While luck and skill are required to play, this fast-moving game is fun for all ages! How to Play Cribbage As the British Empire expanded, cribbage was introduced all over the world and is still popular today.Ī game with few rules, the original game simply required a pen and paper, but today’s wooden cribbage board with pegs has made for an improved experience. The game’s foundation hasn’t changed much over the years, so you won’t have to worry about learning all the rules only for things to change.Ĭribbage remained popular well into the 19th century, specifically among sailors, since it only required a deck of cards, a wooden cribbage board or pen and paper, and two players.

These Cribbage Boards were FUN to make, and are the perfect homemade gift idea.It’s been said that cribbage was created by English poet Sir John Suckling in the early 17th century. You can even get crazy fancy and add trim or a drawer… It is also a great gift for your cribbage loving auntie with arthritis, the pegs on this bad boy are easy to grab and maneuver. This makes for one monster of a cribbage board, measuring 8” x 28”.

This is a great option for your Cribbage Crazed Colleagues. Rockler also sells a XL Template and pegs. Using masking tape we then taped on the templateand drilled all the holes. Once the carrying holes were drilled we routed the holes and edges with a 1/4” round over router bit. We drilled a 1 3/8” hole using a forstner bitand drill press. Then we marked the outline of the template. We used our Ridgid Compund Sliding Miter Saw to do this.

We cut the scraps to a length that would fit the Rockler Template + the length needed to drill a 1 3/8” carrying/hanging hole. Pictured below, a maple (the asymmetrical one that might make you twitch if you’re OCD), live edge cutoff, and an old cutting board that never got finished (the one with a pattern of 3 different wood types). We grabbed what scraps we had laying around the garage and made 3 standard size racetrack cribbage board games. Rockler’s Template makes this a quick project present to throw under the tree for your cribbage-loving loved one! Supplies for DIY Cribbage Boards Racetrack Cribbage Thank you for supporting the fabulous brands that make Reality Daydream possible! This post contains affiliate links. Hi friends! We’re getting pretty close to Christmas now, eh? Nick and I have been busy little elves in our workshop making gifts for our friends and family members, and these Cribbage Boards turned out so amazing, we just had to share the how-to with you! They’re actually pretty simple if you have the right drill bit and template, so read on!

Crib without a board