Card Game - The Metzkers

Table top Cribbage
�� Players and Cards
o One deck of cards, not including jokers
o 2 or 4 people can play, with four players opposites are partners
o For four players deal six cards to each player
o For two players deal 12 cards to each player
�� Object of the Game
o Based on cribbage scoring. Cards are played to a 5 by 5 layout. One player or team tries to
form rows which score as highly as possible as cribbage hands. The other does the same with
the columns.
�� Game Play
o Cards are placed face down in a stack and are not looked at before each turn.
o The top card of the deck is placed face up in the centre of the table with a coin on it to locate
centre.
o At your turn place your top card face up on the table. This card must be played on an empty
space and must touch at least one card already on the table. It can touch any way including
diagonally.
o In partner play the partners may confer on where to play the card.
o Nibs is not taken by either team
�� The game is played to 121 or more points (a crib board is usually used to keep score). The player with
the most points at the end is the winner of the game.
�� The five hands are scored simultaneously (not one after the other).
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