How to play and useful tips:

The object of the game is to outscore your opponent (s) by creating and placing scoring Cribbage hands from 5 tiles on your rack. To start, the lowest drawn tile from the bag plays first. Draw 5 fresh tiles from the bag and place on your rack. After playing your hand, replace the same number of tiles you have used on the board, keeping 5 tiles topped up on your rack. Play continues until no tiles remain in the bag... the aim is to play out first, and ensure you are not stuck with high value tiles at the end.

The very first move can go anywhere on the board. Placement of tiles on the board must go horizontal or vertical only. A basic cribbage hand is from 2 tiles that form pairs, or any tiles which will add up to sums of 15, and tiles that make runs with 3 or more tiles.

Aces are low and count as 1 for adding up points to make 15's.
10's - J's - Q's - K's all have a face value of 10 when making 15's. i.e. K + 5 = 15
Aces can only make low runs i.e. A - 2 - 3 - -

Score 10 extra bonus points for the first hand layed on the board.
Score 10 extra bonus points for laying all 5 tiles in one go.
Score 10 extra bonus points if all 5 tiles are the same colour.

You can exchange any number of tiles in your hand from the tile bag, but you miss a go. You can also 'pass' your turn during game play.

You can flip your 9's and 6's before you play the tile on the board to make a hand.

Multiple hands. Remember any tile you play must contribute points to any existing hand/tile it touches.

For a snapshot of example hands click here, or click here to view the official rules, both included with the game.

Kings Cribbage is the only and best Cribbage tile laying board game, enjoy.

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