Cribbage Board
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1080Wayne
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Looks very nice . I`m with you on the rules , though !
gorgeous board! I keep saying I'm going to make one. My Mom taught me to play as a teenager and then I didn't play for probably 30 some years. One of my brothers retaught me to play last winter and I've enjoyed it. I actually found an app on my phone that includes a tutorial and scorekeeping so it's let me continue to learn.
carlmorrell
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I learned how to play as a child with my (Navy) Dad. I have played a million games. I also made probably dozen cribbage boards. If you want to relearn the rules, there is a free online version called cribbageclassic.com
I did not use a template. I turned my drill press into a mill-drill sort of with a XY bed.
I did not use a template. I turned my drill press into a mill-drill sort of with a XY bed.
I downloaded probably the same app you did. It's very helpful in reacquainting ourselves with the rules and scoring.
Yes it is! Fun to play too.
Dieseldoc
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KEN; Very nice looking board and pegs for a great game. Was taught the game over WOW 60 years ago and even to day still enjoy playing. Over all those year I have never had a 29 hand but one of my buddies that Taught the game, so far help the 29 twice when play his older bother who is a great crib player.
KMCloonan
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I actually have a cribbage board steel template from ChefwareKits - I have had it for over 10 years and have not gotten around to making one.
I learned the game a long time ago (about 40 years), when I was bartending. I had a customer who would come in mid-day almost every day. Since there was not much business in the middle of the afternoon, he brought a cribbage board and cards and proceeded to teach me while he sipped his beer(s). He told me he was nationally ranked, which I had no way of proving or disproving, but I eventually began winning games against him. He invited me to a local cribbage tournament - my first - and I was super nervous, but I came in second. So my "coach" signed me up for a regional tournament near O'Hare airport in Chicago. There were about 500 people in the tournament, and I was quite sure I did not belong there. And I was right. I won the first couple games, but I went up against a grizzled old woman who looked like she wanted to bite my head off, and she proceeded to skunk me badly (it may have been a double skunk). She jumped up at one point during our game and screamed "MUGGINS!!!" to summon over a referee, who did confirm that I did not count all the points in my hand, so she claimed them and then proceeded with the skunking. I was pretty embarrassed. I never went to another tournament.
One day last winter, I was bored, so I looked up the American Cribbage Congress website and found an old newsletter that highlighted the national champions, and sure enough, my "coach", Griffin Perry, of Round Lake Beach Illinois was a national Champion in 1981.
I learned the game a long time ago (about 40 years), when I was bartending. I had a customer who would come in mid-day almost every day. Since there was not much business in the middle of the afternoon, he brought a cribbage board and cards and proceeded to teach me while he sipped his beer(s). He told me he was nationally ranked, which I had no way of proving or disproving, but I eventually began winning games against him. He invited me to a local cribbage tournament - my first - and I was super nervous, but I came in second. So my "coach" signed me up for a regional tournament near O'Hare airport in Chicago. There were about 500 people in the tournament, and I was quite sure I did not belong there. And I was right. I won the first couple games, but I went up against a grizzled old woman who looked like she wanted to bite my head off, and she proceeded to skunk me badly (it may have been a double skunk). She jumped up at one point during our game and screamed "MUGGINS!!!" to summon over a referee, who did confirm that I did not count all the points in my hand, so she claimed them and then proceeded with the skunking. I was pretty embarrassed. I never went to another tournament.
One day last winter, I was bored, so I looked up the American Cribbage Congress website and found an old newsletter that highlighted the national champions, and sure enough, my "coach", Griffin Perry, of Round Lake Beach Illinois was a national Champion in 1981.
The template I have I also have had for a long time, a good 15 years and this is the first time I used it. I believe it was a Christmas present.
sorcerertd
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That's a nice looking board. I've actually never played, and certainly have never made a board, but I did make some pegs at the request of a family member. Talk about small turnings.
Mike
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Very nice cribbage board.
My grandfather played cribbage with all his cronies in the feed store in a little wide place in the road in West Texas called Desdemona. He was a barber, but his barber shop was closed before I was born. They sat around an old beat up card table on a some old beat up wooden chairs and sacks of grain. He was a WW1 veteran. I don't know his friends history. Some were his age and some younger. I am not a game player. Can't focus that long. They played dominoes too. 42 and whatever regular dominoes are called. Thanks for making me remember a very simple time in life. My Grandad was a lot of fun, good memories.
Mike
My grandfather played cribbage with all his cronies in the feed store in a little wide place in the road in West Texas called Desdemona. He was a barber, but his barber shop was closed before I was born. They sat around an old beat up card table on a some old beat up wooden chairs and sacks of grain. He was a WW1 veteran. I don't know his friends history. Some were his age and some younger. I am not a game player. Can't focus that long. They played dominoes too. 42 and whatever regular dominoes are called. Thanks for making me remember a very simple time in life. My Grandad was a lot of fun, good memories.
Mike
thewishman
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Was wondering how long you could put off making your own pegs. Beautiful set!
Humongous
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I can still hear my Grandfather when he had a bad hand, "15-2, 15-4 and no more". We used to play every holiday when the family got together. As soon as the dinner dishes were off the table the board came out and we played till everyone left. Thanks for bringing back the great memories!
moke
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Well done Ken...I love the design and good execution. The grain is awesome! I made a couple of boards years ago but they are almost three feet long and use mug pegs for the pegs....they used to hang on the wall of family room. No one in my family plays cards any more...