Improve your skills and become a cribbage expert! Cribbage classic has a number of settings that can help you to learn the best move for your situation and offer assistance if it notices that you are making a sub-optimal play. Or just play in fast mode where all counting is done for you and you get to simply focus on discarding and pegging. By tweaking the settings you can take this app anywhere from a lazy-thoughtless-time-waster game to a skill-sharpening-master-tutorial helping you to crush your next opponent. Statistics are also kept so you can see your average pegging score, your average hand score, and your average crib score! Also shows you a summary of all of the suboptimal plays you made at the end of the game and tracks your error rate over time so you can see yourself improving.
Cribbage Classic also has a "Discard Analyzer" bonus feature that can help you decide on the optimal discard to play given a particular cribbage hand. Analyzer shows you the minimum, maximum and average score for each permutation along with an in depth statistical analysis of all possible flip card results.
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Summary of user reviews
Positive highlights
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This game hasExcellent tutorial and learning tools for beginners
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This game hasDetailed analysis of suboptimal plays to improve strategy
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This game hasClean and intuitive user interface
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This game hasBalanced gameplay at different difficulty levels
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This game hasQuick and responsive gameplay
Negative highlights
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This game hasPerceived bias towards the computer player, especially at higher difficulty levels
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This game hasUnrealistic frequency of high-scoring hands and runs
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This game hasOccasional issues with accurate counting and scoring of hands
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This game hasDiscard analyzer does not always consider the impact on the opponent's crib
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This game hasLack of customization options and player statistics tracking
My sisters and I were taught Cribbage many decades ago by my father. He is gone now but I can play this game on my phone. The design and animation are lovely and the analyser of your discard decisions is very useful: I have actually become more proficient through playing using this app. I have not seen any evidence that the cards favour the computer - I have played over 400 games on 'Pro' setting and have a 53% win ratio. As I play I recite out loud the expressions my father learnt from his father such as "I've got a hand like a foot" (a poor hand); "I've got a 19" when a hand contains no points (19 is an impossible score to achieve) and "one for his nob" (nob in this case referring to the Jack's head). I won't repeat what two Queens were called...
