What are the holes at the bottom of a cribbage board for?
What are the holes at the bottom of a cribbage board for? At the bottom of the board, you see the three straight stripes – those are for keeping track of the number of games you have won. Until you have actually won a game, your spilikin for tracking wins is stored in that third hole.
Do all cribbage boards have the same number of holes?
This cribbage board is essentially a tablet with 60 counting holes (in two rows of 30) for each player, plus one game hole for each and often extra holes for holding pegs when not in play and for keeping track of games won.
What is the double skunk line in a crib?
A double skunk in cribbage (two skunks) is scored when one player beats the other by 60 points or more (one player wins the game while her opponent has 61 or less). This is worth three games, though only a regular skunk is part of the official rules of cribbage.
What is the stink hole rule in cribbage?
The stinkhole is the 120th hole on the cribbage board, one short of winning the game. It’s so called because you really don’t want to find yourself there! A commonly-used optional rule has it that if you’re in the stinkhole, you can’t peg out on a Jack (two for his heels) or a go.
