Each king (high card), queen, jack, and ten represents a count of 10 points each ace, a count of 1 each other card, its index value. The English poet Sir John Suckling (1609-42) is credited with inventing and naming the game. Each player gets two pegs to keep the score. The board contains four rows of 30 holes each (two rows for each player), plus additional holes, called game holes. Cribbage, card game played by two persons with a deck of 52 cards and a scoring (pegging) device known as a cribbage board.
