Cribbage is a unique pegging game where players score points for card combinations, racing around a board to 121 points.
Deal 6 cards each (5 with three players). Each player discards two into the "crib," which belongs to the dealer.
Players alternately play cards, keeping a running total that cannot exceed 31. Score points for reaching 15, 31, pairs, and runs during this phase.
After pegging, each player counts their hand (plus the starter card) for 15s, pairs, runs, flushes, and nobs (a jack matching the starter suit). The dealer counts the crib.
First to 121 points (twice around the board) wins. Skunks — winning by 30+ — earn double in tournament play.
121 points — two full laps around a standard 60-point cribbage board.
Four cards discarded by the players that the dealer counts as an extra hand at the end of the round.
One point for holding the jack of the same suit as the starter card.