Cribbage

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Variant of Noddy

A popular modern card game, whose roots can be found in late-period games.

Summary: Cribbage as we know it evolved from a 17th-century version which used fewer cards. That in turn evolved from Noddy, an Elizabethan game that didn't yet have a crib.

Variants

Reconstructions and Other Discussions

How to Play Cribbage (Reconstruction) -- Includes several more-recent variations. (more)
The Compleat Gamester, 1725 edition (Facsimile) -- A facsimile of a later (but still useful) edition of Cotton, available on Google Books. (more)
A History of Cribbage (History) -- By James Masters, on the Traditional Games page (more)
Games in *The Academy of Armory* (Transcription) -- Transcription by Justin du Coeur and Jeff Singman of the relevant sections from this 1688 book on heraldry, which happens to talk a lot about a lot of stuff. (more)

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