The American Cribbage Congress and card players throughout the country will be celebrating National Cribbage Day on Friday, Feb. 10.
Millions of Americans of all ages play cribbage with their families at home or with friends at bars and social clubs. The most common variant played is with two players, and score is kept on a cribbage board with pegs and 121 holes.
The public is invited to join John R. Blinn to celebrate National Cribbage Day, Friday, Feb. 10, at 1:30 p.m., at the Wood County Senior Center, 140 S. Grove St., Bowling Green, to learn, refresh, or renew Cribbage skills.
The game was invented by Sir John Suckling, an English courtier, poet, gamester and gambler, in the early 17th Century, based on the Old English game “noddy.” Although the exact date that cribbage was invented is lost to history, National Cribbage Day is celebrated on Suckling’s birthday, Feb. 10. While noddy has disappeared, cribbage has survived as one of the most popular games in the English-speaking world.
Playing cribbage is good for brain health – it involves math, strategy, socializing, and problem solving. And Friday’s event at the senior center can help participants learn winning strategies.
