fine.
I am looking all over youtube for this answer and cannot find it any. Please someone let me know. This is what happen. I bought the ge and started playing. Started the round with this hand. I was the dealer. They laid a 9, so I laid a 9, then they laid a 9. I couldn't lay down so I said go. Then they laid down an ace then a 2. That round was over. Then I started laying my last three cards down. They said I couldn't do that because they had not more cards. Do I play out my last three cards or reshuffle.
I watched twice and still don't get where all the cards come from. Only the first deal -- of six cards, with two discarded -- is described. What triggers additional deals, and of how many cards? I have fond memories of playing cribbage with my grandfather, but had no memory at all of how complicated the game is. I don't need a wooden board to do the scoring -- I need a computer to tell me how to score!
Imagine what this smells like: Over at city hall we have cribbage game and boiled chicken dinner every Tuesday night. Some idiot dummped his whole chicken dinner down the toilet. Then tried to flush it causing an overflow at city hall that went down the steps and out in to the street even. What a mess we had on our hands.
I was following it well until a certain point, and then that's it, got lost. Too much information, and I could not organize the details in a logical order.
I love playing & teaching friends how to play cribbage. I learned how to play as a teenager with my Dad. I taught my son & he taught his wife when they were dating. This video is helpful for me to share with anyone that wants to learn a great game.
Cribbage is a complicated game that sounds like it was invented by two kids going "I played a 2, you played a 4, then I played a 3, so that's a run, and I score," and the other kid going "well, my jack is the same suit as the flipped card, so I score," and back and forth until they couldn't come up with any more ridiculous ways to score points, then eventually grew up and were like, "remember that stupid game we used to play as kids? well, I found the paper where I scribbled down all the ridiculous ways to score. want to play?"
Definitely
100%
His creator is Sir John Suckling
😂😂😂😂I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE SAME THING.
That is an oddly specific imaginary scenario.
We watched several Learn to Play Cribbage videos, and this was by far the easiest to follow. Thank you!
You're very welcome! Enjoy playing!! Thanks for the support!
Definitely a clear, concise step by step description that is easy to understand. Thank you.
As much as I love this game, I still think it's Calvinball in card form.
You didn't explain muggins.
An optional rule but common for many veteran cribbage players is muggins. When scoring hands, whether the non dealer hand, dealer hand, or the crib, if the player scoring misses points after saying they are done scoring, the opponent can claim the missed points if they point out the error.
For instance if the non dealer is scoring a hand that is 996J and the start card is a 4 of diamonds and says, "15 for 2 15 for 2 and a pair for 2. That makes six points and no more" but they fail to notice that the jack is also diamonds, the dealer can claim the 1 point for his nob that the nondealer missed.
It makes the game a bit more cut throat and exciting.
“...pegging means ‘to score’”
Well, my wife agrees.
Now I know why sailors love cribbage.
Was hoping I’d find this comment somewhere
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You made Cribbage a lot easier to understand ! Thank you!
Man this is the best channel for tutorials! I learned this game in jail! Fun game!
"Holes getting pegged"
"One for his knob"
I think I might need to try Cribbage....
VERY Clear instructions!! Thank you. Looking forward to playing now
Thank you! Your tutorial was very clear and made the written ones with the game make much more sense!
Since we only play once every few years, this was a helpful reminder. Thank you!
I’ve been wanting to teach my friends cribbage, but now i don’t have to! Thank you so much for this clear and concise video :)
An excellent summary. Well done. Much better than others I've seen.
Thank you so much!
@@TripleSGamesWhy should the total not exceed 31?
@@無問西東 Because those be thy rules! It's about talking smack and strategy. you play high value cards first and low value cards later to hit 31.
@@無問西東that’s just how the game goes.
beautifully succinct.
one of the best "how to play cribbage" videos I've watched on youtube. Thank you for this video.
Rule changes for 3 players:
0:15 A 3 player board must be used. One extra card is dealt to the crib. Each player is dealt 5 cards instead of 6. Each person chooses 1 card to give to the crib (so it will still end up with 4 cards).
The player before the dealer cuts to the "Start Card", and the player after the dealer begins play at 1:59.
3:45 I've never heard of a version where the "Go" action gives out any points. Interesting. 3:48 this is the same for 3 players.
6:04 The dealer's hand is counted last for 3 players. They also of course have their crib.
Also, losing with 90 points or less is considered being "Skunked" and 60 or less is "Double Skunked".
========--------========
Rule Changes for 4 Players: You play in teams of 2, each team using the same scoring pegs.
Each team sits across from each other, so that the clockwise order is Team1, Team2, Team1, Team2. Each player is dealt 5 cards to their hand and chooses 1 to go into the crib. Any scoring during the play or the show goes to the team that scored it.
The rest of the rules are the same as the 3 player game, including the dealer showing last, along with their crib. The first team to reach 121 points or more wins.
My whole family plays this, thanks for the instructions!!! :)
So your family is a fan of pegging?
