Best Free Cribbage
Play Cribbage to 121 against the computer — peg the play, count the show, scoring enforced.
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How to play
- Discard to the crib. You’re dealt six cards — tap two to send to the crib (the dealer’s bonus hand), then keep your best four. The starter card is cut automatically.
- Peg the play. Take turns playing a card without the count going over 31. Score for making fifteen or thirty-one, for pairs, and for runs; a "go" pegs a point when neither side can play.
- Count the show. When the cards run out, both hands and the crib are counted for fifteens, pairs, runs, flushes and his nob. First player to peg 121 points wins the board.
About Cribbage
Cribbage is the classic two-player card game of pegging and counting, and here you take on the computer all the way to 121. Each deal you’re given six cards and keep four — the other two go to the crib, which belongs to the dealer. A starter card is cut, then the play begins: you and the AI lay cards in turn without the running count passing 31, pegging for fifteens, pairs, runs and the go. When the cards are gone you count the show — fifteens, pairs, runs, flushes and his nob — first the non-dealer, then the dealer, then the crib. Every score is checked by the game. Choose a difficulty. No signup, no download.
Frequently asked questions
Each deal you keep four of six cards and send two to the crib. After a starter card is cut, you and the computer take turns playing cards without the running count passing 31, pegging for fifteens, pairs, runs and the go. Then every hand and the crib are counted in the show. The first player to reach 121 points wins.
During the play you peg two for making fifteen or thirty-one, two for a pair (six for three of a kind, twelve for four), and one point per card for runs of three or more. In the show you score fifteens, pairs, runs, a four-card flush, and "his nob" for a Jack matching the starter’s suit. The game enforces all of it.
The crib belongs to the dealer and is counted as an extra hand for them after the regular hands. The deal alternates each round, so the crib advantage switches back and forth — the game shows you whose crib it is before you discard.
If you can’t play a card without the count passing 31, you say "go". The last player able to lay a card pegs one point (or two for hitting exactly 31), the count resets to zero, and play continues with the remaining cards.
Yes. You play entirely by tapping cards, and the board, pegging area and hand scale to your screen, so it works well on phones and tablets as well as desktop.
Completely free — no signup, no download and no paywall. The whole game, including the AI opponent and all the scoring, runs in your browser and nothing is uploaded.
No. Cribbage works with no signup at all; an optional free account only exists to unlock higher usage limits.
Usually just a few seconds for a typical file — Cribbage starts working the moment you give it your input.
Your input is processed in memory and never stored, so nothing is left behind once you have your result.
Casual use is unlimited, under a generous fair-use cap that keeps it fast for everyone.