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The full deck remains in play; six cards form the first hand, the crib begins empty, and forty-six cards await the second hand, starter, and later rounds.
Cribbage Patience II
Reach at least eighty cumulative points after the fourth round.
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How to play
Reach at least eighty cumulative points after the fourth round.
- The full deck remains in play; six cards form the first hand, the crib begins empty, and forty-six cards await the second hand, starter, and later rounds.
- Discard exactly two cards from hand A, then deal hand B and discard exactly two from it. Reveal one starter and score both remaining four-card hands plus the four-card crib with standard fifteens, pairs, runs, flushes, and nobs; a Jack starter adds two. Repeat for four total rounds.
- Reach at least eighty cumulative points after the fourth round.
Strategy tips
- Coordinate the two discard decisions: use hand A to seed a promising crib, then choose hand B's discards to complete it without destroying that hand's best scoring core.
- After two discards from hand A the phase switches, so further cards must come from hand B; treating the round as one twelve-card hand is illegal.
- In the last round, allocate cards between two hands and crib according to the exact points still needed, including the shared starter's effect on all three scores.
Complete guide
Rules, scoring, and strategy
Cribbage Patience II is a complete browser implementation with its own versioned rules profile. Score four thirteen-card rounds by trimming two separate six-card hands and combining all four discards into a shared crib.
Legal moves and game flow
Discard exactly two cards from hand A, then deal hand B and discard exactly two from it. Reveal one starter and score both remaining four-card hands plus the four-card crib with standard fifteens, pairs, runs, flushes, and nobs; a Jack starter adds two. Repeat for four total rounds.
Winning and terminal positions
Reach at least eighty cumulative points after the fourth round. In the last round, allocate cards between two hands and crib according to the exact points still needed, including the shared starter's effect on all three scores.
Practical strategy
Coordinate the two discard decisions: use hand A to seed a promising crib, then choose hand B's discards to complete it without destroying that hand's best scoring core. After two discards from hand A the phase switches, so further cards must come from hand B; treating the round as one twelve-card hand is illegal.
Questions players ask
What is the objective in Cribbage Patience II?
Reach at least eighty cumulative points after the fourth round.
Which moves are legal in Cribbage Patience II?
Discard exactly two cards from hand A, then deal hand B and discard exactly two from it. Reveal one starter and score both remaining four-card hands plus the four-card crib with standard fifteens, pairs, runs, flushes, and nobs; a Jack starter adds two. Repeat for four total rounds.
What should I plan first in Cribbage Patience II?
Coordinate the two discard decisions: use hand A to seed a promising crib, then choose hand B's discards to complete it without destroying that hand's best scoring core.