It has been characterized as 'Britain's national card game' and the only one legally playable in licensed pubs and clubs without requiring local authority permission. Ĭribbage has several distinctive features: the cribbage board used for score-keeping the crib, box, or kitty (in parts of Canada and New England) two distinct scoring stages and a unique scoring system, including points for groups of cards that total 15. It can be adapted for three or four players. CribbageĬribbage, or crib, is a card game, traditionally for two players, that involves playing and grouping cards in combinations which gain points.
For the pocket billiards game of the same name, see Cribbage (pool).
