Why CribbagePlay Beats Traditional Cribbage Sites & Apps
CribbagePlay combines instant browser play with the serious strategy tools and tabletop utilities that dedicated Cribbage apps spread across multiple ad-heavy screens. Everything runs directly in your browser with zero account sign-up, zero pop-ups blocking the cards, and full Service Worker offline caching once loaded.
Provably Fair Card Deals
Tired of wondering whether a digital bot rigs cut cards? Every round uses a cryptographic Fisher-Yates shuffle locked by a SHA-256 commit hash before you see a single card. Click Verify after any hand to inspect the unscrambled deck and nonce.
Auto-Count or Manual + Muggins
Play relaxed games with interactive combo chips highlighting fifteens, pairs, runs, flush, and His Nobs—or flip Manual + Muggins to practice real club counting where missed points get claimed by your opponent.
2-Player (121/61) & 3-Player
Play traditional 121-point matches, fast 61-point commuter games, or 3-Player Cribbage against Ada & Sam (each dealt 5 cards plus 1 direct crib card) with three smart AI tiers: Casual, Club, and Master.
Complete Companion Toolkit for Real Cards
Playing with a physical wooden board and real deck at home, in a pub, or while camping? Jump straight into any of CribbagePlay's standalone offline tools:
Cribbage Hand & Crib Score Calculator
Tap 4 hand cards plus the starter cut to get an exact breakdown of fifteens, pairs, double/triple runs, 4- vs. 5-card flush rules, and His Nobs—perfect for settling kitchen-table debates over tricky 24- or 28-point hands.
6-Card Discard EV Analyzer
Evaluating two tempting keeps from a 6-card deal? Inspect all 15 discard pairs ranked by exact 46-cut hand expected value plus estimated crib impact for either your crib or your opponent's crib.
Digital Wooden Cribbage Peg Board
No wooden board nearby? Turn any phone or tablet into a 2-, 3-, or 4-player peg board with authentic front-and-back leapfrogging pegs, skunk (90) and double-skunk (60) lines, quick score buttons, and undo support.
Rules, Scoring Chart & Printable Board
Brush up on Cribbage rules, Nobs vs. Heels, and 3-player dealing, or print clean 121-hole Cribbage boards and scoring cheat sheets to PDF.
Quick Rules Reference During Play
| Scoring Event | Points | When It Scores |
|---|---|---|
| His Heels (Jack cut as starter) | +2 | Awarded to the Dealer immediately when the starter card is flipped. |
| Pegging: Fifteen (15) or Thirty-One (31) | +2 | When the running pegging total hits exactly 15 or 31. |
| Pegging: Go / Last Card | +1 | Last player to lay a card without exceeding 31 (when 31 isn't reached). |
| Pegging: Pair / Pair Royal / Double Pair Royal | +2 / +6 / +12 | 2, 3, or 4 matching-rank cards played consecutively before a reset. |
| Pegging: Run of 3+ | +3 to +7 | Last 3+ consecutive cards form a sequence in any played order without duplicates. |
| The Show: Fifteens | +2 each | Every distinct card combination in the 5-card hand summing to 15 (J/Q/K = 10, Ace = 1). |
| The Show: 4-Card Hand Flush / 5-Card Flush | +4 / +5 | Four hand cards share a suit (+4, non-crib only); all 5 including cut share a suit (+5). |
| The Show: His Nobs | +1 | Holding a Jack in your hand or crib matching the suit of the starter cut card. |