Editing Cribbage (section)

== Okay, but what are the rules? ==

Cribbage is a game of three phases. One player is the dealer, the other the non-dealer.

Phase 1: Dealer deals six cards to himself and his opponent. Each player looks at their hand, and chooses two cards to discard to the "Crib". Nondealer cuts the deck, and a card is revealed (called "the Cut" or "the Starter"). If it's a Jack, dealer scores 2 points.

Phase 2: The main event. Each player in turn starting with the nondealer plays a single card in turn. The main goal of this phase is to have the cards total 15 or 31 (all face cards count as 10), for which you get 2 points. You also get points if you play a pair (2), three of a kind (6), and four of a kind (12), and a run of cards (see below). If all your cards would result in a total greater then 31 if played, you say "go" and don't play, and your opponent gets either 1 or 2 points, depending on if they hit 31.

Phase 3: Non-dealer and dealer (in that order) score their hands, with the "the starter" card revealed earlier counting as the fifth card in each hand (including the crib). 2 points for each arrangement of cards that total to 15, 2 points for each pair (6 and 12 for 3 and 4 of a kind, respectively), runs (same as a poker straight, but with a minimum of 3 cards, do not have to be in order, and you score as many card are in the straight; if you have more than one (say 3,4,4,5), you score them entirely separately (so 3,4,4,5 would score 6 points)), 1 point if you have a Jack that matches the starter in suit, and flushes (cannot include the starter, unless it matches the other four, in which case it scores 5, otherwise, it scores 4).

And then the Dealer reveals and scores the Crib, at which point non-dealer has the option of either wanting to stab dealer for being so bloody lucky or laughing at him scoring nothing.

Phase 0/4: Non-dealer becomes dealer for next hand.

First player to 121 points wins.