For a complete set of standard Cribbage rules, we recommend visiting the American Cribbage Congress web site.
This game and Fuller Systems, Inc. have no affiliation, support from or relationship of any kind with the American Cribbage Congress.
The Object of the Game is to be the first player to score 121 points.
Scoring Chart
| Points Earned | |||
| Cards | During Play |
Hand | Crib |
| Jack turned as starter card (points for dealer) | 2 | – | – |
| Jack of same suit as starter card | – | 1 | 1 |
| Combinations: | |||
| • Two of a kind (pair) | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| • Three of a kind (triple) | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| • Four of a kind (quadruple) | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| • Straights of three or more cards: per card | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| • 15-count (sum of any combination of cards) | – | 2 | 2 |
| • Four-card flush (in hand; not crib) | – | 4 | – |
| • Five-card flush | – | 5 | 5 |
| Reaching a 15-count exactly | 2 | – | – |
| *Reaching 31-count exactly | 2 | – | – |
| *”Go” (without reaching 31-count) | 1 | – | – |
| *Final/Last card played (not reaching 31) | 1 | – | – |
* Only one of these scores can be earned with the play of a single card.
When scoring manually: A ‘Go for 1’ is automatic. ‘Last Card’ is automatic OR it will default score to start at ‘1’, except when the total is 31 exactly. Do NOT manually count these points.
For more information, we recommend you visit the rules page of the American Cribbage Congress web site at https://www.cribbage.org/NewSite/rules/