Cribbage Square Card Game Rules

See below for Instructions on how to play Cribbage Square

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The Deal
With 1 deck, the layout is empty. The Stock turns over one card at a time.

Stock
The face up card close to the stock should be placed on one of the Cribbage hands. As every card is played, the Stock will need another card flipped over.

Layout
The sixteen empty spaces can have 1 card each and create eight hands of four cards (a four by four grid.) The face up card close to the stock should be placed on one of the Cribbage handsAfter a card is positioned it cannot be moved.

When the layout is full, the hand is done. The last card turned over from the Stock is identified as the Starter. The Starter is the fifth card for all of the 8 Cribbage hands in order that all Cribbage hand in fact have five cards.

Scoring in Cribbage Square

Score	Value	Comment
15	2	All cards that add up to 15.
Pair	2	2 cards of the same rank.
Pair royal	6	Three cards of the same rank.
Double pair royal	12	Four cards of the same rank.
Run	1 per card	Each number sequence of three or more cards.
Flush	4 5	4 cards of the same suit in the Hand. 4 cards in the Hand or the Crib of the same suit as the Starter.
"His Nob"	1	"One for his nob" is obtained if you have the Jack of the Starter suit.

For Instance:

Making Fifteen: If you are holding 4, 5, 5, 6, and 9, there are three arrangement of cards that will equal fifteen. 4 plus 5 plus 6=15: 4 plus the other 5 plus 6=15: and 6 plus 9=15. Therefore, this hand will equal 6 points of fifteens.

Making Runs: With the same hand of: 4, 5, 5, 6, 9 there will be two arrangement of runs: 4, 5, 6 which equals 3 points and 4, the other 5, and 6 which will equal and additional 3 points.

Therefore: 4, 5, 5, 6, 9 is warrant 6 points for the 2 fifteens +, 6 points for the runs +, since there is a pair of 5’s, they are worth 2 additional points for a total of 14 points.

Another example is: 9, 10, J, J, Q would be worth 10 points because 9, 10, J, Q will equal 4 points. 9, 10, the other Jack, + Q will equal 4 more points, and the 2 Jacks is an additional 2 points. This hand would be worth 1 more point if one of these Jacks is the same suit as the Starter, which is known as “His Nobs”.

All the scores from the 8 hands are then totaled together to reach the final score.

Notes about the game
Cribbage Square is 1 of the greatest Solitaire games ever played. If you are not familiar with Cribbage, it would be suggested that you gain knowledge of how the scoring is, in order for you to enjoy this superb solitaire game.

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