Cribbage card game and pegging board

Abstract

The present invention is a card and board game either real or simulated foundationally based on standard cribbage rules. It enhances play by adding one or more special cards to a standard 52-card deck. The special cards significantly increase the variety of hands players can get as well as the strategy involved during pegging and counting. The special cards also significantly enhance the point totals attainable during pegging and counting while preserving the integrity of the classic game of cribbage. A special pegging board can accompany the card game. The board embodiments provide different length lanes for cribbage based play corresponding to differing number of players, player combinations playing the game and game lengths.

1 . A cribbage pegging game board real or simulated comprising a plurality of peg lanes with linear tracks accommodating a plurality of players, wherein said peg lanes provide the means to accommodate a plurality of lengths or cribbage play, wherein each of said lengths are for completion of a single cribbage game for said plurality of players. 
     
     
         2 . The board of  claim 1  having a plurality of finish holes corresponding to said differing lane lengths, wherein said board having a means to denote 121, the standard length of cribbage play, and a means to denote other lengths of play and finish holes at other lengths. 
     
     
         3 . The board of  claim 1  wherein each side of the board has corresponding peg lanes, peg holes and predetermined peg lane lengths, wherein a plurality of players use said board to peg up and down said peg lanes on each side of said board, and can peg up and down both sides of said board during play. 
     
     
         4 . The board of  claim 1  used to play standard cribbage, other cribbage games, games based on cribbage rules with a means to count a single hand having five cards of the same face value, and cribbage games with a means to deliver a hand score totaling more than 44 points. 
     
     
         5 . The board of  claim 3  having individual pegging lanes of 45 peg holes per lane. 
     
     
         6 . The board of  claim 5  played in conjunction with a cribbage card game having a possible hand score of 45 points.