Do you enjoy playing cribbage, just playing the game itself, the rhythm of the counting, the flow of the game from stage to stage? Is cribbage as much a social occasion as a competition? I myself have said yes to these questions, and having grown up with the my dad and his best friend chanting out the scores of their hands in the background while us children played in the other room, I suspect that my dad would say the same. But, while our significant others may know how to play the game, and indulge us by playing, they eventually tire of losing every game.
I have come up with a solution. It is a cooperative version of cribbage where both players peg using the same track. It's like team cribbage, minus the other team, and with 6 card hands. I made Cybil a board specially designed for Couples Cribbage that is shown above, shaped like a dove (my pet name for her).
Since it's a travel sized board (7" by 71/4") it'll be flying all over the place this year. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in May, Napa Vally in July, Vegas I don't even remember when (we don't drink or gamble, but catching a show and staying in a hotel is definitely a good time), and York, England in November.
Might as well throw in a couple construction notes. It's made of red oak and hand polished with teak oil. The entire project was completed while hanging out of the back of my hatchback, sitting on the tailgate. The pegs are brass with sparkly colored glass caps (sparkly being the operative word when talking about Cybil's taste in jewelry), bought them at thegamestore.com.
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