You made this easy to understand, I always found it too complicated before you explained this so well.

Nice to see a classic card game being covered. Feels like a nice break from expensive board games.

The Beth Sobel cards are gorgeous, and this was a wonderful choice for how to promote them. But as a long time Cribbage lover (it and Euchre were always the games of choice at Mather family reunions), I have to say this is a really great tutorial. You've covered the game brilliantly, and I'm going to bookmark this video for any time I want to teach the game. Well done!

Can we just take a moment to appreciate Naveen's elegant Riffle Shuffle at 2:24? :)

Flush rule clarification: all of YOUR hands must be the same suit (for 4 points) with a chance for a 5th point if the cut card matches. Crib flushes must be all 5 cards.

My grandfather arranged contract bridge tournaments in Orlando, FL in the 70's. He taught me how to play cribbage when I was 6. The best card game ever. You can play w/pen & paper, so bring a deck on your next plane trip.

My Grandmother taught me Cribbage as a young boy and we played many a game! This brings back so many fond memories of her. You guys are making me nostalgic!

Yes! Cribbage is one of the all-time greats! My wife and I have played together since we met over twenty years ago and continued the tradition of her grandparents of keeping track of wins and losses on the back of the board. Love this one and hope your great explanation will introduce it to many new players. Also wonderful to learn about Beth Sobel’s KS deck. We certainly appreciate her art on Wingspan. Thanks!

I swear it’s like the two of you can read my mind. I was JUST thinking about learning this game and your video pops up! You guys are the best!

Please do MORE CARD GAMES.

Cribbage is such a timeless gem. Love this!!

There are a variety of fiddly different ways to play cribbage. Some differences with the way I was taught: * If you offer the cut, you're offering the deal. And since the non-dealer counts first, this can be a sneaky way to count (and with any luck win) before the new dealer can count hand and cat. The only cut is immediately before turning the cut card. * When using the board, it's always up the outside and down the inside. If you count in the wrong direction, that's on you. * Once you pick up a peg, you count from the peg remaining in the board. * If you miss counting some of your hand (or pegging points), your opponent can claim the uncounted points. And if you overcount, you are penalized and your opponent gets to peg your overcount. * When counting a hand, you do the full count for the hand, then peg the hand. You don't count individual scoring combinations (too easy to make an error and count. So, for instance, the first counted hand here would have been "15-2, 15-4, pair for 6, and a pair for 8". (There are variations in how you would describe that hand.) I learned the game from US military members, and to my knowledge, this is the standard way the game is played in that community. Not surprisingly, the game is generally played for money, though often for very small stakes (penny a point, nickel a game, and double for a skunk is pretty common).

Whenever I hear about cribbage, I'm reminded of my dad. We used to play when I was young. Great game.

Thank you! This is the best explanation of cribbage I have found.

Do a How To Play Backgammon. Just because. =)

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Cribbage! I'd love to say that I had a great origin story, like grandparents teaching me or it being a family staple...but I fell for it because I found "Cribbage with Grandpas" app and found it relaxing and interesting at the same time. I love that you guys love Cribbage too!

BTW, if you ever wanted to do a Mahjong tutorial, I would be all over it. I thought it was just a tile matching game (like all the digital app versions) but then the game play scene in Crazy Rich Asians made it clear the actual game is something else.

I had serious doubts that you could pull this off properly in under 10 minutes, but you did! 😁 Even though I love the game, I play just seldom enough to largely forget most of the rules between games and always need to review. Not only is this a good succinct refresher, but I especially like how you broke down tackling adding up the cards by 15s then pairs etc. People I know who are more proficient at the game than I am, often rattle them all off really fast back-to-back.. I just realized keeping track of the sums is what has thrown me off as much as anything, much easier to mark off each one as you go. Thanks for this video! Also thanks for introducing me to these cards, I'm going to go look into them right now!

Easiest how to play cribbage i've seen, thank you! I hope to teach to my children soon and start a tradition of it :) Will definitely grab Beth's deck too, I remember seeing it teased on twitter well over a year ago so glad I won't be missing it.

Family classic around here - used to play it with my grandfather a lot. And yeah, had to back Beth's cards. So purty.

Thanks for teaching us this classic, and the cards look amazing.

Always wanted to learn this classic game. Thanks guys!

I grew up playing cribbage, learned at a pretty young age. I was looking up how to vids to get pointers on how to teach the game. I have taught some people how to play but think I was getting too technical too quickly. Luckily one person learning seemed to be a natural and caught on quickly. Unless he was lying and knew how to play already. LOL!

Beautiful deck and nice run through of a classic game. I used to play it a lot at my grandparents.

I just got my River and Stone playing cards today! We are going to sit down and learn cribbage now! Thanks so much for this great video!

Thanks for doing this video. I have long wanted to learn cribbage, and have the River and Stone deck. So the past few days we have played. aided nicely by this video. Really have enjoyed it, and the cards are really beautiful and well made. We really appreciate what you do.

Wow clear and concise explanation. Thanks!

VERY, helpful, thank you!

Yes!!!! Love cribbage although only just got taught this a couple years ago by my sister. Also Beth sober 🥰

I just started playing this helps. Thank you. Right now I’m practicing on memorizing what combos make points AND! basic math haha. Getting quicker finding the 15s. Also , I’ve been checking out different theories on play as well as odds and statistic strategy.

Most useful - thanks

Hi, I really enjoy the way you teach games, I'm starting to dip my toes into the board gaming hobby with my wife, we got alchemists based on your video, maybe consider making a video on Clank it's a pretty popular game but your teaching voice would be appreciated

I remember many moons ago my late father losing his temper trying to teach me the rules of playing Cribbage. He gave up in the end. 😂 🇬🇧

Was taught cribbage when I was 7 in Canada

I'm sure it has already been pointed to by now, but your flush rules are incorrect. You first check your four card hand for a four point flush (i.e. all cards in your hand MUST be the same suit)... if the cut card is also of the same suit, you bump your flush up to a five point flush.

Very happy to have found this video. My dad played cribbage a lot and I’ve never learned but want to try and play with him now. Do the pairs during round only score if they are played consecutive or could we play 2, 8, 2 and score a pair? Do they only count if they are in the same hand of that round?

Do backgammon next!!

Also, how do you tell what are good cards to “throw away” at the beginning? It seems like if you knew the starting card ahead of time you’d have a better idea. I guess don’t throw away a pair or something that adds up to 15?

ok, my bf and i are unsire of how to "go's" work. Do you get a paoint for go, and then also a point for last card? what is player one says go and then you can still lay 3 cards after that?

Cribbage is an amazing game, glad to see it getting promoted. The video says this is a "paid promotion". In the interests of full disclosure, how much do you get paid for doing a video like this?

Go was called twice in your example, but you only showed scoring for it once?

I’ve always wanted to learn how to play. The scoring seems so - arbitrary, though. Do people learn with a cheat sheet or something? (And did you already know how to play before the video?)

Lovely art but man it is very difficult to see what suite type it is. The green looks like the grey and I am not sure why diamonds and hearts have different colors but spades and clubs are simply black? Especially for cribbage I think these cards wouldn’t work well for me

You don't cut the deck in cribbage

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Yeah I’m drunk, f this game