CACT and Cribbage

Siv_in_Norfolk

I didn’t hear about this on here. 

Apparently the Trust had a Cribbage night at The Valley:

https://southeastlondoncribbage.webs.com/

Awesome!

Should have posted on here to reach more players.

Anybody on here involved with the event?

is Peter Gage in here?

Dansk_Red

CACT not CAST

Henry Irving

Crib is the king of card games.

Weegie Addick

Ah, a new idea for pre-match at The Swan.

AFKABartram

Currently in a hotel bar where a table of friends are playing crib. Weird

AFKABartram

Actually, downgraded to acquaintances

Off_it

AFKABartram said:

Currently in a hotel bar where a table of friends are playing crib. Weird

Player!

AddicksAddict

AFKABartram said:

Currently in a hotel bar where a table of friends are playing crib. Weird

That they're playing crib or that you have friends?

AddicksAddict

I love crib, it's the best card game for two or three players, although I think bridge is a better game for four.  Sadly, I don't get to play that much since my grandparents died.

Siv_in_Norfolk

AddicksAddict said:

I love crib, it's the best card game for two or three players, although I think bridge is a better game for four.  Sadly, I don't get to play that much since my grandparents died.

Agreed... possibly the best 2 player game around

there are a few 4 player games that are on another level, though 

sounds like it’s time you found somebody to play

Henry Irving

Plumstead Radical Club last Tuesday

Henry Irving

Siv_in_Norfolk said:

AddicksAddict said:

I love crib, it's the best card game for two or three players, although I think bridge is a better game for four.  Sadly, I don't get to play that much since my grandparents died.

Agreed... possibly the best 2 player game around

there are a few 4 player games that are on another level, though 

sounds like it’s time you found somebody to play

CL Crib League

Covered End

2 for his nob. 

Lincsaddick

Covered End said:

2 for his nob. 

& 2 for his heels .. errr 1 for his nob ?

Henry Irving

Covered End said:

2 for his nob. 

You can join the beginners table

Alwaysneil

Fairly sure there are a decent number of Charlton fans who play for the River Ale House crib team. I’m fairly sure because I’m playing this evening in a pairs match. 

I hope to again be the youngest player in our team by a few years: 

GF is asking what type of pipe i’d Like to go with the slippers. Have not yet persuaded her of my original choicw and could potentially Italy get banned for use of illegally performance inhibiting/improving drugs. 

InspectorSands

The best thing about the River Ale House's crib team is its captain's moustache: https://853london.com/2019/01/01/cribbage-how-an-old-pub-game-is-making-a-comeback-in-se-london/

Lincsaddick

InspectorSands said:

The best thing about the River Ale House's crib team is its captain's moustache: https://853london.com/2019/01/01/cribbage-how-an-old-pub-game-is-making-a-comeback-in-se-london/

hey hey clear the way .. here comes the galloping major ((:>)

Raith_C_Chattonell

InspectorSands said:

The best thing about the River Ale House's crib team is its captain's moustache: https://853london.com/2019/01/01/cribbage-how-an-old-pub-game-is-making-a-comeback-in-se-london/

I raise you Harold Bishop .... I hear he takes his cribbage very seriously.

Henry Irving

http://cribbageclassic.com/

Does the scoring for you which is annoying but handy if you've never played before or not for a while.

MrOneLung

Henry Irving said:

http://cribbageclassic.com/

Does the scoring for you which is annoying but handy if you've never played before or not for a while.

You can switch to manual scoring in Settings page. 

Airman Brown

Raith_C_Chattonell said:

InspectorSands said:

The best thing about the River Ale House's crib team is its captain's moustache: https://853london.com/2019/01/01/cribbage-how-an-old-pub-game-is-making-a-comeback-in-se-london/

I raise you Harold Bishop .... I hear he takes his cribbage very seriously.

Look carefully and there is a former sports editor of the Mercury in the top picture. And I don’t mean me.

Covered End

Peter Cordwell ?

MrOneLung

MrOneLung said:

Henry Irving said:

http://cribbageclassic.com/

Does the scoring for you which is annoying but handy if you've never played before or not for a while.

