A player reaches the desired number of points by counting in-hand card combinations and card combinations in the “crib,” which we will discuss in more detail later. The object of cribbage is to be the first player to reach 121 points (most popular) or 61 points. If you’re ready to join the millions of people already enjoying cribbage, we’re here to help. Unlike many other games, the rules of cribbage are simple, easy to learn, and mostly unchanged since its invention. While Noddy is no longer played, cribbage has slowly grown into one of the most well-known and popular card games worldwide.

In the early 1600s, Sir John Suckling, a poet and avid gamer, invented the game of cribbage as an evolved form of Noddy.