Official Cribbage Rules

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Alberta 55 plus – Official Cribbage Rules
CRIBBAGE
1. The Rules
The rules listed in this section shall be the official rules for all ALBERTA 55 PLUS
sanctioned events.
2. Age Groups and Events
Age groups, events and competition procedures for an Alberta 55 Plus Games are
specified in the current Games Activity Information Book. All participants must be
age fifty-five (55) on or before the date of the event.
3. Two-Handed Play
a) Two players use a standard 52-card pack. Cards rank K (high), Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5
4 3 2 A (low)
2. Object
a) To be the first to score 121 points or over, accumulated over several deals.
Points are scored mainly for combinations of cards either occurring during the
play or occurring in a player’s hand or in the cards discarded before the play,
which form the crib.
3. Board and Pegs
a) The score is kept by means of a board and pegs. Starting at one end of the
board – usually to the left of the first dealer – players peg their scores as they
occur using their two pegs alternately: the forward peg shows the player’s
latest score, and the rear peg shows the previous score.
b) When a player scores, the rear peg is moved in front of the forward peg by the
same number of holes as the score to show the new total. This enables scores
to be easily checked and acts as a visible statement of the progress of the
game. Players peg up on the outside of the board and back on the inside. The
winner is the first to peg out by exceeding 120.
Revised May 2017
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