luck and skill or just plain bad luck (Cribbage)

Member Name: sweetlady

Product:	Cribbage
Date:	10/09/01 (88 review reads)
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Advantages: A most enjoyable game, especially for 2 players

Disadvantages: Not suitable for more than 4 players

This game uses a standard pack of 52 cards with no jokers and no wild cards. The rules aren't simple but you get used to the order of play after a few games. You can score using a peg board or pen and paper and you usually play up to 61, 101 or 121 points.

The game seems to be more popular amongst the older generation but many pubs still have "crib teams" so you could make friends by knowing how to play this game.

The can score points on the "pegging", by what you have in your hand and by what you have in your box.

The skill comes in the discarding of the card(s) from your hand for the box (a hand in itself that is passed from player to player after each turn) and in the playing of cards during the "Pegging".

This game can infuriate a very good player because there is so much luck involved. In the long run the better player will win more games but a run of bad luck cannot be helped much.

My boyfriend taught me how to play this about a year ago - I'm quite proud of the fact that "I can play cribbage" now - I must say I'm not bad now and I have bet my bf on several occassions (he says he's proud because he taught me but between you and me :P I think he gets a bit "rattled" when I win - poor thing :-)).

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