Best instructions I’ve found. You know to explain outline of the game first, then the details so it’s in context. (I have an appreciation for explaining games well lol, it can be so difficult)
Helpful tutorial. Just got a cribbage board and the rules in it were a little confusing. This helped make things a lot more clear. Thanks!
This is the best explanation of Cribbage ever!
Thanks
Best video by far to follow. Great explanation! Thank you for your time and efforts here.
This was succinct and orderly. Great teaching 🎉
Great tutorial! My sister and I had a great nite playing cribbage. Thank you ❤️
You were "pegging", didn't you?
Cribbage can be played by 2, 3 or 4 players and is equally good for all those numbers. The game is quite complicated but not difficult. Luck of the deal and turn-up card ultimately determines the good and bad hands. The skill involved is discarding to the crib and the play up to 31 which makes the game such a moderate challenge.
My family plays the game and we have a couple crafted boards from my mom’s grandparents, we also play with two to three players or four players in teams. I can’t quite remember how to play the three player variation but this game has a lot more room to be expanded if you have more than two people.
I just posted on comment on this, here's the 3 player changes:
0:15 A 3 player board must be used. One extra card is dealt to the crib when dealing the player hands. Each player is dealt 5 cards instead of 6. Each person chooses 1 card to give to the crib (so it will still end up with 4 cards). As usual, the crib is set aside for the dealer to use later.
The player before the dealer cuts to the "Start Card", and the player after the dealer begins play at 1:59.
3:45 I've never heard of a version where the "Go" action gives out any points. I don't think this applies for 3 players. Interesting. 3:49 this is the same for 3 players.
6:04 The dealer's hand is counted last for 3 players. They also of course have their crib.
Also fun fact, losing with 90 points or less is considered being "Skunked" and 60 or less is "Double Skunked".
Thank You. I always wanted to learn this Game. This Tutorial is very helpful. You do such a great job with all your game tutorials.
Definitely one of the better tutorials out there. Thanks!
I grew up with cribbage and know the rules like the back of my hand (I'm younger than you'd think), but I now see the oddity of the game the moment I hear the objective of the game be stated by points instead of relative to the cribbage board. 121 certainly feels arbitrary, as does the scoring if you're unfamiliar
Awsome. Thank you, i started to listen to one and thought omg this is so boring then i saw yous below and it all came clear. I use to ay with my mom a the time she passed 8 years ago. I cant believe i forgot how to play this . thank you for these clear instructions
This was much more helpful than the other videos, still have many questions but figured out a lot and info was helpful!
Thanks for clear concise rules and visuals!
It seems like the dealer gets a lot of advantages by being able to score the crib in addition to the hand. The non-dealer gets to play a card first but does that make up for the lower scoring opportunities or are there other advantages to being the non-dealer? (And yes I know the players take turns dealing so it should even out over many rounds, but still.)
Wow. TY this was very clear. You are my 3rd youtube and the clearest.
This was a brilliant description, thank you! Very helpful video
Added to my Non-Bridge Trick Taking Card Games playlist today.
thank you. for some reason, my family hasn't taught me how to play, yet expects me to just know how from watching them lol... i didn't know what was going on or how one was winning until i watched this video.
Thanks for the refresh on the rules. Very clearly described. 🙂👍
Can you explain “reminder, you may not score a flush, or, 1 for his knob when playing cards.” I understood everything but this portion. Is this referring to the portion when counting to 31? Thanks in advance.
Yes! there are 3 phases of the game: (1)the initial play of cards, counting to 31; (2) pegging individual points with the start card; & (3) the dealer counting the crib.
In phase 1, you cannot count points for a flush or the jack suit. These points are only counted in phases 2 & 3 of the game.
Can you tell me what deck you are using? I love it. The back looks like the “draft” playing cards bit the other side is completely different. Please!
Forgot to mention: how important it is that the non-dealer counts their hand first; if they reach 121 the dealer never gets to count their two hands. That's where the expression "three hands to my one" comes from.
Also, my friends from western New York called nobs "the right jack!" How quaint!
I think Right Jack is a borrowing from the game of Euchre
We say "one for his hat"
Do you have the rules of Bridge?
That'sssssssssss Numberwang!!
Excellent tutorial, with, once again, one exception. What about the ‘Muggins’ rule?
Can you share the name of the deck you are using here? My son really likes these, and I'd like to purchase as a gift. Thanks for a great tutorial.
The name of the deck is "Bicycle Fashion Teal & White". Though unfortunately I can't find any place to get them
Great presentation, simple and precise👍👍
Awesome video but one thing my friends board (i dont have one) has three rows of dif colors is it able to be played eith three players or something?? Or is it nor really a cribbage board
I don't know much about card games but you definitely do score when you peg ;)
THANK YOU for this simple tutorial! Just what my family needed to verify a few questions we had.
