Cribbage card game and pegging board
OwnerPhilip S. Martens, Alan Oller +1inventors
InventorsPhilip S. Martens, Alan Oller, Robert Ramola
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Abstract
The present invention is a card and board game either real or simulated foundationally based on standard cribbage rules. It enhances play by adding one or more special cards to a standard 52-card deck. The special cards significantly increase the variety of hands players can get as well as the strategy involved during pegging and counting. The special cards also significantly enhance the point totals attainable during pegging and counting while preserving the integrity of the classic game of cribbage. A special pegging board can accompany the card game. The board embodiments provide different length lanes for cribbage based play corresponding to differing number of players, player combinations playing the game and game lengths.
Claims22
A method of playing a cribbage based card game via an electronic media, the method comprising:
- providing a visual device display, an input device, and a processor to perform the steps of:
- adding one or more differently denominated special cards to a standard 52-card deck;
- assigning additional rules of play and characteristics including a value relationship for each special card in relation to established rules of cribbage and any other special cards, and wherein cutting to a card other than a standard jack scores a predetermined number of pegging points during play and when cutting for deal before play has started;
- playing the cards for pegging purposes according to standard cribbage rules and the additional rules of play and characteristics;
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- counting a single hand under the assigned additional rules of play and characteristics, the single hand having five cards of the same face value with all five of said cards counting as the same suit for a five card flush to increase points for a player.
A method of playing a cribbage game with a standard 52 card deck and additionally one or more special cards on electronic media and requiring, the method comprising:
- providing a visual device display, an input device, and a processor to perform the steps of:
- adding a special card (a) to said standard deck where special card (a) has a face value of zero;
- assigning said special card (a) additional rules of play and characteristics that allows said special card to earn points counted in a run of zero, ace and two, said card scores 2 points for the player who lays said card during pegging directly after 2 points are scored for a 15 or 31;
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- playing said special card (a) for pegging and counting purposes according to standard cribbage rules and the additional rules of play and characteristics to increase points for the player.
A method of playing a cribbage based card game via an electronic media and having at least two players, the method comprising:
- providing a visual device display, an input device, and a processor to perform the steps of:
- adding one or more differently denominated special cards to a standard 52-card deck;
- assigning additional rules of play and characteristics including a value relationship for each special card in relation to established rules of cribbage and any other special cards, and wherein;
- playing the cards for pegging purposes according to standard cribbage rules and the additional rules of play and characteristics;
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- counting a single hand under the assigned additional rules of play and characteristics, the single hand having five cards of the same face value with all five of said cards counting as the same suit for a five card flush to increase points for a player, wherein the five cards allows a player to achieve a hand score totaling 19 points and wherein the combined points of runs, pairs and 15's of the cards comprising said 19 point hand is 14 points and said cards also have the means to collect 5 points for a five card flush.
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