Free cribbage games

Free cribbage games to download are a great way to learn and practice cribbage on your PC. Whether Windows, Mac OS X or Linux, there are some excellent shareware and freeware cribbage games to download. Here are some we recommend that will soon have you playing cribbage for free:

MVP Cribbage

MVP Cribbage is an attractive and playable game with excellent graphics and animation, plus a range of computer opponents of varying strengths. This is one of the best free cribbage game downloads available, and if you register the game you get access to even more features. The simulation is so good that the computerised opponents sometimes fail to count all their points (Muggins aplenty for the sharp-eyed).

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Just Cribbage

Just Cribbage from Sleeping Treebear Software is a simple and fun cribbage game for Windows where you play against the computer. It is freeware and currently in beta so do try it out and send your comments and suggestions to the author.

Donna Brossoit emailed to ask:

Here's one I haven't been able to find a rule for. When playing multiple games of two-handed cribbage, I was taught that the winner gets to deal first in the next game. Is this correct?

There are several different conventions. The most common is to cut for the first deal, then alternate. The dealer has an advantage, so another convention is to give the deal to the loser of the previous game. The rules of cribbage don't enforce one convention over another, but you should probably agree which one you are going to use beforehand.

Doug Mcleod emailed to ask:

Do you know the origin of the 29 Crib board? Who originally designed and produced it?

We're opening this one up to readers! Does anyone know the answer?

Ty Nielson emailed to ask:

So, we’re having some controversy in the office over some of the rules of the cribbage game, all being long time players of cribbage and each of us having slight variations in the rules that we want to play. For the rules that I request please answer with the rules that would be played in a traditional cribbage tournament. This is very important, it’s a business full of wrestlers, knife vendors, construction workers and young people, its getting pretty rough around the company deck here if you can imagine.

1. When in play, and three people are playing cards off of one another, and a sequence of cards is thrown (3, 5, 4) do the cards have to be in sequence? Does the above throw represent a run of three for the thrower of the 4?
2. Now assuming that 3,5,4,2 were played…. Do the last three cards have to be in sequence or is this 4 points for the player of the 2?
3. Once this 4 card series is played, if 3,5,4,2,3 is played is this three points because it is the last three cards which must be in sequence? Or is this a double run of 4 for 8 (not counting the pair)?
4. Similarly if the next card played is a 4, will this count as a double double run of four? How would this be counted.
5. What are the specific rules for adding to runs in game play?
6. During tournament cribbage, when the dealer has 4 cards in the crib of the same suit that do not match the lead card which was cut from the deck how does the dealer count his crib? Flush or not?
7. If you have a detailed standard set of rules

Al & Carol Turriff emailed to ask:

You're in the stink hole. Can you cut a Jack and then go out? I say yes you can. Is this correct?

Danielle emailed with the following question:

If I have 8,8,9,10 in my hand; and an 8 shows on board (on deck), what are the total points for my hand when scoring? Have you ever heard of the term "double run"? if so, can you explain it to me?

TJ Henderson emailed to ask how to count this common cribbage hand. Here's a breakdown of how it scores:

First count 15s. You need the 7 to be part of any 15 (as the remaining cards are all even and so can't make an odd total). You can make 15 with 7 plus any two 4s. So, how many different pairs of 4s can you pick from the four 4s?

Linux Cribbage

Linux cribbage - we review the best free and shareware cribbage games for Linux.

iPhone cribbage games to download

Looking for a free cribbage game for iPhone? We review the best iPhone cribbage games available. If you know of other iPhone cribbage games, contact us!

Cribbage Partner for iPhone

Cribbage Partner for iPhone is now available! Already a big hit on the Palm and Windows Mobile / Pocket PC platforms, Casdra Software's Cribbage Partner includes a genetically evolved AI and beautiful graphics.

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