Kings Cribbage
Encyclopedia
Kings Cribbage is a board game
released by Cococo Games that counts like cribbage
, but plays like a crossword puzzle
. It uses a raised-grid gameboard and features playing card tiles, 4 tile holders and a bag.
. Players first draw a letter from a bag to see who draws (and goes) first. Unlike Scrabble
, however, players only draw 5 tiles rather than 7. The first player tries to find the best Cribbage
hand within his 5 tiles and then places them in a line (in any order) anywhere on the board. The first play must be between 2 and 5 tiles, but all subsequent plays can be anwhere from 1 to 5 tiles. Points are tallied based on the rules of Cribbage
. He then restocks his tiles and the play continues to the next person. The next player must then find his best hand (using his tiles and the tiles already on the board) and places it next to the tiles on the board. The game continues until one player has used up all his/her tiles. Players who are caught at the end with tiles must subtract their point values from their hand (subtracted points do not go to the player who went out first). All tiles placed on the board must contribute toward a Cribbage
hand (i.e. 6789Q is invalid because the Queen does not add any points to the hand). Hands on the board may not be anymore than 5 tiles long but may be as short as 2 tiles.
There are 104 tiles representing two decks. Because the decks can be merged together in hands and because players may play up to 5 tiles, it is possible to get Five of a kind.
Extra points may be scored for using all 5 of your tiles (10 pts) or arranging a hand so that they're all the same color (10 pts).
Board game
A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...
released by Cococo Games that counts like cribbage
Cribbage
Cribbage, or crib, is a card game traditionally for two players, but commonly played with three, four or more, that involves playing and grouping cards in combinations which gain points...
, but plays like a crossword puzzle
Crossword Puzzle
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. It uses a raised-grid gameboard and features playing card tiles, 4 tile holders and a bag.
Rules
Game play for Kings Cribbage is much like ScrabbleScrabble
Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a game board marked with a 15-by-15 grid. The words are formed across and down in crossword fashion and must appear in a standard dictionary. Official reference works provide a list...
. Players first draw a letter from a bag to see who draws (and goes) first. Unlike Scrabble
Scrabble
Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a game board marked with a 15-by-15 grid. The words are formed across and down in crossword fashion and must appear in a standard dictionary. Official reference works provide a list...
, however, players only draw 5 tiles rather than 7. The first player tries to find the best Cribbage
Cribbage
Cribbage, or crib, is a card game traditionally for two players, but commonly played with three, four or more, that involves playing and grouping cards in combinations which gain points...
hand within his 5 tiles and then places them in a line (in any order) anywhere on the board. The first play must be between 2 and 5 tiles, but all subsequent plays can be anwhere from 1 to 5 tiles. Points are tallied based on the rules of Cribbage
Cribbage
Cribbage, or crib, is a card game traditionally for two players, but commonly played with three, four or more, that involves playing and grouping cards in combinations which gain points...
. He then restocks his tiles and the play continues to the next person. The next player must then find his best hand (using his tiles and the tiles already on the board) and places it next to the tiles on the board. The game continues until one player has used up all his/her tiles. Players who are caught at the end with tiles must subtract their point values from their hand (subtracted points do not go to the player who went out first). All tiles placed on the board must contribute toward a Cribbage
Cribbage
Cribbage, or crib, is a card game traditionally for two players, but commonly played with three, four or more, that involves playing and grouping cards in combinations which gain points...
hand (i.e. 6789Q is invalid because the Queen does not add any points to the hand). Hands on the board may not be anymore than 5 tiles long but may be as short as 2 tiles.
Scoring
Scoring for Kings Cribbage is as follows:- Fifteens = 2 pts
- Run of 3 = 3 pts
- Run of 4 = 4 pts
- Run of 5 = 5 pts
- Pair = 2 pts
- Three of a kind = 6 pts
- Four of a kind = 12 pts
- Five of a kind = 20 pts
There are 104 tiles representing two decks. Because the decks can be merged together in hands and because players may play up to 5 tiles, it is possible to get Five of a kind.
Extra points may be scored for using all 5 of your tiles (10 pts) or arranging a hand so that they're all the same color (10 pts).