Back in the Day: Cribbage

We live in an age where the so-called Cult of the New can dominate the board gaming conversation. Games that recently hit the market (or will be doing so soon) are often seen as superior to those that hit the table months, years, or decades ago. As I write this, the most recent BGG Top 50 Statistics GeekList on BoardGameGeek has 49 games that were released between 2002 and 2024; but only one game older than that: Crokinole at #44 having an origin date of 1876. This one outlier is it. I’d love to try Crokinole someday, but a good board for this game can set you back a few Benjamins (granted, there are a few of questionable quality on Amazon Prime that come in lower than this). A Cribbage board, on the other hand, is dirt cheap (one of the boards at that link is $6.95 and comes with two decks of cards).

Cribbage is a game that hails from the 17th century: either 1630, 1662, 1672, or 1674 (depending on the source). However, you slice it, this game is over 350 years old and is still enjoyed all over the globe. This game has been described as Britain's National Card Game and, according to The Penguin Book of Card Games, is…

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