One thing to add is this is an old game played in some parts of England as part of pub leagues. some pubs have resident crib teams.
when i used to play we played an aces high/low varient where you could declare the ace as 1 or 11. so an ace played at 20 points would give 31 if you wanted. it also meant runs could have an ace high or low.
finally when we cut the deck it was not replaced but the cut wss completed by placing the top half of the pack under the bottom half.
EXCELLENT PRESENTATION, THANK YOU . . . GO SHARED
A very good refresher!
The best two handed card game on the planet..
Canasta is way better
Thanks for posting this refresher course (for me, anyway).
In England, certainly in many local village pubs, cribbage is/was a serious competitive business as well as a fun game, or it was when I was younger.
Pubs had Crib Teams and played in leagues, just as darts and pool teams do.
My local had a team of "old boys" already and a group of us younger crowd wanted to start another team. Sadly the landlords didn't want two teams. We still kept playing for fun though, there was probably enough of us who enjoyed the game, that we could probably have fielded 3 or 4 teams in total.
So much for the Numpties in the comments section who think it's a kids game!
0:22 wait what, you can do that in real life?
Can also be played 3 or 4 handed (3 or 4 players)
Cheers mate, I really needed this! ☺
Very clear and helpful, thank you!
Would be nice to have a follow up video on how to win...
“Is last card” only rewarded at the end of 1st round of play?
Or can it be when you hit 31?
End of round
Well done!! Thank you!
This was the best thanks🎉
Excellent - thank you.
i have play cribbage for many years now , how about playing 4 handed as well not so easy
Excellent explanation thank you! One to your nob!
Totally different scoring to how we play in the UK. Used to play years ago, but needed a refresher and this has totally confused me. We don't add face values.
Perfect! Thanks!
Is there a possibility of not getting points in a hand?
6 7 10 Q K with no suit matching, yes
Learning to play this for when I'm up with my grandparents
wow , this is the first video I have watched to see if I want to learn .. . . I dunno about anyone else ... but soooo much going on with scoring :/
It becomes pretty simple with practice. Pairs, runs, and flushes are fairly straightforward; the 'fifteen's becoming almost automatic mental math once you have some games under your belt; leaving the jacks as the only thing to watch out for, and there's only one of those in the deck that'll match the turned-up card at a time anyway... Just don't play with jerks who rush your counting while you're still learning and you'll do fine.
Great and to the point or should I say pip.
Thanks so much learned a lot
I never knew you could play cribbage with two people!
Honestly its not complicated gameplay😮its just a lot to remember when scoring
lots of arbitrary point systems😕some are "duh" points but a few are there without purpose other than they thought it was a good idea
I never realized how many cribbage references sound sexual today. One for his Nob indeed.
I am looking all over youtube for this answer and cannot find it any. Please someone let me know. This is what happen. I bought the ge and started playing. Started the round with this hand. I was the dealer. They laid a 9, so I laid a 9, then they laid a 9. I couldn't lay down so I said go. Then they laid down an ace then a 2. That round was over. Then I started laying my last three cards down. They said I couldn't do that because they had not more cards. Do I play out my last three cards or reshuffle.
Play out your last cards... All players play all 4 of their cards
I watched twice and still don't get where all the cards come from. Only the first deal -- of six cards, with two discarded -- is described. What triggers additional deals, and of how many cards?
I have fond memories of playing cribbage with my grandfather, but had no memory at all of how complicated the game is. I don't need a wooden board to do the scoring -- I need a computer to tell me how to score!
Im so immature
Dont you also score 2 pts for 15s in play like you do in the crib ?
Yes
why do most cribbage boards have 3 pegs if only two are used to score?
@mh-mt4no 3rd peg is used to count how many games you have won
Imagine what this smells like: Over at city hall we have cribbage game and boiled chicken dinner every Tuesday night. Some idiot dummped his whole chicken dinner down the toilet. Then tried to flush it causing an overflow at city hall that went down the steps and out in to the street even. What a mess we had on our hands.
love your video
4:57 nice
In cribbage if you cut before the deal that' a two hole penalty
Very good description of the game. Unfortunately I wasn't born with enough brain cells to play this game ☹️
Whats your favourite card game? I've always wondered 🤔
Favorite playing card game is probably “up and down the creek”. Favorite card game is “Gang of Four”
@@TripleSGames my favpuritr card game is poker (I dont play with actual money doh dw)
The rules seem random lol
Do u earn the revenue u spend on these games?
Sometimes. I also borrow them from friends or companies give them to me.
"Pegging means to score."
Indeed it does sir, indeed it does.
I'll stick to rummy.
Euchre?
Perfect tutorial. Thank you very much.
The run does not make sense
Played this in 4 grade
It's 121 points exactly, not more
My teacher suggested this to me lol
Man…I am too drunk and high for this!!!
I will never get this.
I was following it well until a certain point, and then that's it, got lost. Too much information, and I could not organize the details in a logical order.
make yourself a cheat sheet for scoring and memorize the basic play structure
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