Cribbage Classic Hack 1.4.4 + Redeem Codes

This is an excellent cribbage game, especially since it’s free. Some reviewers claim that the game is tilted in favor of the computer, but I don’t think so. On pro level sometimes the computer gets more great hands, and sometimes I do. I’ve been skunked and I’ve skunked the Pro. Once I even double-skunked the Pro. On the Easy and Standard levels I feel like the game gives you a combination of you getting better cards, and the computer getting worse cards, in order to give you an advantage. I like the option of manually counting which is a great teaching tool. The game is great. The only things I would like to see, and this is totally personal, is an option in settings to have the computer count double-runs as double-runs, rather than as pairs plus individual runs as it does now. For example, if you have a double-run of eight, instead of counting “pair for two, run of three for five, run of three for eight,” just lift all the cards and say “double-run of eight.” The way it counts now is correct, and a great teaching tool as it breaks down the double-run into its components for the novice, but ultimately that’s not the vocabulary of the game. The other thing that would be fun to see is when a hand is worth 0 points, the computer should call it “19” points instead of 0. Both of those are super minor, but they would complete, as close as possible, the digital cribbage experience to real life.

Almost 35 years ago, I wrote a cribbage game for the Mac called Precision Cribbage. That game allowed you to see the expected value of a hand by picking two planned discards. This modern game takes that concept much further by allowing you to see all possible expected hand values for all discard pairs. For a beginner, looking at the suggested discards - and understanding why those discards are picked - seems like a great way to improve. I have two suggestions: 1) I outpeg the game about 70% of the time at the pro level. And in the course of 80 games, have about a 58% win percentage at Pro. I think the differential is due to pegging. It is fairly easy to bait the game into giving me opportunities for runs. This seems like an opportunity for strategy improvement. 2) As you near the end of the game, expected value is not necessarily the best play. For example, I just finished a game where I needed six points to win. I had six in my hand, but would have to break up a pair to do that (while keeping another pair). The game recommended keeping the two pairs as the highest expected value, but I would actually lower the probability of winning from 100% to something less. I understand this game theory approach is challenging, but it would be an interesting further area for this game to explore. Thanks for this great game!

I’m just learning Cribbage, and this is a great teaching tool. When you overlook something, the “hints” encourage you to actually think about the cards you play instead of just giving you the answer. The same is true for the discards into the Crib. The analyzer shows the probable/possible scores for different combinations of discards without explicitly showing the details — which makes you think about the different possible scoring combinations that might occur depending on the turned card. All of which has really helped me better understand how to make the best use of the cards I am dealt.

Also, the visual highlighting of the cards used to make different scoring combinations is great. It moves pretty quickly, which helps you get faster at recognizing different scoring combos (and doesn’t slow down the game), but you can easily repeat it while you are still learning.

All in all, a great game at a great price — FREE with small, unobtrusive ads at the bottom of the screen. IMHO, much better than the other “in app purchase” games I also looked at. They tend to add pointless character animations and other useless fluff which add nothing to the game and more often detracts from it.

My dad taught me how to play cribbage about 45yrs ago. When I am playing this game I can still hear him counting “15 2, 15 4 and a pair is 8” or saying “be good to me!” when it was his crib and I was discarding my 2 cards lol. He used to let me get away with some things, more so when I was younger. I would drag out the game bc I would stare at the cards to make sure I didn’t leave points on the table that he could take! He made me learn by losing as often as I did in the beginning - yet he would teach me where I went wrong. About 11yrs ago I taught my son. He loves to play it, and we use the original cribbage board my dad, and I played on that was given to me when he passed. It was always quality time with my dad, and I when we would play several times a week. My dad bought the game on disc for the computer way back when computers took “discs” and he would play online for hours after my mom passed away. There was never a game he loved more, and I never thought to ask him why. Why cribbage? I am so happy I came across this app! It’s perfect in every way, and brings back some fond memories! :)

It’s a fun game to pass the time, but it’s not realistic at all. There are far more 12, 16, 20, etc. point hands than occur in an actual game of cribbage, like ridiculously more. And as others have noted, it seems the AI’s cards are fluid and not set, so they seem to have far more scoring plays against you than is realistic. They always seem to have the card to pair you up, the card to make 15 or 31, or the card to go one more over the top of you on a pegging run. It gets annoying.
Now to rebut what a lot of people are saying as far as accuracy goes... I’ve been playing this for over 2 years and have well over 2,000 games in my statistics, and I have not once, not one single time, seen an inaccurate count. Maybe I just haven’t happened to see an error yet, but I think with over 2,000 games it would have happened at least once. My guess is that people don’t realize that in order for a flush to occur in the crib, the draw card must also be of the same suit. Also, somebody commented that an 8877 hand should always yield a minimum of 12 score, but what they are failing to recognize is that the analyzer is considering the two cards you are putting into the crib as well. So if you have an 8877 but put a k&5 into the crib, your minimum score is 10 after they collect their 2 points.

