Cribbage Score Keeper
A cribbage board online for 2 or 3 players: tap the points, the pegs move along a real board to 121, and skunks are counted for you.
Solid peg: score now. Ring: back peg (the score before the last move). Dashed lines: 61 (double skunk line) and 91 (skunk line).
Games won
Chart: score through this game
Settings: players, deal tracking, skunks
How to use the cribbage board
Type the players' names, then pick who is scoring by tapping their score (or the name under Scoring for). Tap +1 to +12, or type bigger counts such as a 16 or 24 hand into the box. The front peg jumps ahead and the back peg stays on the score before the move, just like leapfrogging pegs on a wooden board, so everyone can check the last count. Tap Undo to take back a mistake.
The first player to 121 wins; the board stops there. The winner's games won go up by one, or more for a skunk, and the game appears in the Games won list. New game puts the pegs back and keeps the tally. Turn on Track the deal in Settings to mark the dealer and label each score as pegging, hand or crib; picking Crib moves the scoring to the dealer. Print blank sheet gives a paper tally of games. For other card games there is a canasta score sheet and a general score keeper.
For rummy-style games, the rummy score keeper and the canasta score sheet add up each hand.
Game, skunk lines and house rules
- Game: 121 points. The board has four streets of 30 holes plus the game hole.
- Skunk: the loser finishes under 91. The dashed line before hole 91 marks it.
- Double skunk: the loser finishes under 61, marked by the dashed line before hole 61.
Skunk rules vary from group to group, so how many games a skunk and a double skunk are worth are settings (2 and 3 to start with). With 3 players each game counts once, and skunked players are noted in the list.
Keyboard shortcuts
- 1 to 9: add that many points to the player scoring
- 0: add 10
- S: switch to the next player
- D: next deal (when tracking the deal)
- U or Ctrl+Z: undo
- F: full screen, M: sound on or off
Questions
What is the back peg for?
On a wooden board each player moves two pegs, jumping the back one ahead of the front one. The gap between them is the last score, which lets the other player check it. The ring on this board shows the same thing.
Can three people play?
Yes. Choose 3 players in Settings. The board gets a third lane, and the games won tally gets a third column.
Does it remember my games?
Yes. The pegs, the games won tally and the last 300 games are kept in this browser, so you can close the page between games. Nothing leaves your device.
Can I use it in place of a real board at the table?
That is what it is for. Put the phone or tablet between the players, turn on Keep screen on, and use full screen for bigger buttons.
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