You can switch to manual scoring in Settings page. 

I have never played cribbage before and have now played 4 games on this app.

Really handy features for a newbie.

Not got the hang yet of best strategies for putting into the crib apart from dont put a 5 in when the oppo gets the crib.

Often put 2 cards in and the app suggests 3 or more better combos to put into the crib.

Have been using the manual scoring rather than auto-scoring to help me learn to see the relevant scoring combos. I then click on hint and it shows ones I may have missed (one day I will remember one for the nob!!)

Am enjoying the game.

CAFCTrust

Thanks @Siv_in_Norfolk for this! Yes, cribbage – facilitated by Peter Cordwell – is one of the many activities that has taken place as part of recent sessions at CACT's Extra Time Hub. The programme is a weekly social group for over 55s funded by the EFL Trust, Sport England & the National Lottery. Keith Peacock will be speaking at a relaunch event tomorrow at The Valley (10am-12pm): https://cact.org.uk/news/re-launch-for-cacts-extra-time-programme. Anyone welcome! Please email matt.phillips@cact.org.uk for more information.

Rob

CAFCTrust said:

Thanks @Siv_in_Norfolk for this! Yes, cribbage – facilitated by Peter Cordwell – is one of the many activities that has taken place as part of recent sessions at CACT's Extra Time Hub. The programme is a weekly social group for over 55s funded by the EFL Trust, Sport England & the National Lottery. Keith Peacock will be speaking at a relaunch event tomorrow at The Valley (10am-12pm): https://cact.org.uk/news/re-launch-for-cacts-extra-time-programme. Anyone welcome! Please email matt.phillips@cact.org.uk for more information.

Too old for you then Siv  @Siv_in_Norfolk  

Briston_Addick

I last played crib on Sunday evening with my wife and our friends. It's a good game to play as pair v pair, certainly easier than bridge (I used to play bridge at school and uni but haven't played for over 25 years!).

Siv_in_Norfolk

Briston_Addick said:

I last played crib on Sunday evening with my wife and our friends. It's a good game to play as pair v pair, certainly easier than bridge (I used to play bridge at school and uni but haven't played for over 25 years!).

We’ll have to invite you down for some crib in Norwich, then. Have put on some reasonable sized events in the last couple of years. Got 120 people at Carrow Road for Norfolk Day last year. Then there was this:

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2018-02-08/norwich-celebrates-links-to-the-inventor-of-the-card-game-cribbage-in-international-festival/

Live cribbage from the pub on the 6.00 local news! They called me that afternoon saying they’d had a cancellation from Alfie Hewitt (local/National wheelchair tennis hero) and were looking for an alternate story to run with, lol

AddicksAddict

Lincsaddick said:

Covered End said:

2 for his nob. 

& 2 for his heels .. errr 1 for his nob ?

Two for nothing and one for his nob.

Also, when playing to 31 before the show there's a lot of rhymes if you hit the 31 mark but I can only remember two of them:

26 ... 5's a fix
25 ... 6 alive

Raith_C_Chattonell

AddicksAddict said:

Lincsaddick said:

Covered End said:

2 for his nob. 

& 2 for his heels .. errr 1 for his nob ?

Two for nothing and one for his nob.

Also, when playing to 31 before the show there's a lot of rhymes if you hit the 31 mark but I can only remember two of them:

26 ... 5's a fix
25 ... 6 alive

Ingrained in my memory from Grandad's teaching over 55 years ago.

22 ... 9'll do
23 ... 8's aspree
24 ... 7's the law
25 ... 6's alive
26 ... 5's a fix
27 ... 4's in heaven
28 ... 3's await
29 ... 2's in time.

Helped me out as a kid as I wasn't too sharp in the maths department.  Grandad (an old time docker) had me, my brother and cousins playing this game for pennies and ha'pennys before our teens.  Must've sounded like a right old den of inequities as we shouted out our scores and cheered ourselves round the board.    

Siv_in_Norfolk

Great stories!