This is an excellent game. This game is by far in no way bias. No favoritism. An excellent way to learn the game if you don’t know how to play it as well as sharpening your own already learnt skills. I love the way that I can count my own points if I want and theGame allows you to re-play the count so that you can understand what just happened and how the points are accumulated. this is the first game that I have come across where the game will stop you on your turn to let you know there are other play options available versus the play you are making that could come out with a more favorable outcome along with it will show you all the outcomes that could possibly happen on top of it will let you make your plate the way you want to you should you want to go that route. At the end of the game it shows you all the possible different outcomes you could’ve had should you have taken and done this hand or that one or this one or this one and it shows you every possible outcome. I highly recommend this game and the fact that it is free is incredible!!!!!!!

In both easy and standard mode, allow the computer to mis count from time to time. Then allow the player to have a muggins button. This gives the player an opportunity to catch the computer's mistake if they are paying attention. You could allow even the pro computer to screw up now and again. However, if you are a pro, you probably don’t miss count.
**Update** Now that I have used this game more, I would rate it even higher if I could. I love the discard analyzer feature. This really has turned into a teaching element of the game for me. I have played casually for years for real. I’m a decent player. The analyzer is helping to see how I can improve my discards to become a very good player. I like to discard first, but before confirming, I will check from time to time to see if my move was optimal or not. I really found the score analyzer interesting. It basically give the derivation for the average score it predicts. It is a nice histogram of the point spread. Very cool. Love the game.

I have played over 1000 games, maybe more. I’ve noticed a few peculiar habits of the program, some that are quite predictable. But most are not that big a deal. But one annoyance is the obviously non-random “cut cards for deal” at the beginning of each game, which at the pro level, favors the computer by about 4 or maybe even 5 to 1. A better way to play this would be to just give the deal to the loser of the previous game in continuous sessions. At the beginning of new sessions, cut the cards completely randomly. I get tired of cutting a King to the Computer’s ace, practically every time. (I’m exaggerating. But I almost never get to deal first.)

I’ve noticed an annoying problem with the discard analysis. It doesn’t seem to take into account the fact that whatever you are discarding may have high probability of giving points to the opponent’s crib. For example, often it is suggested that I should have discarded a 5 when this is almost never a good idea since it has the highest point probability in the crib.

If the discard analysis can’t take this into account, then stop doing the discard analysis.

This is a good app for learning how to play the game. I think it manipulates the cards to accomplish that. I sense trends in how hands are dealt and because you are playing essentially against a computer it has total control over how the game plays out based on your moves how you play the game and how you look at their examples of what would be the better choice in your crib selection and pegging points. For me it is also slow in how the cards are not dealt fast enough. It can't beat playing with real cards and real people. No computer manipulation there. But then this again is designed to offer you council on how to improve your game. What I need is an app simply to play the game. Not sure it exists. I have to say that when I first started I got a win average of around 65% and now I am barely above the 50% mark. It does seem to deal itself large counting hands like 16-24 frequently while I get crap cards that mostly have no hope for improvement. Therein lies my biggest frustration with this app. But I keep playing it whenever I have a free moment to slip in a game.

If you have ever played cribbage it was a rare day when you saw hands like these more once a game. Apparently, choosing “pro” means that big hands will be given on both sides. It is a joke...but I play, get rid of the app, and get it again (until I yell, “BS!” And junk it again). PS love the layout

What do you mean “what?” So many hands over 10! Have played the game for 50 years and never seen so many huge hands. Very unrealistic. Win big, lose big! Have played other cribbage games and the average points for hands, cribs and pegging are lower than this game. If the cards are random how can that be? I’m not a programmer but it makes me wonder. I still enjoy it but...

Late February 2020....I have stopped playing all games that begin with a hand or crib of 12 points or more (for either player) - I simply start a new game. My record is discarding 5 games before playing a whole game. Numerous other times I have discarded 3 games. I wonder if the easier levels have this problem. How do you program different levels anyway? You could have the opponent make “mistakes” but that seems difficult to control. Almost seems like it has to be the cards that are dealt. Hmmm. Will have to experiment.