Now the play begins! Each player turns up the top card of their pile without revealing it to the other players. As in Cribbage, this is called His Heels, and the scorer marks '2' in the indicated place on the scorecard (figure 3). If the Cut Card drawn by the dealer is a jack, the dealer's team immediately scores two points toward the team's total for this round of play. Note: during the cut do not expose the bottom card of the top portion of the cut deck to any player. This card is the Cut Card and is positioned face up in the center of the CrossCribb board. Starting Play:įollowing the deal, the player to the dealer's right cuts the deck and the dealer turns up the top card from the lower half of the deck. If you are familiar with playing and counting cribbage hands, you're ready to start play. However, the five 'rows' that run between your opponents will count as regular cribbage hands in their favor! (figure 2). When all the cards have been played, the five 'columns' (numbered 1 through 5) that run between you and your partner will count as regular cribbage hands in your favor (figure 1). Game PlayĮach player, in turn, flips over one card and places it onto an open square of the CrossCribb board. After the deal, cards remain face down in front of each player. Each player is dealt seven cards, one at a time, face down. The Deal: The deal starts with the player to the dealer's left and progresses clockwise. It is the dealer's option to shuffle again before dealing. The Shuffle: Cards should be shuffled by the player to the dealer's left. In case of a tie, all players draw again. Enter team names on score pad.ĭetermining the Deal: Each player draws a card from the CrossCribb deck. At this time, determine a score keeper and decide which team will be diamonds and which will be circles. Team members sit across from each other with the CrossCribb board between them.

After you read and understand the 4-player version, learning other player versions and game variations is easy. It takes teamwork, anticipation, skill-and the luck of the draw to succeed at CrossCribb!īecause the 4-player version is the most popular way to play CrossCribb, read the 4-player directions first. Your goal is to create the best-scoring cribbage hands possible in your five columns, while simultaneously minimizing or 'blocking' your opponent's scoring opportunities in their rows. The catch is that your opponent is also building cribbage hands perpendicular to yours. Use your cards to build five high scoring cribbage hands on the playing board.

The objective of CrossCribb is to mark (peg) 31 points on the scorecard by building higher total cribbage scoring hands before your opponent.

How to make a cross crib board